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an “open source delay modulator” that you can use to create “stutter effects, tape stop, glitch, scratch, reverse, pitch shift and more”.
Windows
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Image unavailablean “open source delay modulator” that you can use to create “stutter effects, tape stop, glitch, scratch, reverse, pitch shift and more”.
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 unavailableUpdated a couple of older plugins and repackaged them in a free bundle. The new Color Bundle consists of the PreBOX preamp and distortion and Distox multi-mode distortion plugins. Both were available before, but they’re now been updated with additional features and 4x oversampling.
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 unavailablean AI plugin that transforms sounds using advanced AI technology, known as timbre transfer. With provided models, this tool can turn any sound into something new.
Windows · macOS
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
A simple bit crusher featuring a huge bit crush knob and two smaller ones for adjusting the gain and mix. For quick and easy bit crushing, Pixel Rabbit has got you covered.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailablesample-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.
macOS · Windows
a free stereo widening and imaging tool for Windows. According to the developer, it uses “a ton of all-pass filters” to position elements in the mix and give them a sense of a new location.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailablea semi-modular software synth that offers various synthesis techniques.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailablePiano One comes from the Yamaha C7 concert grand, a true workhorse in the professional piano world, appearing on famous concert stages, in international competitions and in prestigious music events throughout the world.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableThe content of the library was recorded in the Sofia Session Studio B with a variety of close microphones, later summed into one microphone position.
macOS · Windows
a serial compressor that enables you to achieve the popular technique of connecting two compressors in series with just one plugin.
Windows · macOS
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
Image unavailablederived from the developer’s excellent XTComp, which emulates the famously gritty Empirical Labs Distressor.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailablea complete emulation of the TB-303’s sound engine, with the added bonus of a continuously variable waveshape from sawtooth to square.
Windows · macOS · Linux
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