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OXO-Music has launched Oxo Steps, a free MIDI step sequencer and arpeggiator for macOS designed to generate intricate multi-track arrangements from single chords. Available as a direct download from t
Riverflux Audio has introduced PHIXER, a dedicated free stereo phase repair plugin designed to recover low-end weight and eliminate phase cancellation in stereo signals. The utility resolves common al
Audiomodern has released Soundbox 1.3, an important milestone update that introduces full MIDI Polyphonic Expression MPE support across desktop and mobile platforms. The free update upgrades the modul
Orra Audio has released Orra Deverb, a free deverb plugin vst designed to remove unwanted room acoustics and reverberation from audio recordings. The software provides producers and dialogue editors w
Jas-i Khorlo is a free rotating physical modeling synthesizer plugin that introduces a novel virtual cylinder engine. Developed by Jas-i, the plugin places up to eight resonators around a glass cylind
Cleveland-based developer Vitric Audio has launched its debut lineup of 11 plugins built and battle-tested inside Studio 4, a working recording facility running an Avid Icon D-Command ES console. Two
Glassbox is a free educational compressor plugin from Low End Candy built specifically to teach compression principles rather than just apply them. The plugin implements a feed-forward, log-domain des
OVNI Audio has released Orbit, a free open-source binaural spatial engine that places any source in real 3D space and sets it in motion using measured acoustics rather than psychoacoustic tricks. The
LUFScale is a free, open-source batch loudness analysis and normalization utility for Windows and macOS, released by developer Perez Philippe. It analyzes each audio file over its full duration, then
Domina is a free seeded MIDI arpeggiator plugin by Fanan Team that composes entire performances from a single six-digit number instead of a fixed pattern. It produces no sound of its own — place it be
Decomposer has released Dert, a free one-knob distortion plugin that morphs through overdrive, distortion, bitcrush, and ring modulation as you turn the single control. The plugin is available for imm
TAL-Bitcrusher is a major free update to Togu Audio Line's long-standing bitcrusher plugin, released in August 2026. The Swiss developer has rebuilt the interface with a fully scalable UI matching the
iDigLabs has released Old School, a free collection of ten analog-modeled processors for macOS that models not just individual units but the interaction between them when chained in series. The suite
Sound Overflow has launched a new collection of VST3 effect plugins for Windows, and two of them — MICRO and RETUNE — are completely free to download from the developer's website. No account creation
Harmony Pro is a free harmony exploration MIDI FX plugin from Harmony Lab Audio that helps composers and producers investigate harmonic possibilities from their own musical ideas rather than generatin
Toulouse-based producer DJBILBOX BEATS has released MINI MPC HUMPIRE, a free 64-pad sampler and beat machine that generates every sound and pattern on the fly with no samples to download or clear. The
MUEDrive is a free saturator effect plugin for macOS from developer MUEDsp, designed to push the middle and low end of your sound with tube, warm, and console saturation characters. It joins MUEDsat a
ShamROCK Audio has released FITZ PHONE, a free analog voice processor plugin that emulates three classic communication devices: a telephone line, a megaphone, and an AM radio. The macOS-only plugin is
Reason Studios has released Reason Free, a free plugin version of its legendary virtual Rack that runs natively in VST3, AU, and AAX formats on Windows and macOS. The plugin brings the full Reason Rac
Kreativ Sound has released Preset Mutator PRO, a local-first browser tool that generates playable preset starting points for the free Vital spectral warping wavetable synthesizer. The utility runs ent
2RuleSynth 3.5.0 is a free update to Tuğrul Akyüz's 8-voice polyphonic hybrid software synthesizer that introduces four global LFOs routable to nearly any parameter. The plugin runs as a VST3 on Windo
GBCAudio has released SpectraVU, a free VU meter plugin taken directly from its Spectra loudness and analysis meter. The plugin is available now from the developer's website with no sign-up required.
Xfer Records has released Pink Trombone as a free VST3 and AU plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows, porting Neil Thapen's legendary 2017 browser-based vocal tract model into a DAW-ready instrument. St
IA De-Esser is a free de-essing and resonance suppression plugin from Immanent Audio, available now for Windows and macOS in VST3 and AU formats. The plugin targets sibilance and harsh resonances acro
2B Reverbed is a flexible reverb plugin from 2B Played Music that is free to download for a few days only. The plugin provides direct control over the size, depth, and character of the space around yo
