Surge XT Effects
Surge Synth Team
Surge XT Effects makes the project's effect algorithms available for processing other audio.
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VST3 – 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.
168 listings
Tape Cassette 2
Caelum Audio
Tape Cassette 2 adds cassette-inspired saturation and instability to recorded audio.
View details →Tape Echo 2
Dusk Audio
Tape Echo 2 models a three-head tape-delay system with a spring-reverb path.
View details →TDR Kotelnikov
Tokyo Dawn Labs
TDR Kotelnikov is a wideband dynamics processor designed for controlled compression in demanding mix and mastering work.
View details →TDR Molotok
Tokyo Dawn Labs
TDR Molotok is a character-oriented compressor with a range of dynamics behaviors.
View details →TDR Nova
Tokyo Dawn Labs
TDR Nova combines parametric equalization with frequency-dependent dynamics.
View details →TDR Prism
Tokyo Dawn Labs
TDR Prism is a spectrum analyzer designed to make frequency balance easier to inspect during production.
View details →TDR VOS SlickEQ
Tokyo Dawn Labs
TDR VOS SlickEQ is a tone-shaping equalizer with selectable response characters and an interface built around broad musical decisions.
View details →TENS jr.
Klanghelm
TENS jr.
View details →TesslaSE mkIII
Variety Of Sound
TesslaSE mkIII is a saturation processor intended for adding analog-style density and transient coloration.
View details →The Anvil
Ignite Amps
The Anvil is a multi-channel guitar preamplifier simulator.
View details →The Deputy Mark II
Full Bucket Music
The Deputy Mark II is a string-synthesizer-style instrument for ensemble textures and related keyboard sounds.
View details →The scrooo
Full Bucket Music
The scrooo uses spectral and formant-oriented synthesis to create sounds with vocal-like or resonant characteristics.
View details →ThrillseekerXTC mkIII
Variety Of Sound
ThrillseekerXTC mkII is a harmonic-enhancement processor for selective tonal coloration.
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
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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 →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 →TyrellN6
u-he
TyrellN6 is a virtual-analog synthesizer with a compact architecture and modulation options suited to classic electronic sounds.
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.
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