Chameleon
GuitarML
Chameleon is an open-source guitar-modeling processor designed around learned device behavior.
View details →THE AUDIO MAGAZINE / RESOURCES
macOS – 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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CHANNEV
Analog Obsession
CHANNEV combines channel-strip-style processing in a single plug-in.
View details →Chataigne
Chataigne / Ben Kuper
Chataigne connects and maps control information among software and devices.
View details →Chorus WS-1
Mercuriall Audio
Chorus WS-1 supplies a guitar-oriented chorus effect for adding ensemble movement.
View details →Chow Centaur
ChowDSP
Chow Centaur models a guitar overdrive circuit and offers several approaches to the modeled processing.
View details →Chow Kick
ChowDSP
Chow Kick synthesizes kick-drum sounds through a model-oriented signal path.
View details →Chow Matrix
ChowDSP
Chow Matrix is a delay processor organized around interconnected delay nodes.
View details →Chow Phaser
ChowDSP
Chow Phaser applies phase-based modulation inspired by analog circuitry.
View details →Chow Tape Model
ChowDSP
Chow Tape Model explores the behavior of magnetic tape through a collection of modeled processes.
View details →ChucK
ChucK Team
ChucK is a programming language for real-time synthesis and music creation, with explicit timing built into its design.
View details →CollaB3
Sampleson
CollaB3 is a free tonewheel-organ instrument created through a collaborative development effort.
View details →COLONY
13x Audio
COLONY groups drive, movement, space, pumping, width and noise-related color around an ENERGY macro.
View details →ConjureAlign
ConjureDSP
ConjureAlign compares a recording with a sidechain reference to estimate time offset and polarity.
View details →Couture Free
Auburn Sounds
Couture Free shapes transients, helping alter the apparent attack and sustain of recorded material.
View details →Csound
Csound Community
Csound is a programmable sound-synthesis and signal-processing system with a long history in computer music.
View details →CsoundQt
CsoundQt Contributors
CsoundQt is a graphical development environment for Csound projects.
View details →DC1A
Klanghelm
DC1A is a streamlined compressor built around input and output controls, with switches that alter its response.
View details →dearVR AMBI MICRO
Sennheiser / Dear Reality
dearVR AMBI MICRO processes and monitors Ambisonic material, including binaural rendering for headphones.
View details →dearVR MICRO
Sennheiser / Dear Reality
dearVR MICRO is a binaural spatializer for placing a source in a headphone-oriented three-dimensional sound field.
View details →dearVR MIX
Sennheiser / Dear Reality
dearVR MIX creates a virtual monitoring environment for headphone listening with supported headphone-compensation options.
View details →dearVR PRO 2
Sennheiser / Dear Reality
dearVR PRO 2 is a spatializer for binaural, Ambisonic and multichannel production.
View details →Decent Sampler
Decent Samples
Decent Sampler is a sample-instrument player used by a wide range of independent sound-library makers.
View details →Demucs
Meta Research / Demucs Contributors
Demucs is a music-source-separation project with command-line and Python workflows.
View details →Denemo
Denemo Project
Denemo provides graphical music entry with LilyPond-based engraving.
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