If you just want to dabble with vocoding and the Orange Vocoder is out of your price range, then you should definitely give MDA Vocoder a try! It is a very nice free vocoder with good control over the output. However, it lacks a user interface so it isn’t very pretty 
You can download it from MDA-VST in their plugin pack (Mac & Windows plugins available). Click here to visit MDA-VST’s website.
Free Tutorials
There are a wealth of free software and training options for electronic music producers.
Free plugins, articles, and tutorials are listed below.
MDA Offers Free VST Vocoder
SonicTransfer DrumStack Download
SonicTransfer DrumStack Download. DrumStack is an Ableton Live enhancement that allows you to construct huge drums sounds. This allows you to thicken up your sounds and build club-worthy drums.
Download SonicTransfer DrumStack
Read a tutorial on creating a massive kick drum using DrumStack.
What people are saying about DrumStack:
I just wanted to take a second to say thank you! I love your drumstack device, samples, and tutorial.
I’m a progressive house dj/producer from boston ma usa, (lucky enough to have some of my latest work charted on Balance, release, monthly promos)… and with the genre associated its always a task to get that nice deep thick kick and drum sounds. Your drumstack is by far the best and most user friendly instrument I have used or tested to achieve this.
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SSS Side Chain Compressor - Free VST for Windows & OS X
There are very few free compressors that support sidechaining. The SSS Side Chain Compressor makes it extremely easy to get the ducking sound made famous by french house producers like Daft Punk. Click the link below to download the SSS Side Chain Compressor.
SSS Side Chain Compressor - Free Windows VST
NEW OS X Version! SSS Side Chain Compressor - Free Mac OS X VST & AU (The download link is in middle of the page).
SSS Side Chain Gate/Expander - Free VST for Windows
This is an excellent free VST gate that supports sidechaining. The SSS Gate provides easy ducking and keying effects. Ducking and keying are some of the hottest effects in electronic music production today. Stay tuned for a ducking and keying tutorial from SonicTransfer.com. In the meantime, click the link below to download the SSS Side Chain Gate/Expander.
Synth1 - Free VST Synthesizer
Synth1 is an excellent replication of the Clavia Nord Lead 2. The Nord Lead 2 is one of the best synthesizers on the planet. To quote Vintage Synth Explorer, “The Nord Lead 2 is the synthesizer of choice for many professionals including: The Crystal Method, Fatboy Slim, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy…”
The Nord Lead 2 is an electronic music standard, and for that reason alone Synth1 should be in your musical toolbox. And why not? It’s completely free. Also, it has some of the best patch presets of any synthesizer - commercial or gratis. Click the link below to get Synth1, a bunch of presets, and the manual all bundled by Sonic Transfer.
Click here to read a tutorial on using Synth1 to build a Kick Drum.
Voxengo Boogex - Free VST Distortion for Windows
Voxengo Boogex is the best free distortion / guitar amplifer VST plugin for Windows. It offers cabinet modeling, wave shaping, and uses a relatively small amount of system resources. This is one plugin you definitely want in your sonic arsenal.
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