Free software Q. AU RTAS or VST?

[ninjadog]

I just downloaded Reaper to check it out, been on Reason for the last while. Anyway I am totally new to the plug in world and I am a little lost.
I am on a macbook, so should I be getting AU plugs? Does it even matter if I get VST or RTAS plugs?

I've started to download some free plugs to get my self going, but thought I would ask around here first before I get a bunch of crap I will never use.
While I'm at it can someone recommend a few good free synth and bass plugs? Something based on analog gear or similar to Reasons synths would be the easiest for me to learn. I have looked around the stickies for the free software, and I guess thats why I'm trying to find out what is quality and what is on the crappy side.

[collige]

http://www.dubstepforum.com/the-au-free ... 18915.html

I tend to grab both VST and AU when I can can, just in case one of them doesn't play nice with my DAW.

[whet]

The tal plugs are good to have:

http://kunz.corrupt.ch/?Home

[yellowhighlighter]

yeah i like the tal filter, bitcrush, tube and dub II. check out the bootsy plugins and antress stuff as well. i also like the kjaerhus audio classic compressor and classic limiter.

[ninjadog]

Thanks guys.

But cant seem to get the TAL plugs working. Heres what I'm doing. am I missing something?
1. Download Audio Unit version (also tried vst version with same results), Unzip (which turns it into a word for mac icon)
2. Copy it into my components folder
3. Launch Reaper, do a new track with insturment, pick elec7ro plug
4. Reaper tells me it has a build routing error: Could not get channel info for effects (are they multichannel?)
5. The Elec7ro plug opens but when I push the piano keys or use my midi controller there is no sound. I can see it is recieving midi messages. And I can get sound from a different vsti, so what gives?

Isint there any demo songs or anything with Reaper?

[deadly_habit]

http://www.dubstepforum.com/some-new-pl ... 19449.html

[ninjadog]

Thx deadly, I already saw that thread tho. Man it is hard as fuck to find a good free synth for the mac...

[deadly_habit]

Thx deadly, I already saw that thread tho. Man it is hard as fuck to find a good free synth for the mac...

is there a wrapper program like for vst to rtas?