If you think this is great, we’re about to turn up the heat with these next two. Strings – add string atmosphere to your tracksīy themselves these instruments are fairly raw but with a little processing from something like Softube’s free Saturation Knob and some eq and delay you can get some really great sounds.Ĭheck out Cakewalk by Bandlab for more details.Drums – a great drum set to start out with.Electric Piano – just a nice electric piano.Bass – a range of bass guitar and synth sounds.But what you might not know is that Cakewalk by Bandlab includes 4 free studio instruments that can be used in any DAW. I know what you’re thinking, Cakewalk (known as Sonar for a while) is a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), not a virtual instrument. You only need a handful of great sounding free virtual instruments built by companies with quality products. But lets be honest, you don’t need 200 downloads.

Now, if you search Google for this answer you may end up on one of many other pages offering you 200 or more free downloads. “Where can I get good sounding virtual instruments (VSTi’s) for free?” One question I get asked frequently by musicians looking to get into producing their own music is this: The 3 Best Places to Get Free Virtual Instruments The Top 3 Places to Download Free VSTi Plugins

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