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HOFA-Plugins has released ThirdPartyPluginLoader as a free add-on for its modular HOFA SYSTEM environment. The utility lets you host any VST3 or AU plugin inside SYSTEM and route it through the platfo
Imaginando TV3 1.1.0 is a free update for the TB-303-style acid synthesizer plugin that introduces a completely redesigned user interface and a new editor view inside its generative pattern sequencer.
Wild Surmise Music has released Ispín, a free saturator plugin that runs on macOS, Windows, iPhone, and iPad. The plugin adds weight and grit through four simple controls, moving from gentle thickenin
discoDSP Corona 7 is a free major upgrade for the hybrid virtual analog and wave synthesizer, adding MPE support, 8x oversampling, a new Super-7+ unison mode, and a sequencer arpeggiator with generati
Hot Shower Audio bathROOMs is a new free reverb plugin for macOS and Windows built from impulse responses of five distinct bathrooms. Developer Alejandro Ramirez Ramalejo captures spaces ranging from
Heavyocity has released Brickwall Drums as a free instrument for Kontakt and the free Kontakt Player. The library captures a custom Allegra Drum Kit recorded for golden-era character and modern produc
dBdone Feuer is a free creative drum-processing plugin for macOS and Windows that mangles drum loops, percussion, breaks, and rhythmic material with spectral chaos. The plugin marks the second free re
Airy is a free mono-safe stereo widener plugin developed by Nicolas Barreau, a Paris-based sound engineer and acoustician, released under his HARMONICO dsp label. The plugin uses a "point source widen
StemDeck is a free, open-source stem separation application developed by solo developer Thales Pereira for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It runs entirely on your machine — no subscription, no cloud uploa
Stemwire has released Zero Sweep Filter and Subkeeper Saturator as pay-what-you-want freeware for macOS and Windows. Both plugins share a clean white-on-black interface and focus on solving one specif
2RuleSynth 3.3 is a major update to the free patchable virtual-analog synthesizer from independent developer tugrulakyuz. The plugin remains completely free with no sign-up required and runs on Window
Xfer Records has released a public beta of Serum 2 for Linux, marking the first time the flagship wavetable synthesizer runs natively on the platform. The update is free for all registered Serum 2 own
FrozenPlain has released Floe 2.0, a major update to its free, open-source sample library player that adds granular synthesis and per-layer arpeggiators. The plugin runs on Windows and macOS in VST3,
Analog Obsession has released MoMa v2.0, a complete rewrite of its free saturation effect plugin built on component-level circuit modeling. The update introduces four distinct modes — glue and mojo, e
ABYZOR Audio has released Genesis v2.0.0, a major update to its free MIDI generator plugin for Windows and macOS. The plugin generates melodic and rhythmic patterns across a range of musical styles an
Windows-G has released E-PeakClipper500 as a free native VST3 clipper plugin for Windows, moving beyond last year's JSFX version that required a wrapper. The plugin is available for direct download fr
Audio Assault is giving away Carntens Greys, a premium guitar amp module for its Amp Locker platform, as a free download for a limited time. The module is not a standalone plugin; it loads inside Amp
Okay Synthesizer has released Okay Shaper, a free three-band volume shaper for macOS and Windows. The plugin splits the incoming signal into low, mid, and high bands, each with its own drawable envelo
Sample Dicer is a free four-layer one-shot sampler plugin for macOS and Windows released by developer Ilya Orange. It loads up to four samples simultaneously and triggers them with per-layer variation
CarbonDSP launches its first plugin lineup with two free Windows instruments: Vellum, a vocal-focused reverb, and Biased, a component-modeled tube preamp saturator. Both are available now as free down
FX-Mechanics has released Mango, a free open-source modular glitch effect for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The plugin uses a node-based routing system where up to eight modules can be chained, reordered
Takumi EQ is a free equalizer plugin from Okina Audio that combines a Pultec-style passive EQ section with an optional multiband saturator. Developer Issey Kakuuchi released it as a no-cost download f
OpenTune is a free, open-source AI pitch correction plugin for Windows and macOS developed by YuFeng926. The beta release is available now on GitHub with no sign-up required and no licensing restricti
Pro2Max has released Unirock HumStrat, a free 1.7 GB HSS electric guitar virtual instrument for Windows. The complete instrument — not a lite version or teaser — is available as a VST3 plugin and a st
Scintillate is a free spectral sparkle engine by Sweet Audio that won the 2026 KVR Developer Challenge. The plugin generates harmonic sparkles within the frequency spectrum of a conventional reverb, a
