MobMuPlat
Daniel Iglesia
MobMuPlat connects a mobile interface with Pure Data based audio and control patches.
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Free Music Software & Plug-ins
Find permanently free recording tools, instruments, effects and audio utilities for desktop, mobile and the browser. Each listing explains its purpose, compatibility and important free-edition restrictions, with links to the official source.
These are researched directory entries, not hands-on reviews. Optional purchases, account requirements and limited editions are identified on product pages. Format availability can differ by operating system.
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ModulAir
Full Bucket Music
ModulAir is a polyphonic modular synthesizer whose structure is assembled from connected modules.
View details →Molot
Vladg Sound
Molot is a character-oriented compressor with a distinctive approach to dynamics shaping.
View details →MonasteryGrand
MeldaProduction
MonasteryGrand is a sampled concert-piano instrument for MeldaProduction’s MSoundFactory environment, including its free player.
View details →Mono/Fury
Full Bucket Music
Mono/Fury draws on the four-oscillator Korg Mono/Poly architecture.
View details →mp3DirectCut
mp3DirectCut / Martin Pesch
mp3DirectCut is a focused editor for supported compressed-audio formats, allowing suitable operations without a full decode-and-reencode cycle.
View details →mp3splt
mp3splt Project
mp3splt splits supported compressed-audio files without requiring a conventional workstation edit.
View details →Mp3tag for Windows
Florian Heidenreich
Mp3tag edits metadata across supported audio-file formats.
View details →MSoundFactory Player
MeldaProduction
MSoundFactory Player is a restricted instrument player for compatible content from the MSoundFactory ecosystem.
View details →MT Power Drum Kit 2
MT Power Drum Kit
MT Power Drum Kit 2 is an acoustic-style drum instrument with a focused kit and groove-oriented workflow.
View details →MT-A
Mercuriall Audio
MT-A models a high-gain distortion-pedal approach with substantial tone shaping.
View details →Multiply
ACON Digital
Multiply is a chorus effect that combines multiple delayed voices to create ensemble texture.
View details →MusE
MusE Project
MusE is a Linux MIDI and audio sequencer with editors for arranging notes, controller data and recorded material.
View details →MuseScore Studio
MuseScore
MuseScore Studio is a desktop notation application for entering, arranging and engraving musical scores.
View details →MusicBrainz Picard
MusicBrainz
Picard organizes and edits music-file metadata using the MusicBrainz database and related identification tools.
View details →mvMeter2
TBProAudio
mvMeter2 offers an analog-style metering display with selectable measurement behavior.
View details →NadIR
Ignite Amps
NadIR is an impulse-response loader often used for guitar cabinet responses.
View details →NastyDLA mkIII
Variety Of Sound
NastyDLA mkIII is a character delay with coloration and modulation associated with vintage echo processing.
View details →Neural Amp Modeler
Steven Atkinson
Neural Amp Modeler plays compatible learned models of amplifiers and other nonlinear audio devices.
View details →NeuralNote
DamRsn
NeuralNote converts recorded audio into MIDI note information using a transcription model.
View details →New Session Manager
New Session Manager
New Session Manager manages groups of compatible Linux audio applications and their saved session data.
View details →NIBBI
Temecula DSP
NIBBI turns recorded or imported sounds into a playable sampler with tape-looping and pattern-oriented workflows.
View details →Nils K1v
Nils Schneider
Nils K1v emulates the Kawai K1's digital synthesis approach, offering a particular late-1980s keyboard palette.
View details →NINJAM
Cockos
NINJAM provides an interval-based system for making music together over the internet.
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