Freeware - Puremagnetik Driftmaker and Expanse VST

https://puremagnetik.com/collections/free-plugins

Inspired by Larum's Into a Bright Land (out now on Puremagnetik Tapes), Expanse is a noise and drone generator that can be spectrally blurred, pitched, and filtered. It is a simple yet versatile tool that can produce sweeping backdrops, resonating low drones and many other textural canvases.

Driftmaker is a delay disintegration device that parses incoming audio, recalls certain parts and adds analog deterioration to the signal. It was designed to encapsulate faded, time worn the character of BlankFor.ms's debut on Puremagnetik

Freeware - 2getheraudio Cheeze Machine 2 VSTi

https://www.2getheraudio.com/instruments/cheeze-machine-2/

Back by popular demand comes a remastered version of the extremely popular Cheeze Machine virtual instrument byBig Tick Audio. An extra cheesy, extra saucy string box in the style of the original vintage string machines. Cheeze Machine 2 includes an expanded oscillator section, convolution reverb, a vintage ensemble chorus, and 64 bit compatibility for VST, AU, AAX and Standalone applications. Also included, bonus preview presets for Cheeze Machine Pro, an upcoming release with additional filters, pitch envelopes and performance controls.

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Freeware - Bee-Happy 550 American Vintage EQ Emulation VST

https://madbeeaudio.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/bee-happy-550-free-american-vintage-eq-emulation/

– Carefully matched EQ curves with gain-dependant variable Q.
– No oversampling but (quite) corrected curves near nyquist frequency (only for 44.1 & 48 kHz samplerates).
– Soft clip (odd harmonics) & tube (even & odd) distortion section.
– No warped phase behavior in the high range.
– Double precision with a SNR of 125dB.

Freeware - Blamsoft VK-1 Viking Synth VSTi

https://blamsoft.com/vst/vk-1-viking-synthesizer/

VK-1 Viking Synthesizer is an authentic emulation of a classic monophonic analog synthesizer. It has three continuously variable wave oscillators, two ladder filters with a Dual Lowpass or Highpass/Lowpass configuration, a multi-wave LFO, and two modulation busses. VK-1 uses state of the art DSP technology to accurately reproduce the sound of the hardware.

Freeware - Ocean Swift Defiant WT Synth VSTi

https://oceanswift.net/defiantwt/

Defiant WT Synthesizer with Wavetable, Subtractive and Additive Synthesis – Slick and compact but packs a powerful punch and a host of advanced features. Providing wavetable, additive and subtractive synthesis in an efficiently clever design with a unique modulation arsenal, Defiant WT is creative, grungy, intuitive, fun and to the point. Our newest 2019 update includes a new dynamic preset system as well as the ability to save and load custom wavetables with presets. Best of all, Defiant WT is free!

Freeware - Klevgrand FreeAMP VST

https://klevgrand.se/products/freeamp

Even though FreeAMP may look simple, all the algorithms from our amplifying modeler plugin REAMP are still in there. In this free version, we've combined our favourite profiles from REAMP into one universal profile. When processing audio through FreeAMP you’ll get the sound of tape and tube saturation at the same time. It can be used on anything that needs to be vitalized, from single tracks, stems or full mixes. And the best thing is that it is Totally free! (requires an account)

Freeware - Hugo Kant Samples

http://hugokant.com/samples/

Vibraphone, Toy Piano, African Drums, Fender Jazz Bass, Fender Rhodes, Zither, Banjo.
Assorted instrument samples. Kontakt, Ableton, AIFF

DDMF Plugindoctor (VST/AU plugin analyzer)

https://sites.fastspring.com/ddmf/product/plugindoctor

See what's going on under the hood of your plugins... Detailed analysis of every possible aspect will increase your knowledge about any plugin's inner workings and help you make more informed decisions.

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Freeware - REW Room EQ Wizard

http://www.roomeqwizard.com/

REW is free room acoustics analysis software for measuring and analysing room and loudspeaker responses. The audio measurement and analysis features of REW help you optimise the acoustics of your listening room, studio or home theater and find the best locations for your speakers, subwoofers and listening position. It includes tools for generating audio test signals; measuring SPL and impedance; measuring frequency and impulse responses; measuring distortion; generating phase, group delay and spectral decay plots, waterfalls, spectrograms and energy-time curves; generating real time analyser (RTA) plots; calculating reverberation times; calculating Thiele-Small parameters; determining the frequencies and decay times of modal resonances; displaying equaliser responses and automatically adjusting the settings of parametric equalisers to counter the effects of room modes and adjust responses to match a target curve.

Freeware - Cloud Seed Reverb VST

https://github.com/ValdemarOrn/CloudSeed

Cloud Seed is an algorithmic reverb plugin built in C# and C++ for emulating huge, endless spaces and modulated echoes. The algorithms are based on the same principles as manu classic studio reverb units from the 1980's, but Cloud Seed does not attempt to model any specific device, or even to be a general-purpose reverb plugin at all. It is best employed as a special effect, for creating thick, lush pads out of simple input sounds.

Freeware - NoiseAsh Action Tremolo VST

https://www.noiseash.com/action-tremolo/

Action Tremolo is an advanced pan and volume modulation unit with an analog saturation engine. Easy to use, simple and highly customisable UI controls makes it a total voodoo.

Freeware - Automatonism Modular Synthesizer

https://www.automatonism.com/

Automatonism is a modular synthesiser that runs in the open source programming language Pure Data. It features a large library of 81 modules (version 2.1).

Freeware - VCV Rack Modular Synthesizer

https://vcvrack.com/

VCV Rack is a free open-source virtual modular synthesizer: multiple modules can be connected to synthesize a sound. By default the software contains several VCOs, LFOs, mixers, and other standard synthesizer modules, however more can be added as plugins through the VCV Rack website

Freeware - Jeskola Buzz DAW

http://jeskola.net/buzz/

Buzz is a Digital Audio Workstation with a unique top-down approach to music composition known as a tracker interface.

Freeware - Tonelib GFX Guitar Amp Sim VST

https://tonelib.net/gfx-overview/

ToneLib GFX is a collection of guitar amps, speaker cabinets and effects implemented in software for use with your computer, Windows PC, Mac or Linux. The software comes as a standalone application and as plug-ins for use with the most popular DAW (digital audio workstation) recording software.

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