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Free music tools - A lot of bang without $
Due to this topic others thought of creating this. A collection of interesting plugins and platforms that one can work with for free.
Main thing is that the plugins should be stable and perform well. I'd insist on not including experimental/buggy plugins in order to keep this list practical and to the point.
Please inform me about interesting plugins by replying or by PM. Please mention a category it would fall under as well. If a link is dead, please inform me as well. I'll do the best I can to keep this page up to date.
I've also mirrored some files from my own archive as I couldn't find the original download source anymore.
In short:
- Free software only
- Demo's allowed if they do not limit critical features
- No time limits
- No buggy/experimental stuff
Just straightforward practical and useful plugins!
Please only mention plugins you like specifically, it's about the good ones. Do not send me links to existing lists please.
| DAW | ||
|---|---|---|
| Audio Editors | ||
| Audacity | PC / MAC / LINUX | |
| Sequencers / Piano roll-based | ||
| Cakewalk | PC | |
| Trackers | ||
| Buzz | PC | |
| Renoise | PC / MAC / LINUX | Fully functional excl. export functionality and ASIO - export can be done with Voxengo Recorder, also on this page |
| VST Instruments | ||
| Hardware emulators/inspired - do not always sound similar | ||
| Superwave P8 | PC | Based on the Roland JP8000/JP8080 |
| Synth1 | PC | Based on the Clavia Nord Lead 2 |
| TAL BassLine | PC / MAC | Based on Roland SH101 |
| TAL-U-No-62 | PC / MAC | Based on the Roland Juno 6 |
| Real Instrument VSTs | ||
| 4Front Bass | PC / MAC | |
| 4Front E-Piano | PC / MAC | |
| 4Front Piano | PC / MAC | |
| 4Front Rhode | PC / MAC | |
| Spicy Guitar | PC / MAC | |
| Samplers | ||
| Subtractive synthesizers | ||
| Genobazz | PC | |
| TAL Elek7ro | PC / MAC | |
| TAL NoiseMaker | PC / MAC | |
| Experimental synthesizers | ||
| Empty... | ||
| VST Effects | ||
| Analysis tools | ||
| Blue Cat FreqAnalyst | PC / MAC | |
| PSP Vintagemeter | PC / MAC | |
| SSL X-ISM | PC / MAC | Registration required |
| Bouncing / Exporting | ||
| Voxengo Recorder | PC | |
| Chorus | ||
| Blue Cat Chorus | PC / MAC | |
| Blue Cat Stereo Chorus | PC / MAC | |
| Kjearhus Classic Chorus | PC | Mirrored - Found the source website or is this a rights breach? Contact me |
| TAL Chorus LX | PC / MAC | |
| Compression / Limiting | ||
| Audio Assault Head Crusher | PC | |
| Audio Assault Klipfreak | PC | |
| Audiodamage Rough Rider | PC | |
| Blue Cat Digital Peak Meter | PC | |
| Blue Cat Gain Suite | PC / VST | |
| Kjearhus Classic Compressor | PC | Mirrored - Found the source website or is this a rights breach? Contact me |
| Kjearhus Classic Master Limiter | PC | Mirrored - Found the source website or is this a rights breach? Contact me |
| TLS Ultramaximizer | PC | Mirrored - Found the source website or is this a rights breach? Contact me |
| Delay | ||
| Glitch Machines Hysteresis | PC / MAC | |
| Kjearhus Classic Delay | PC | Mirrored - Found the source website or is this a rights breach? Contact me |
| KR Delay FS | PC / MAC / LINUX | |
| TAL Dub 1 / 2 / 3 | PC / MAC | |
| ValhallaFreqEcho | PC / MAC | |
| Distortion / Amp- or Cabinet simulators | ||
| Audiodamage FuzzPlus3 | PC / MAC | |
| Audio Assault Bass Grinder | PC / MAC | |
| Audio Assault Defacer | PC / MAC | |
| Audio Assault Grind Machine | PC / MAC | |
| Geektronic | PC | |
| Izotope Vinyl | PC / MAC | |
| TAL Bitcrusher | PC / MAC | |
| TAL Tube | PC / MAC | |
| Voxengo Tubeamp | PC / MAC | |
| Voxengo Boogex | PC | |
| EQ | ||
| Blue Cat Triple EQ | PC / MAC | |
| Kjearhus Classic EQ | PC | Mirrored - Found the source website or is this a rights breach? Contact me |
| TAL USE | PC / MAC | |
| Voxengo Marvel GEQ | PC / MAC | |
| Voxengo Overtone GEQ | PC / MAC | |
| Filters | ||
| Elysia Niveau Filter | PC / MAC | |
| Kjearhus Classic Filter | PC | Mirrored - Found the source website or is this a rights breach? Contact me |
| Ohmforce Frohmage | PC / MAC | |
| TAL Filter | PC / MAC | |
| Flanger | ||
| Blue Cat Flanger | PC / MAC | |
| Blue Cat Stereo Flanger | PC / MAC | |
| Kjearhus Classic Flanger | PC | Mirrored - Found the source website or is this a rights breach? Contact me |
| TAL Flanger | PC / MAC | |
| Gate | ||
| AraldFX StormGate1 | PC / MAC | |
| Multi-effects | ||
| Camel Audio Camelcrusher | PC / MAC | Mirrored by the nice guys of audiopluginsforfree.com |
| dBlue Glitch | PC | |
| Glitch Machines Fracture | PC / MAC | |
| Phaser | ||
| Blue Cat Phaser | PC / MAC | |
| Kjearhus Classic Phaser | PC | Mirrored - Found the source website or is this a rights breach? Contact me |
| Pitch correction | ||
| GSnap | PC | |
| Reverb | ||
| Kjearhus Classic Reverb | PC | Mirrored - Found the source website or is this a rights breach? Contact me |
| KR Reverb FS | PC / MAC / LINUX | |
| PSP Pianoverb | PC / MAC | |
| Tal Reverb | PC / MAC | |
| Voxengo oldskoolverb | PC | |
| Stereo processing tools | ||
| Voxengo MSED | PC / MAC | |
| Voxengo Stereo Touch | PC / MAC | |
| Transient processing | ||
| Audio Assault Transient | PC / MAC | |
| Flux Bittersweet v3 | PC / MAC | |
| Tremolo | ||
| Audiodamage Pulse Modulator | PC / MAC | Mirrored by the nice guys of vst4free.com |
| Vocoder | ||
| TAL Vocoder | PC / MAC | |
| Samples | ||
| Wave Alchemy | Drums, SFX |
My personal favourites amongst the total list - and used in virtually all of my productions in the past and current:
Synth 1
Voxengo MSED
Flux Bittersweet 2
TLS Ultramaximizer
Maybe you could mark them PC, MAC and PC/MAC? 
Great suggestion
I used to use camel audio's camel crusher quite a bit. Has a few presets to flip through as well.
CamelCrusherFree
Better layout now. Added some formatting and found some major security holes in this forum but hey, as long as we're not abusing it's still fun .
RCGAudio SFZ, a free soundfont player wich is quite useful
http://www.cakewalk.com/Download/sfz.aspx
Let's not forget the rhythmic plugins. These are all very cool:
Arp - Kirnu Free Arpeggiator (VST/Win 32,Win 64,non SSE2, Mac OS X )
Glitchy - Illformed/DBlue Glitch (Windows VST only)
Gate - AraldFX Stormgate 1 (PC VST format and MAC VST and AU formats (it works on Mac/Intels too))
More freebies that are widely used and recommended:
Togu Audio Line (TAL) plugins (VST & AU)
Cakewalk/RGC:Audio Triangle II
Cakewalk/RGC:Audio Square I
Both of these Cakewalk/RGC:Audio synths were developed by the same guy who developed Z3TA (Windows VST only)
Fuzzpilz Oatmeal Synth (Windows VST only)
Blue Cat Audio Freeware - 11 excellent plugins (Mac-AU / Mac-RTAS / Mac-VST / Win-DX / Win-RTAS / Win-VST / Win x64-DX / Win x64-VST)
Solid State Logic X-ISM Meter (PC/Mac)
i use these all the time to layout ideas, very CPU & hard drive friendly:
Piano - http://www.kvraudio.com/get/597.html
(that company has a bunch more, bass, e-piano, rhodes, etc 90% of them are free)
@Cryo: Will add the Blue Cate later on. Square one still seems to be a paid plugin according to the website... It links to a page that allows you to choose your preferred currency.
some cool free synths:
Spicy Guitar http://www.spicyguitar.com/
Trancedriver http://www.yedey.com/
SuperWave 8 http://www.kvraudio.com/db/superwave_p8_by_superwave
Genobazz http://audio.tekit-studio.eu/genobazz/
There is a Pitch Correction plug in called Gsnap:
http://www.gvst.co.uk/gsnap.htm
Karma FX has an awesome donationware FX pack, scroll down on this page and you'll see it:
http://karmafx.net/?id=1
Then someone else on another thread pointed me to this Echo that can be used as a flanger too:
http://www.valhalladsp.com/valhallafreqecho
Great to see this thread like I suggested!
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| Originally posted by Storyteller Square one still seems to be a paid plugin according to the website... It links to a page that allows you to choose your preferred currency. |
This one is a little buggy depending on your PC Setup but I've had few problems with it.
http://www.drpetter.se/project_musagi.html
This was actually the first thing I started making music on, it's especially good at making chiptunes because it's pretty lo-fi. There aren't mixer channels or anything, but you can load in a VST like Synth1 and play it from in there.
I still use it now though simply because the sound has a lot of character, the square waves and triangle waves make me think of my gameboy. The noise it has built in is super lo-fi 8 bit noise, you can make drum sounds with it.
The forums are relatively active considering it's an underground product.
Not for professional use but definitely fun and maybe even useful.
This will obviously get a sticky yes? Damn good post(s)! Bookmarked!
How could we miss Valhalla FreqEcho? Mac (AU/VST/RTAS) and PC (VST & RTAS)
I'm suprised some of you seemingly use so much free stuff. I only use the 4 plugins I mentioned after the OP. I don't feel like I'm missing out though hehe.
Edit: Practically everything that has been mentioned is in the list now!
Chorus - TAL-Chorus-60
Synth - TAL-Bassline
actually most of the TAL stuff is pretty good for free
Added all the TAL stuff I found when quickly scanning through their site .
Great work everyone, kudos to storyteller.
Grabbing one or two of these to try, thanks!
Wasn't there a good one under CM Magazine?
Ok yeh I was talking about "Genesis".
I'm not sure if its Ummet Ozcan or if CM made it but I think its free to use. I'm really not sure. Its a whore of a synth anyway but its good to sample some fat sounds from.
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=218884
I'm still not 100% sure if its free but maybe someone else knows.
Thanks to this thread though I've been using synth1 again lately and I'm really starting to believe this synth sounds better than z3ta. It has a very warm/dense sound to it and some of the bass sounds are extremely punchy/analog sounding. I took the "commercial sawz" preset, added a bit of FM, tightened the envelopes, added some saturation and I'm astonished how thick and present this thing sounds.
I really need to start incorporating synth1 more in my mixes I don't even feel like I'm getting that same dense character from other commerical synths.
edit: DAYAM it sounds even sicker going through a phaser, this sounds just like the bass from ALT F4 - Alt F4.
if it hasn't been mentioned before what about audio units?
If it's listed as MAC it's either mac VST, AU, or both.
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