Venus Theory - Lair
A dark cinematic Decent Sampler instrument with 21 presets and XY blending of four sounds.
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Image unavailableVZtec Overdrive
A digital recreation of the developer’s Overdrive hardware pedal.
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Image unavailableBlenheim Sound - reVUe
A calibrated VU meter with adjustable reference level, stereo RMS averaging and REAPER embedded-display integration.
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Image unavailableIsivisi SLURP
A synthesizer that combines three oscillating sources through rotational signal processing.
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Image unavailableUnplugRed Modman
a modulation effect that uses a Perlin noise algorithm to create organic, ever-changing movements, letting you modulate tape drift, filter, saturation, and amplitude for everything from subtle pad movement to warped, experimental textures.
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23DSP - 23HotCold
a harmonic distortion/saturation that lets you shape even and odd harmonics for anything from warm analog-style tone to aggressive edge.
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Image unavailableEVA Instruments - Kalimba
A sampled kalimba with separate tine/body layers and built-in reverb.
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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 unavailableKuassa - TilQ
A dual-shelving tilt equalizer that changes low/high balance around a pivot frequency.
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Image unavailableNative Instruments - Massive X Player
A streamlined Massive X preset-playing synth with macro morphing, animation and randomization.
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Image unavailablePentacom - ChordBloom
Generates playable chord voicings from root/type choices, with extensions, memory slots and transposition.
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Image unavailablePubbas - Sheepadoodle Phaser
A phaser with adjustable notches, stereo modulation, spectral display and distortion that follows the sweep.
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Ternär Music Technology - Flechtwerk
A macro synthesizer with 24 engines based on Mutable Instruments Plaits.
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ZL Audio - ZL Compressor
An open-source dynamics processor with compression/expansion, lookahead, oversampling and an eight-band sidechain EQ.
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Image unavailable23DSP - 23Tape
an analog tape simulator that lets you dial in everything from gentle saturation to total tape meltdown, with adjustable tape types, speeds, and age-related imperfections for authentic vintage character.
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Image unavailable4drX - StereoMixer
A stereo monitoring/re-panning utility with channel soloing, mono summing, polarity inversion and gain control.
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Image unavailableAir Music - Air Stutter
A rhythmic repeat effect with interval selection, freeze, decay and pitch modulation.
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Image unavailableAudiolatry - LoQuest
A lo-fi instrument with sampled keys, pads, plucks and organs plus filters, modulation and effects.
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Image unavailableConsistent Interruption - Tumult
Layers noise or imported samples over audio, with raw, ducking and following modes and five-band EQ.
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Image unavailableEmergence Audio - Infinite Collection
Ten evolving sampled instruments with over 80 presets, built around the lite Infinite Motion Engine.
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Image unavailableFracture Sounds - Blueprint: Textural Viola
An experimental viola library with long articulations, col legno, bends and an atmospheric layer.
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Image unavailableJMG Sound - Hyperspace Core
A reduced-feature algorithmic reverb with XY character morphing, randomization and tempo-related controls.
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Image unavailableLese - Codec 2.0
Creates degradation through real-time audio encoding/decoding, packet loss, noise and reordered packets.
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Image unavailableLunacy - HAZE
Blends chorus, phasing, reverb and spectral dispersion for widening and atmospheric processing.
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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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