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 unavailabledrone synthesizer plugin designed for creating deep, evolving pads and atmospheric textures, with unison voices, filtering, and built-in effects for rich ambient sound design.
Windows · macOS · Linux
experimental wavetable synth that lets you drag and drop images to turn visual shapes, textures, and motion into playable, evolving sounds with deep modulation and hands-on control.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailablesingle-oscillator synth from u-he that packs Zebra’s powerful spectral wavetable engine into a clean, beginner-friendly interface with deep modulation, precise waveform drawing, and built-in delay and reverb for serious sound design.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailableHyper-unison synthesiser that layers up to 64 detuned oscillators to create spacious, cold synth textures perfect for genres like witch house, trance, ambient, hardcore, and EBM.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableA bass synthesizer intended for low-end parts.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailableAn electric-bass instrument made by multisampling synthesized bass tones.
Windows
Image unavailableA synthesizer that combines three oscillating sources through rotational signal processing.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailableA streamlined Massive X preset-playing synth with macro morphing, animation and randomization.
macOS · Windows
A macro synthesizer with 24 engines based on Mutable Instruments Plaits.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailableA lo-fi instrument with sampled keys, pads, plucks and organs plus filters, modulation and effects.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableFive evolving ambient pads made from processed orchestral and solo recordings.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailableA resonator-based physical-modeling synthesizer with excitation sources and effects.
macOS · Windows · Linux
Image unavailableA sampled acid-synth instrument drawn from a Roland TB-303.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailableA vintage-inspired polyphonic synthesizer with modeled oscillators/filters, an arpeggiator and onboard effects.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableA software simulation of the Korg Poly-61 polyphonic synthesizer.
Windows · macOS
Dynamic Image Wavetable Synthesizer that converts images into wavetables, allowing for experimental, evolving sound design through drag-and-drop image synthesis.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailableSingle-oscillator synthesizer using waveshaping and FM.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailableCompact synthesizer with two oscillators, noise and ring modulation.
Windows · macOS · Linux
a unique virtual instrument that recreates toy piano sounds using advanced AI synthesis.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailablePhysical-modelling synthesizer with resonator timbre controls.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailableSynthesizer exploring audio-rate phase and amplitude modulation.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailablePreset-morphing synthesizer navigated by rotating a sphere.
Windows · macOS · iOS
Image unavailableFree entry-level synthesizer from Acustica’s THING family.
macOS · Windows
AnaMatrix delivers fat, lush, and very analog sounds, thanks to meticulously sampled waveforms from an iconic vintage synthesizer.
Windows · macOS
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10 pluginsCharacterful pianos, electric keys and organs, with tremolo to bring them to life.
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10 pluginsUnusual instruments, unexpected textures and effects for your next happy accident.
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10 pluginsBuild depth and atmosphere with echoes, reverbs, granular textures and evolving pads.
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