We’ve scoured the deepest corners of the internet for free plugins so you don’t have to. From everyday essentials to some properly weird discoveries, we’ve rounded up hundreds of instruments, effects and creative tools, all in one place.
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Synths, pianos and instruments to start an idea.
Texture, movement, colour and happy accidents.
EQs, compressors and tools for the final touches.
Samplers, MIDI tools and creative utilities.
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Image unavailableanalog-style clipper plugin with five clipping models, gain-compensated input, clean output control and blend for adding controlled saturation, loudness and edge while keeping the dry signal intact.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailablea free saturation plugin that adds warmth, grit, or chaotic character to your sounds using three animated pufferfish modes that react visually as you drive the effect harder.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableanalog tape saturation plugin that emulates a classic Otari-style tape machine to add warmth, glue, and subtle compression to your tracks.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailabletube preamp and saturation plugin that emulates an all-tube analog preamp with real-time circuit modeling, adding warmth, gentle compression, or driven tube character inside your DAW.
Windows · macOS · iOS
Image unavailableA midrange-focused saturator with six characters that also reshape low and high frequencies.
Windows · macOS
a free distortion and saturation plugin offering a stripped-down version of their Metal Box processor for adding grit and edge to your sound.
macOS · Windows
Combines linked stereo compression, saturation and tone shaping, with auto-gain and limiting.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableA vocal preamp-style effect combining tube-inspired saturation with an optional equalizer.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableA tube-inspired low-frequency saturation and EQ processor for bass, 808s and drum buses.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableA single-knob tilt tone control that adds harmonic coloration at stronger settings.
Windows · macOS
a harmonic distortion/saturation that lets you shape even and odd harmonics for anything from warm analog-style tone to aggressive edge.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailablea plugin for adding harmonic richness and analog warmth to your mixes through frequency-dependent saturation.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailableSaturation and amplifier/speaker modelling effect.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailablePeak clipper for trimming transient peaks or adding distortion.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailableAnalog-tube-style saturation effect.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableBass processor combining push/pull equalization with saturation.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableAdaptive low-pass filtering combined with saturation.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailableLevel-independent saturation processor.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableA Channel Strip with A-Type EQ, Filters and 436 style Compressor
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableA flexible transformer saturation/distortion. Focusing on fine-tuning the distortion caused from hysteresis
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableDesigned to delicately color the sound, refine transients, and add dimension to the stereo field, TesslaPRO mkIV introduces subtle analog-style artifacts to your tracks
Windows
Image unavailablea simple but effective saturation plugin for vocals. But of course, nothing is stopping you from using it on other source material, as well! According to the developer, Fat Cat is modeled after a “modern analog tube preamp”.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailablea free one-knob saturation plugin that Slate Digital says will “set your sound on fire”.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableSaturation with diode and tube models, filters, and modulation.
Windows
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