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Storyteller
Supreme tracneaddict

Registered: Feb 2005
Location: The Netherlands

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

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Last edited by Storyteller on Feb-15-2019 at 12:21

Jun-09-2011 12:03 Netherlands

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Storyteller
Supreme tracneaddict

Registered: Feb 2005
Location: The Netherlands

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

Jun-09-2011 12:59 Netherlands

ividar
tranceaddict in training

Registered: Jul 2010
Location: Husnes, Norway

Maybe you could mark them PC, MAC and PC/MAC?

Jun-09-2011 13:02 Norway

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Storyteller
Supreme tracneaddict

Registered: Feb 2005
Location: The Netherlands

Great suggestion

Jun-09-2011 13:02 Netherlands

.JEKL.
Junior tranceaddict

Registered: Jun 2011
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

I used to use camel audio's camel crusher quite a bit. Has a few presets to flip through as well.

CamelCrusherFree

Jun-09-2011 13:20 United States

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Storyteller
Supreme tracneaddict

Registered: Feb 2005
Location: The Netherlands

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 .

Jun-09-2011 15:08 Netherlands

mathieu
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Oct 2010
Location: Montreal, Canada

RCGAudio SFZ, a free soundfont player wich is quite useful

http://www.cakewalk.com/Download/sfz.aspx

Jun-09-2011 15:29 Canada

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cryophonik
Boom shanka

Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Elk Grove, CA USA

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))

Jun-09-2011 16:13 United States

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cryophonik
Boom shanka

Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Elk Grove, CA USA

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)

Last edited by cryophonik on Jun-09-2011 at 16:49

Jun-09-2011 16:32 United States

Zombie0729
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Oct 2003
Location: .

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)

Jun-09-2011 18:38 United States

Storyteller
Supreme tracneaddict

Registered: Feb 2005
Location: The Netherlands

@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.