FMIT
FMIT Contributors
FMIT is an instrument-tuning and frequency-inspection application.
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Free Music Software & Plug-ins
Discover free recording tools, virtual instruments, effects and audio utilities. Browse by platform, category, format and license. Every listing links to its developer.
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NINJAM
Cockos
NINJAM provides an interval-based system for making music together over the internet.
View details →JamTaba
JamTaba Contributors
JamTaba is a client for networked musical collaboration using the NINJAM approach.
View details →SonoBus
SonoBus Contributors
SonoBus shares live audio between participants over a network, with controls for connection and audio-quality tradeoffs.
View details →Jamulus
Jamulus Contributors
Jamulus connects musicians for real-time performance over an internet connection.
View details →Ardour source edition
Ardour Contributors
Ardour is a multitrack workstation for recording, editing, routing and mixing audio and MIDI.
View details →MusicBrainz Picard
MusicBrainz
Picard organizes and edits music-file metadata using the MusicBrainz database and related identification tools.
View details →BandLab Studio
BandLab
BandLab Studio is an online music workspace for recording parts, arranging tracks and collaborating remotely.
View details →Glitch 2
Illformed
Glitch 2 is a sequenced multi-effect for rhythmic transformations, stutters and rearranged audio.
View details →Dolby On
Dolby
Dolby On is a mobile recording application for capturing musical ideas and performances with automatic audio processing.
View details →OpenUtau
OpenUtau Contributors
OpenUtau is an open-source singing-synthesis editor for arranging notes, lyrics and expressive parameters.
View details →BambooTracker
BambooTracker Contributors
BambooTracker is a tracker for composing music for the Yamaha YM2608 sound chip associated with the NEC PC-9801 family.
View details →FamiStudio
FamiStudio Contributors
FamiStudio is a composition environment for Nintendo Entertainment System style music and homebrew soundtracks.
View details →Virtual ANS
Alexander Zolotov
Virtual ANS turns a drawn spectral image into sound, extending the idea of the historic ANS synthesizer.
View details →SunVox
Alexander Zolotov
SunVox combines a modular synthesizer with a tracker-style pattern sequencer.
View details →Saike JSFX
Saike
Saike's JSFX collection contains experimental instruments, effects and production utilities for compatible hosts.
View details →Tukan JSFX
Tukan Studios
Tukan JSFX is a collection of effects for the JSFX ecosystem, covering mixing and creative processing.
View details →BYOD
ChowDSP
BYOD is a modular guitar-processing environment for connecting different distortion and supporting stages.
View details →Chow Kick
ChowDSP
Chow Kick synthesizes kick-drum sounds through a model-oriented signal path.
View details →Illformed Free Plug-in Collection
Illformed
Illformed's free legacy collection includes earlier effects for glitch-oriented and creative processing.
View details →HY-Delay4 Free
HY-Plugins
HY-Delay4 Free is a restricted delay edition intended for a focused selection of echo-processing tasks.
View details →Kairatune
Futucraft
Kairatune is a synthesizer designed around a focused musical-control workflow for electronic sounds.
View details →MiniSpillage
AudioSpillage
MiniSpillage is a free drum-synthesis instrument for compatible Mac Audio Unit hosts.
View details →GVST Plug-ins
GVST
GVST provides a collection of free effects and utilities for mixing, signal control and related production tasks.
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