Plugins

There are two sections below - one with links to websites that have multiple free plugins available, and another of individual links to certain plugins or manufacturers that only have one or two free products. You can ctrl+F through the categories (eq, compressor, etc) if you're looking for something specific

Website Links

Plugin sales website with a relatively large variety of free plugins available, as well as really good sales. 

Free everything! From VSTs to Daws to Samples.... 

Github resource of a number of free plugins 

Some paid, some free plugins 

Free ableton plugins on this page 

MFreeFXBundle contains a set of audio effects, which are completely free 

Free plugins - Denoise, EQ Curve Analyser, High end shaper

Free from Magnus Jonsson, member of Smartelectronix 

Mix of free and paid plugins, but a great list to go through  

Lots of free effects available here  

All the audio tools listed here are totally free: you can download and use them freely without paying a cent. They are fully functional, without any limitation, enjoy!  

I’ve spent much time creating free tools for electronic music and audio engineering, starting in 1991 with SoundHack and more recently with a series of plugins and externals for Mac, Linux and Windows.  

Metering, monitoring, etc 

We currently offer free effect plug-ins for Mac and Windows DAW software, and we are hard at work on some truly revolutionary instruments that blend computer music techniques with modern application design paradigms  

The JSFX plugins will work with Reaper on Windows and OSX machines. Please notice: they are not VST plugins, they work with Reaper only 

Freeware from XFer 

Amps / Racks 

Two free and two demos 

Quite a number of free synths on this page 

Lots of free effects available here 

We are creators of subversive and ridiculous audio production effects built for sound designers and experimental music producers. These plugins are "available for free" but ALSO have a price tag on them - pay if you can. 

A number of free plugins and instruments 

DAW plug-ins to boost your tones 

Individual Plugin Links

 Compressor

Popular Compressor, "warming" filter, updated metering

Flanger

Through-zero, barberpole, detuning, doubling, etc

Frequency Shift

Bode-Style Frequency Shifter + Analog Echo Emulator

Delay/Verb

Massive Delays and Reverbs

Glitches / Textures

Texture - Oriented Effects Processor 

Panner

Easy to use distance "pan pot"

Lo-Fi Filter

64-bit processing and advanced filtering, modeling & resampling

Verb

Stereo plate plugin with simplified EQ, metering, etc

EQ / Preamp

musical mix EQ and pre-amp simulation

Low Frequency Enhancer

stereo / m-s low-frequency enhancer with Pultec-style boost attenuation

Imager

Automatable imager for stereo, group, aux, or bus channels

Panner

CPU-friendly tool for checking polarity, isolate speakers, etc

Time Stretch

The plugin is only suitable for radical transformation of sounds 

Overdrive 

Dr Drive is an analog simulation of a modern overdrive inspired by the Horizon Devices® Precision Drive™ 

Gate

Program-dependent hysteresis automatically captures the desired phenomenon. Program-Dependent Auto-Release 


Echo

simulation of the WEM Copicat IC-400 Belt Drive VariSpeed model, the first tape echo machine made by WEM with a DC capstan motor capable of changing speed, thus varying the delay time 

Overdrive

Just add it to your FX chain before your digital amp simulation of choice and get that distortion sound that simply fits the mix perfectly 

FM Soft Synth

A free, open source Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesizer - 

Soft Synth

There are paid tiers to this, but the free tier is more than capable of creating a full album with just it alone. 

Plugin Suite

For Linux users only - but this is basically an entire suite of plugins where you can produce a whole song without having to reach for any other plugins 

Saturation / Distortion

One knob saturation 

Soundfonts

Lots of great string, woodwind, and keyboard virtual instruments on this site. 

Soundfont VST player

A very basic, simple VST that can load soundfonts 

Synth

Access to 6 of the most versatile snapins on top of everything in the Kilohearts Toolbox FREE 

Bitcrusher

Meet the PCM2612 Retro Decimator Unit, a bitcrusher effect plug-in with a distinctive legacy 

Bass management

The bx_subfilter is just the ticket for adding clarity and definition to tracks that have troublesome low frequencies 

Multiband Compressor

free re-creation of a popular aggressive multiband upwards/downwards compressor set-up used by many dubstep and electro producers. 

Analyser

SPAN is a free real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer 

Wave Shaper

Free Clip is an intuitive multi algorithm soft clipper/wave shaper plugin 

Delay

Lagrange is a unique stereo delay system producing other worldly echoes using granular techniques, where each grain is from a different point in the delay buffer 

Bitcrusher

combines the crispy taste of the digital realm with the warmth of its drive stage and analog modeled resonant filters 

Imager

Control the width of any track, perfect for making super-wide sounds or creating narrow, mono-like sources 

High End Management

Add the smoothest high end you’ve ever heard without even a hint of harshness 

Compressor / Transient Shaper

powerful compression and transient shaping 

Saturator

IVGI can deliver very soft and subtle saturation, and is equally capable of very dense and dirty distortion effects to spice up single tracks 

Reverb

bundle of free audio effect plugins (LV2 and VST) for Linux, MacOS, and Windows 

Tremolo

possibility to adjust the shape of the tremolo modulating curve and to synchronize the frequency with a host, or set it manually 

Limiter

W1 Limiter is a clone of Waves L1, with identical output, as well as an approximation of Waves L2 

Meter

Lots of major upgrades for most popular integrated loudness measurements

Compressor

AdHd Leveling Tool is a Tube Leveling Amplifier inspired by the legends and carefully crafted to meet your compression needs. The ideal compressor for vocals. 

Saturator

From subtile warm saturation to overdrive, XPressor adds that extra touch 

Meter

Youlean Loudness Meter helps you find the true perceived loudness of your audio and prepares it for TV or streaming services release 

Library

Explorer is a powerful application that allows you to manage your files with enormous control 

Multi-use plugin

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