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Image unavailableCure Audio - Scream
Aggressive resonant filter inspired by Native Instruments Massive’s Scream filter, with dual drawable LFOs for complex tempo-synced modulation.
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Image unavailableMNTRA Instruments - FLTRS-LE
Component-modelled Jupiter-6-style filter with nonlinear analog character, negative resonance, stereo detune, band splitting and vintage drift.
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Circuit-modelled filter plugin featuring four classic analog filter designs inspired by Moog, Oberheim, Prophet-5 and EDP Wasp hardware.
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Image unavailableSketch Audio - Series 9000
Vintage-style low-pass filter inspired by the AKAI S900 sampler, with added resonance, overdrive and envelope-following controls.
macOS · Windows · iOS
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Image unavailableStagecraft Software - FlowFilter
Creative multimode filter with analog-style, comb, formant and morphing modes, plus built-in LFO, envelope and sequencer modulation.
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Image unavailableCloudy Samples - Filtre
a versatile filter and modulation plugin that adds movement, rhythmic effects and analog-style character to static sounds using 16 filter modes, triple LFOs, gating, panning and classic filter emulations.
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creative filter inspired by classic hardware filterbanks, designed for aggressive sound-shaping, modulation, distortion and experimental movement on synths, drums and full audio signals.
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Image unavailableDecadebridge - Shallow Grave
A cascaded filter effect using three state-variable filters to build changing tones and textures.
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Image unavailableNUSofting - Filter4Tongue Free
A four-band-pass filter bank with nonlinear operation, saturation, pink noise and envelope-following modulation.
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Image unavailableBaconPaul - Two Filters
A paired-filter effect using the Surge filter library.
Windows · macOS · Linux
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Image unavailableLunacy Audio - Filter
A filter processor with state-variable, comb and formant modes, note snapping and stereo controls.
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Image unavailableFKFX - OF2 Lite
A reduced version of Obvious Filter 2 focused on a morphing low-pass filter, timing curves and response controls.
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Image unavailableTiagolr - FILT-R
An envelope-driven filter modulator with editable patterns, envelope followers and audio/MIDI triggering.
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Hammer & Meißel: Polyphonic Modal Filter
A MIDI-keytracked polyphonic modal filter combining modal, formant, comb and low-pass processing.
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Image unavailableBoz Digital Labs - Bark of Dog 3
Low-frequency enhancer combining resonance and boost/attenuation EQ.
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Image unavailableStacks Audio - Prime Filter
Filtering equalizer from the Prime series.
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Image unavailableZayne Growl Filter
A comb filter plugin that can turn simple waveforms into screaming leads and basses. Five knobs across the top for controlling the filter, including one named “Comb F*ckery”
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Image unavailableNUSofting - Eugene Filter FREE
a unique low-pass filter plugin based on a Cascaded Integral Comb (CIC) Ladder. The developer says that this circuit provides self-oscillating characteristics similar to typical synth VCFs, but with an airy character and a wider spectrum of resonances.
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Image unavailableOhmforce - Frohmager
Resonant filter with a modulation matrix and macro controls.
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Image unavailableBlack Rooster Audio - VHL 3C
Passive high-pass and low-pass filter emulation.
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Image unavailablePolyverse Filtron: Versatile State-Variable Filter
Resonant filter that morphs between low-pass, band-pass and high-pass responses.
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Image unavailableLese.io - Sweep
Continuously rising or falling filter effect.
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10 pluginsThe Sample Flipping Toolkit
Chop, stretch, pitch and rearrange your samples into something new.
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10 pluginsDust, Warmth & Wobble
Tape colour, sampler grit and pitch drift for sounds with a little history.
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10 pluginsSoulful Keys
Characterful pianos, electric keys and organs, with tremolo to bring them to life.
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10 pluginsMake Your Drums Knock
Shape the attack, add weight and glue your drums together.
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10 pluginsOdd Ingredients
Unusual instruments, unexpected textures and effects for your next happy accident.
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10 pluginsSpace & Atmosphere
Build depth and atmosphere with echoes, reverbs, granular textures and evolving pads.
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