free plugins for music production

yumbu-3

Instruments / Percussion

Yumbu 3

Yumbu 3 is a slotted drum sampler with lightning-fast drum kit loading and fast single-stage control, equipped for live use, with improved control, mp3 and wav format support, fast workflow and only 0.5...

Windows
HY-Delay4

Delay / Effects

HY-Delay4

HY-Delay is a free delay plugin with a very complete equalizer to avoid interference with the original sound The ‘Ducker’ or side-chain compression function maintains the clarity of the sound and avoids masking...

Windows Mac

Instruments / Synthesizer

Strange Tingz

Meticulously sampled sounds from multiple 80s synthesizers and emulators offer a rich palette of tones and timbres that evoke the spirit of Stranger Things. Imbue your creations with the dark and creepy sounds...

Windows Mac

Limiter / Processes

Limited-Z

Limited-Z is a specialized and easy-to-use limiter, based on the foundation of being a capable look-ahead brickwall limiter suitable for final mixing or mastering. Limited-Z dynamically combines several unique limiting algorithms to provide...

Windows Mac
Zampler-rx

Bass / Instruments / Synthesizer

Zampler RX

Powerful sample workstation for VST and AU With the Zampler//RX, Beat updates the professional sample workstation for Windows and OS X that can easily compete with the big names in the industry in...

Windows Mac
Classic Gtr lite

Instruments / Strings

Classic.Gtr Lite

Classic.Gtr Lite is a free multi-sampled classical guitar plugin for Windows and Mac available in VST/VST3/AU formats. The original samples were recorded from a basic guitar at 24 bit 96khz, processed with various...

Windows Mac
prefix

Compensator / Effects / Equalizer

preFIX

preFIX is a pre-mixing and audio alignment tool which typically takes place upfront the mixing process It provides a clever tool set to clean-up, fix and align audio tracks (typically taken from recordings)...

Windows

Instruments / Synthesizer

Aura Polyscape Free Pads Instrument

Dark, organic analog expressions auras:polyscape, the first in a new series of free instrument releases exploring the deep, cinematic sounds of the Polybrute 12 sourced from custom patches and recorded through analog tube...

Windows Mac
Spectra Free Ambient Synthesizer

Instruments / Synthesizer

Spectra Free Ambient Synthesizer

Ambient Electronic Bliss Spectra is a free ambient instrument created by S1gns of L1fe (Chris Bryant), an acclaimed ambient music producer, sound designer, and co-founder of Synphaera Records, Exosphere, and Material by Synphaera....

Windows Mac
deducktion

Instruments / Synthesizer

Dead Duck Deducktion

Dead Duck Deducktion is a subtractive synthesizer, featuring: Two oscillators with saw, square, triangle and noise waveforms with ‘superwave’ detune, PWM and square/triangle sub-oscillator options. Flexible sub-oscillators with sub-octave and independent modes for advanced...

Windows
LostVinyls

Chorus / Distortion

Lost-Vinyls

LoFi effects allows you to obtain vintage aka old-school sound Here you can obtain the classic vinyl effect with background scratchy noise and more. Vinyl record was the primary medium used for music...

Windows Mac Linux
Voxengo-Correlometer

Analyzer / Processes

Voxengo Correlometer

Multi-band correlation metering Phase issues detector Cross-track phase coherency estimation Mono-compatibility checker Correlometer is a free analog-style stereo multi-band correlation meter AudioUnit, AAX, and VST plugin for professional music production applications.  It is...

Windows Mac