AAS Player
Applied Acoustics Systems
AAS Player provides access to sounds based on Applied Acoustics Systems’ physical-modeling instruments without purchasing every parent synthesizer.
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AAX – 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.
115 listings
Ample Bass P Lite
Ample Sound
Ample Bass P Lite is a free limited bass-guitar instrument based on sampled electric bass.
View details →Ample Guitar M Lite
Ample Sound
Ample Guitar M Lite is a restricted acoustic-guitar sample instrument.
View details →AmpliTube 5 CS
IK Multimedia
AmpliTube 5 CS provides a permanently free starting collection of guitar-processing gear within the AmpliTube environment.
View details →Analog Lab Play
Arturia
Analog Lab Play supplies a free selection of sounds drawn from Arturia's instrument ecosystem.
View details →Attracktive
Tracktion
Attracktive is a free instrument built around recorded and synthesized sound material with performance controls.
View details →BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover
Spitfire Audio
BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover provides a compact orchestral instrument selection for composition and arrangement.
View details →Blindfold EQ
AudioThing
Blindfold EQ is an equalizer that deliberately hides numerical parameter values.
View details →Blue Cat’s Chorus
Blue Cat Audio
Blue Cat's Chorus adds pitch-modulated copies of a signal to create ensemble movement.
View details →Blue Cat’s Flanger
Blue Cat Audio
Blue Cat's Flanger uses short modulated delays to produce sweeping comb-filter effects.
View details →Blue Cat’s Free Amp
Blue Cat Audio
Blue Cat's Free Amp offers a compact set of guitar and bass amplifier models.
View details →Blue Cat’s FreqAnalyst
Blue Cat Audio
FreqAnalyst displays the frequency content of an incoming audio signal.
View details →Blue Cat’s Gain Suite
Blue Cat Audio
Gain Suite supplies gain-control utilities for individual tracks and linked groups.
View details →Blue Cat’s Phaser
Blue Cat Audio
Blue Cat's Phaser adds phase-shift modulation for the familiar moving notches heard on guitars, keyboards and effects.
View details →Blue Cat’s Triple EQ
Blue Cat Audio
Triple EQ is a compact equalizer built around linked filtering controls and a visual response curve.
View details →Box of Bass
Box Of Rules
Box of Bass builds a layered bass chain from sub, clean cabinet, driven microphone and room paths.
View details →Bucket Pops
Full Bucket Music
Bucket Pops draws on the rhythm-box sound of the Korg Mini Pops family.
View details →BYOD
ChowDSP
BYOD is a modular guitar-processing environment for connecting different distortion and supporting stages.
View details →CHANNEV
Analog Obsession
CHANNEV combines channel-strip-style processing in a single plug-in.
View details →Chorus WS-1
Mercuriall Audio
Chorus WS-1 supplies a guitar-oriented chorus effect for adding ensemble movement.
View details →Couture Free
Auburn Sounds
Couture Free shapes transients, helping alter the apparent attack and sustain of recorded material.
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.
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