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 unavailablea one-knob plugin for crafting dreamy and atmospheric textures. It was created using its big brother Deep Waters processor, renowned for its water-based approach to creating distinctive reverbs.
Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS
Image unavailableMultiband distortion, convolution modeling, and plenty of sound shaping options like an envelope follower and filter.
Windows · macOS · iOS
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 unavailableunique reverb plugin whose characteristics you can draw in the form of a curve.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailableone-stop shop for adding punch and loudness to your signals. It combines compression and distortion in a single plugin.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailablemakes sustained, bowed sounds from plucked, staccato sounds by freezing and delaying the input signal
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableFrom slapback echoes to doubling to tempo-synced repetitions, Time Turtle does it all.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableAtomic’s all-new, cutting edge SchemAccurate amp simulation, our proprietary ToneSnap gear snapshot technology, and a suite of rapidly growing world-class effects into a single easy-to-use plugin and standalone app.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailablea 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.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableTremolo plugin. It’s got a Time knob with the option to sync to your song tempo, and a large Amount knob for dialing in the desired intensity of the effect. Furthermore, Wave also offers Shape and Offset controls for shaping the modulation curve.
Windows
Image unavailablemulti-effect plugin with five distinct modules for drum processing.
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 simple reverb designed to be smooth, transparent, and easy to use.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableambient reverb specifically designed to emulate the reverberation characteristics of large, open spaces or natural environments.
Windows
Image unavailablea high number of echoes, with a short delay between them, and boost the Feedback, to create Reverb from the multiple echoes.
macOS · Windows
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macOS · Windows
Image unavailableTENS jr. is the little brother of the studio spring reverb https://klanghelm.com/contents/products/TENS
Windows · macOS
Image unavailablea free one-knob saturation plugin that Slate Digital says will “set your sound on fire”.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableAn authentic lo-fi VHS and VCR emulation
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableSaturation with diode and tube models, filters, and modulation.
Windows
Image unavailableA creative delay plug-in designed to provide a wide range of sounds from lush analog tape delays to crazy modulated ping-pongs.
Windows · macOS
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