Frontier
D16 Group
Frontier is a limiter with a character-oriented design for creative signal control.
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
Furnace
Furnace Project
Furnace is a chiptune tracker that works with a broad range of sound-chip systems.
View details →FuzzPlus 3
Audio Damage
FuzzPlus 3 is a fuzz-distortion effect from Audio Damage's free and legacy collection.
View details →G-Stomper Rhythm
planet-h.com
G-Stomper Rhythm is a mobile rhythm workstation focused on drum programming and sample-based patterns.
View details →GarageBand
Apple
GarageBand brings audio recording, software instruments and loop-based arrangement into one application.
View details →Giada
Giada Project
Giada is a compact music application centered on loops, samples and live triggering.
View details →Glitch 2
Illformed
Glitch 2 is a sequenced multi-effect for rhythmic transformations, stutters and rearranged audio.
View details →GNU Solfege
GNU Solfege Project
GNU Solfege is an ear-training application for practicing intervals, chords, rhythms and related listening skills.
View details →GoatTracker
Lasse Oorni / GoatTracker Contributors
GoatTracker is a tracker for composing music for the SID sound chip associated with the Commodore 64.
View details →GODLIKE STEREO
Godlike Sounds
GODLIKE STEREO divides width control into bass, mid and treble regions.
View details →GODLIKE SUBMERGE
Godlike Sounds
GODLIKE SUBMERGE combines vocal formant shaping with a darker, spatially altered effect treatment.
View details →GOLDSMELT
MFKNE
GOLDSMELT combines ideas from MFKNE’s earlier effects into one coordinated sound-design processor.
View details →Grace
One Small Clue
Grace is a sample instrument with a focused interface for mapping and shaping sounds.
View details →Graillon Free
Auburn Sounds
Graillon Free provides vocal pitch processing in a reduced edition of the developer’s voice tool.
View details →Greed Smasher
Mercuriall Audio
Greed Smasher is a free overdrive-pedal model intended for use in a larger guitar chain.
View details →GRNi Lite
FRCTL Audio
GRNi Lite is a permanently free granular instrument that turns one loaded sample into clouds of grains played from MIDI.
View details →GSatPlus
TBProAudio
GSatPlus is a saturation processor developed with a console-style approach to harmonic shaping.
View details →Guitar Rig 7 Player
Native Instruments
Guitar Rig 7 Player is a permanently free selection of amplifier and effects tools from the Guitar Rig environment.
View details →Guitarix
Guitarix Project
Guitarix is a virtual guitar amplifier and effects environment for Linux.
View details →GVST Plug-ins
GVST
GVST provides a collection of free effects and utilities for mixing, signal control and related production tasks.
View details →Helio
Helio Workstation
Helio is a composition-oriented MIDI sequencer with an emphasis on musical structure and an uncluttered interface.
View details →Helm
Matt Tytel
Helm is a polyphonic synthesizer with a visual modulation system, step sequencing and integrated effects.
View details →HOFA 4U BlindTest
HOFA
BlindTest supports listening comparisons while reducing the influence of knowing which source is playing.
View details →HOFA 4U Meter, Fader & MS-Pan
HOFA
HOFA's free 4U utility combines metering, level control and mid/side-oriented panning facilities.
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