TidalCycles
TidalCycles Contributors
TidalCycles is a live-coding environment for describing musical patterns as text.
View details →THE AUDIO MAGAZINE / RESOURCES
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.
424 listings
Toc2
The Twom
Toc2 is an open-source Android metronome for keeping time during practice and rehearsal.
View details →Tone.js
Tone.js
Tone.js is a browser audio framework for building instruments, sequencers and interactive music applications.
View details →ToneBoosters Legacy v3 Bundle
ToneBoosters
ToneBoosters' legacy collection makes older processing tools available separately from its current commercial range.
View details →TONEX 2 CS
IK Multimedia
TONEX 2 CS is the permanent free entry into IK Multimedia’s tone-modeling ecosystem.
View details →TPA-1
Ignite Amps
TPA-1 models a tube power-amplifier stage for guitar processing.
View details →Triple Cheese
u-he
Triple Cheese uses comb-filter-based synthesis to build sounds with resonant and sometimes unusual harmonic structures.
View details →TS-999
Ignite Amps
TS-999 is an overdrive-pedal simulation for guitar-oriented signal chains.
View details →TSB-1
Ignite Amps
TSB-1 is a bass-oriented overdrive processor from Ignite Amps.
View details →Tubes Creamer 808
Mercuriall Audio
Tubes Creamer 808 models a familiar overdrive-pedal approach for guitar processing.
View details →TugImgSynth
2Rule / Tuğrul Akyüz
TugImgSynth derives oscillator material from images, using a path across picture brightness to create the waveform a voice plays.
View details →Tukan JSFX
Tukan Studios
Tukan JSFX is a collection of effects for the JSFX ecosystem, covering mixing and creative processing.
View details →Tunefish 4
Brain Control
Tunefish 4 is an open-source synthesizer developed with a compact sound-generation approach.
View details →Tuner (Bill Farmer)
Bill Farmer
Bill Farmer's Tuner is an open-source Android tuning application.
View details →Tuner (The Twom)
The Twom
The Twom's Tuner is an open-source Android instrument tuner with visual pitch information.
View details →TuxGuitar
TuxGuitar Project
TuxGuitar is a tablature and score editor for guitar-oriented arrangements.
View details →TX16Wx Software Sampler
CWITEC
TX16Wx is a sampler for mapping, editing and playing sample-based instruments.
View details →TyrellN6
u-he
TyrellN6 is a virtual-analog synthesizer with a compact architecture and modulation options suited to classic electronic sounds.
View details →Ultimate Vocal Remover
Ultimate Vocal Remover Contributors
Ultimate Vocal Remover is a desktop interface for machine-learning audio separation.
View details →UVI Player
UVI
UVI Player is the current name of UVI Workstation, a free instrument environment for UVI soundware and Falcon Expansions.
View details →Valhalla Freq Echo
Valhalla DSP
Valhalla Freq Echo combines delay with frequency shifting, producing echoes that change spectral position as they repeat.
View details →Valhalla Space Modulator
Valhalla DSP
Valhalla Space Modulator explores flanging and related modulation effects through a range of algorithms.
View details →Valhalla Supermassive
Valhalla DSP
Valhalla Supermassive produces spacious delays and reverberant textures from algorithms designed for large, evolving effects.
View details →Vaporizer2
VAST Dynamics
Vaporizer2 is an open-source hybrid synthesizer with wavetable and sample-oriented capabilities.
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