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Midnight Rambler is a free amplifier stompbox plugin from Main St Audio Labs built on Neural Amp Modeling NAM technology. It captures a boutique-calibrated Fender Tweed 5E3 to deliver touch-sensitive,
MKS Mixing has released version 1.6 of DelayU-42, a free vintage 42-inspired delay effect plugin for Windows and macOS. The update reworks the delay and filtering signal path to more closely match the
MFKNE has launched a series of free effect plugins that fold several sound-shaping factors into one plugin so the controls react to each other instead of sitting in a long chain. The developer describ
K-pop producer Shane has released four free single-knob effect plugins under the "Shane Is" series, each named after a feeling with a pixel-art ghost panel that visualizes the effect. The collection i
Andes JX is a free, open-source polyphonic subtractive synthesizer from Ecuadorian developer NoiseRoom UIO. Created by Jhonatan López, it doubles as a musical instrument and an educational platform fo
The Crow Hill Company has released Vaults Lyre, a free virtual instrument that models the ancient Greek lyre, as the latest entry in their Vaults series. The plugin is available for immediate download
Nolvra Relic is a free vintage lofi character effect plugin that bundles tape, vinyl, VHS and radio emulation behind a single AGE macro. The plugin is available now as a VST3 and AU download from the
Jeesonic has released Metering Cockpit, a free metering plugin for Windows and macOS that combines loudness, level, dynamics, spectrum, stereo correlation and waveform displays in a single resizable w
Tone Empire EDYN is a discrete transistor preamp effect plugin modeled on a classic American console, now free for a few days instead of its regular $59 price. The offer runs until August 29, 2026 and
Rust Romance has released BigBlockPre LE, a free preamp effect plugin modeled on API-style console circuitry. The LE edition delivers a fixed signal path built around a 2622-style preamp stage, offeri
OA-Labs has released Phosphor-1 v1.1, a major update to its free virtual analog synthesizer built around controllable instability. The instrument now runs on Windows via VST3 and adds CLAP support alo
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
