Image unavailableCradle Audio - Playtime
a collection of curated audio and MIDI effects designed to create playful, toy-like sounds
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Image unavailableDawesome - Zyklop
A synth like no other—powerful, unique, and ready to inspire your next masterpiece.
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Image unavailablePhuturetone - GR-8
a classic synthesizer featuring an 8-voice virtual analog engine reminiscent of vintage Roland synths
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Image unavailableSample Science Organic Padscapes
Pad rompler based on twelve field recordings made tonal.
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Image unavailableFull Bucket Music - Ragnarök 2.0
Synthesizer emulating a custom analogue instrument built in 1980.
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Image unavailableAaron Anderson - Terrain
Wave-terrain synthesizer using a two-dimensional trajectory over a surface.
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Image unavailableMusictop Instruments - Creatools Keys
Keyboard-sample instrument with three editable sound elements.
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Quiet Music - Love-Fi 4 Lite
the ultimate tool for effortlessly creating LoFi, ChillWave, Chillhop, and Lo-Fi Ambient beats.
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Image unavailableWavea - Flite
Flite Play is a free preset player for a multisampler and synthesizer.
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Image unavailableAuras: Polyscape
deep and cinematic sounds of the Polybrute 12, recorded through analog tube preamps to capture the glorious and imperfect nature of analog synthesis.
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Image unavailableElectronik Sounlab - Horror Box 3 Lite
Horror soundscape instrument combining organic and synthetic textures.
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Image unavailableMartinic - Kee Bass
Modeled Rheem Kee Bass instrument with modern controls.
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Image unavailableQSynthi
Synthesizer based on quantum simulation.
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Quiet Music - Dreamwaves Lite
a FREE virtual instrument for Windows and Mac featuring custom electric piano-style sounds in various flavors and textures.
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Image unavailableBehringer - Vintage
Virtual analog synthesizer with modeled vintage circuitry.
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Image unavailableMastrcode Music T-Force Zenith
Subtractive/FM synthesizer with supersaw-inspired oscillators.
Windows
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Image unavailableYooz Music BL-303
TB-303-inspired synthesizer.
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Image unavailablenakst ExtraBold
three-oscillator subtractive synth
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Image unavailableSolicito Musica - Solinoid 2.0
a virtual vintage Orchestral Synthesizer inspired by the legendary Eminent/Arp Solina hardware synth.
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Elektronik Soundlab - CMP100
Virtual synth created from samples recorded from a rare 1980s FM synthesizer called Philips PMC 100
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Image unavailableElektronik Soundlab - Padscape Lite
plugin features 9 multi-sampled presets aimed at enhancing your tracks with deep, enveloping pads and ambient textures
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Image unavailableMusic Instinct Mi-03 Bassline
A unique take on the classic acid bassline sound. The Mi-03 is an instrument that revitalizes the classic 303 sound for today's music producers.
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Venus Theory - Drops // Musical Water
the result of a random sound in my house driving my wife and I insane. A bowl sitting in our kitchen sink with a knife across the top with the sink dripping perfectly on the edge of the knife creating a lovely little 'doo' sound
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Image unavailableBeat Academy - Orbit
sample-based virtual instrument that will bring polished and well-engineered sound to your projects. It was made with Maize Sampler, so the feature set is somewhat limited, but the included samples make up for it.
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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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