-instruments & sound libraries-
Piano - FLEX (Essential Pianos, Yamaha C7), &
labs.spitfireaudio.com/soft-piano
Bass - FLEX (Essential Bass Guitars, Upright Bass), &
impactsoundworks.com/product/shreddage-3-precision-free
Drums - powerdrumkit.com, &
circlesdrumsamples.com/dead [not free]
Guitar - FLEX (Essential Guitars, Dark Star Acoustic), &
pianobook.co.uk/packs/rjs-guitar/
Rhodes Keys - Morphine (KBD Rhodes NUC) [not free], &
vyacheslavbasharov.com/shop/rhodesian-keys [not free]
Clarinet - pianobook.co.uk/library/bedroom-clarinet
Flugelhorn - pianobook.co.uk/library/dusty-flugelhorn
Glockenspiel - pianobook.co.uk/library/yamaha-glockenspiel
And various other free instruments, from
vis.versilstudios.com/vsco-community.html
-effects-
I could work with the stock effect plugins in my DAW, but
here's some third party VSTs that I think are neat and handy.
Argotlunar
mourednik.github.io/argotlunar
A wonderful grain filter and delay utility.
DtBlkFx
kvraudio.com/product/dtblkfx_by_darrell_tam
Can make anything sound "surreal". Hard to put to
words what this one's potential is.
MAutoPitch, MConvolutionEZ, MEqualizer, & MSaturator
meldaproduction.com/MFreeFxBundle
Listed some of my favorites from Melda's free effects bundle.
Wonderful usability for some free effects.