Freeware - Floe Sample Library Platform VSTi Plugin

https://floe.audio/

Find, perform, and shape sounds beyond their natural boundaries. A free, open platform that puts sound transformation at your fingertips – built with care and simplicity in mind.

Freeware - Dawesome ZYKLOP Resynthesis VSTi Plugin

 https://www.dawesomemusic.com/plugins/zyklop/

Meet Zyklop, MYTH’s fun, free-spirited little sister. She’s got just one gorgeous Eye, but that’s all she needs to pull you in. Powered by the same Re-synthesis V2 engine that made MYTH irresistible, Zyklop is ready to take you on a sonic adventure full of fun, exploration, and creativity.

"the Wilhelm scream guy was doing a bad job until the recordist told him to do it better, resulting in the iconic sound effect."

https://9gag.com/gag/aKG3Kr6?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=post_share

Freeware - GDC 2024 Game Audio Bundle

https://gdc.sonniss.com/

In celebration of #GDC2024 we are giving away 27.5GB+ of high-quality sound effects from our amazing vendors here at Sonniss. No attribution is required and you can use them on an unlimited number of projects for the rest of your lifetime. If you would like more options and design choices to work with, please consider purchasing the corresponding collection. SFX

Freeware - Output Co-Producer AI Pack Generator

https://coproducer.output.com/

Create a free sample pack by simply describing it. Co-Producer is a new set of AI capabilities we’re building to help music makers unlock more time creating and less time searching, beginning with Pack Generator. Prompt with moods, instruments, genres or artist references to get instant inspiration. Even add Key and Tempo.

DIY INSTRUMENTS: THE APPREHENSION ENGINE PART 1: INTRODUCTION

https://www.diyfilmcomposer.com/diy-instruments-apprehension-engine-part-1/

Freeware - MNTRA Instruments Tenebrae-LE VSTi Plugin

https://www.mntra.io/product/tenebrae-le/

Tenebrae-LE is the free version of the full artist-instrument, Tenebrae. LA-based artist Joseph Holiday creates apocalyptic electronic visions (affectionately described as ‘Death Beats’) under the moniker SNAKES OF RUSSIA. His singular sound weaves together textured modular synth patches with gritty drum samples, all slammed through destructive chains of unobtanium outboard and tape to create a unique world of darkness. In Tenebrae-LE, the light edition of our first Artist Series instrument, Tenebrae. SNAKES OF RUSSIA opens a window to his personal Pandora’s Box, offering you a taste of the deep collection that has been curated from his distinctive sonic palette. We conceptualised Tenebrae, as an exhumed creature, buried for over a century and now resurfaced – bringing the dark dust from the depths of the earth. Transmuted through analog processing and tape; modular and analog synths, obscure bowed instruments and gritty percussion come together to bring the darkness in Tenebrae.

Freeware - Sonuscore The Saw Kontakt Instrument

https://www.sonuscore.com/shop/free-the-saw/

Thank you for coming to Sonuscore for your composition needs. We take great delight in being among the first stops for so many world-class composers in search of a new instrument. This gift of a chilling bowed saw is a modest expression of our gratitude for your undying support and valuable feedback. FREE The Saw - Cinematic Textures We're certain you'll learn to rely on THE SAW every time you need some shrill, bone-tingling, creeptastic sounds in your composition or event. No doubt it will create just the right touch of terror to your project.

Freeware - loops de la creme Fire Virtuoso Kontakt Library

https://www.loopsdelacreme.com/fire-virtuoso

The first Kontakt instrument that lets you create and play fire! Create all kinds of fires, from tiny straw fires to huge infernos! Use your modulation wheel to control the intensity of fire in real-time Mix and process 16 elements of fire sound effects Get creative with stunning sound design presets, organic soundscapes, risers, and unique drum kits!

Freeware - Soundpaint Free Radicals

https://soundpaint.com/products/free-radicals

Free Soundpaint expansion. 

If you are a fan of dark music, wild sound design and looking for an entirely fresh approach to sound design, then you don't want to miss this amazing instrument. Free Radicals is the result of a collaboration between over 100 sound designers from the community, as well as our team. We have created the darkest, most twisted and most insane instrument ever. This is not for the faint of heart! This is for the brave and the bold who dare to explore the unknown and the unpredictable. Free Radicals is not your typical sample library. It is a collection of sonic experiments that challenge the conventional notions of what music and sound can be. Each sound in Free Radicals is a personal expression of what sonic beauty means to the creator, and the result is a diverse and eclectic mix of styles, genres, textures and moods. From haunting drones and eerie atmospheres, to glitchy beats and distorted synths, Free Radicals will take you on a journey through the dark corners of sound. 3gb download.

Man eaten by alligator; screams [Wilhelm screams].wav

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675810/

The original digitized master recording.

How This Woman Creates God of War’s Sound Effects

EA DICE Audio Director Ben Minto: From Battlefield to Star Wars | Develop:Brighton Digital 2020

Freeware - 2MGT Elumia Granular Sample Manipulator

https://2mgt.st8.ru/Elumia.html

Elumia is a sample manipulation synthesizer based on granular synthesis.

Freeware - Ajax Sound Studio Cecilia

http://ajaxsoundstudio.com/software/cecilia/

Cecilia is an audio signal processing environment aimed at sound designers. Cecilia mangles sound in ways unheard of. Cecilia lets you create your own GUI using a simple syntax. Cecilia comes with many original built-in modules and presets for sound effects and synthesis. Cecilia is free and open source (GNU GPL v3). Cecilia is programmed and maintained by Olivier.

Freeware - Glitch With Friends: Samples vol 3

https://glitchdotcool.gumroad.com/l/gwf3samples

 

This 7.23 gigabyte sample pack, our largest to date, contains a diversity of audio clips of the highest standard, all packaged and ready for you to add some unique flavor to your music, film, or game audio. The meticulously crafted content of this pack ranges from standard audio staples like drums, risers, impacts, pads, and wavetables to intensely designed glitches, harsh textural noise, and monstruous neuro bass. Alongside the wide variety of designed sounds are a rich collection of real-world sound recordings such as lush nature recordings, strange daxophone one-shots, and even a variety of music and audio equipment being pushed to the point of failure. To top it off we have included dozens of percussive, chromatic, glitch, and bass loops all tagged with BPM, time signature*, and key (where applicable). A large variety of synthesis, recording, mangling, DSP, and manipulation techniques were deployed in service of making these samples. We hope that you have as much fun creatively deploying this sounds for your needs as we did putting them all together.

Freeware - Korots Studio Free

https://www.krotosaudio.com/p/krotos-studio/beginner-user-guide-whats-this-free-version/

 

Stop spending hours searching, editing, layering, and sounding like everyone else. Krotos Studio is the sound platform for all skill levels. Creating unique and royalty-free sound effects has never been easier!

Strike a Balance with Sound Effects [Audio]

Freeware - Sweep Infinity Filter VST Plugin

https://lese.io/plugin/sweep/

Utilizing the same algorithms that sound designers use to create shephard tones / risset filters, Sweep uses a bunch of filters to make your sound feel like it’s rising (or falling) endlessly.

Freeware - ++Audio Smear VST Plugin

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~adam/++/index.php?page=effects&effect=smear

Smear is a granulation effect. It offers the basic parameters of sample-based granular synthesis, only the "sample" is a (maximum) one second buffer of incoming audio. Four grains are created from the input, the sizes of which are random values between the minimum and maximum grain size controls. Individual level and panning controls are provided for each grain. Smear also has a feedback control which is the level of the granulated signal that is fed back into the buffer to be further granulated. Thus, as a mult-tap granular delay Smear produces interesting results on a variety of inputs. Further, smear offers a selection of the popular window shapes (Gauss, Hann, Blackmann, etc.) plus some non-standard shapes that produce more glitchy or percussive sounds.