Free and discounted music content to keep you inspired in isolation

Keep happy and inspired making music with free and discounted products  ·  Source: Shutterstock / Author: PrinceOfLove/ gearnews.com

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So here we are. In the age of coronavirus and Covid-19. Needless to say, it’s having a monumental impact on musicians and creatives everywhere, in all sorts of ways. A lot of us are at home 24/7 right now. To help wile away the days and keep our spirits up, makers of music gear and artists have rolled out free music-making content, including plug-ins, loops and samples. Here’s a list of some tasty freebies and special Corona discounts that have just been announced. Keep happy, keep inspired! 

Also: Check out our archive of free effect and instrument plug-ins that won’t cost you a thing!

Best free plug-ins this week: Flying Delay, Giant Verb and Saturator

10 Jan in Studio

2021 is off to a good start thanks to this trio of great free plug-ins for your DAW. Get creative with Flying Delay, Giant Verb and Saturator!

Best free plug-ins this year: Top 10 free effects and synths of 2020

27 Dec 2020 in Studio

It’s time to look back at the best freeware plug-ins of the year! We’ve gone through all of our Sunday freeware posts and hand-picked ten effects and synths that stood out from the rest.

Best free plug-ins this week: Oldigy, Wave Observer and Freqs

20 Dec 2020 in Studio

This Sunday, we've got three early X-mas presents for you: low-res digital goodness and not one, but two free analysers for mixing and mastering.

Best free plug-ins this week: Air Shelf, ChowPhaser and ChowCentaur

13 Dec 2020 in Studio

Our three favorite free plug-ins of the week: a high frequency shaper and two open-source emulations of legendary pedals. Check out Air Shelf, ChowPhaser and ChowCentaur!

Best free plug-ins this week: Fresh Air, Bucket Pops and CHOW Matrix

06 Dec 2020 in Studio

This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins brings you a breath of Fresh Air, a fun vintage drum machine and a delay that grows like a tree.

Best free plug-ins this week: Warrior, Britpressor and dpMeter5

29 Nov 2020 in Studio

In this week’s collection of the best free plug-ins: a synth hard electronic music, a vintage compressor and an indispensable mastering tool.

Best free plug-ins this week: dearVR MICRO, Crack and Vinyl

22 Nov 2020 in Studio

This week’s roundup of the best free plug-ins features a 3D panner, a transient designer and a reissue of one of the most beloved free plug-ins of all time.

Best free plug-ins this week: Varispeed, sTiltv2 and Devil Spring Reverb

15 Nov 2020 in Studio

This week's roundup of the best free plug-ins features a tape delay, a spring reverb and a tilting equalizer. Here's Varispeed, sTiltv2 and Devil Spring Reverb.

Best free plug-ins this week: KABIN, NA808 Overdrive Pro and Odin 2

08 Nov 2020 in Studio

Guitarists will love these free plug-ins: We've got a free Tube Screamer and a cabinet modeler. Also, one of this year's most exciting freeware synths has made it out of beta testing!

Best free plug-ins this week: Swanky Amp, Bass Deluxe and Monique

25 Oct 2020 in Studio

This week's collection of the best free plug-ins brings you two brand-new tube amp simulations! And did we mention that the awesome Monoplugs Monique synthesizer is now free?

Best free plug-ins this week: Dirty Filter, FenrIR and PanCake 2

18 Oct 2020 in

This weeks collection of the best free plug-ins brings us a filter and distortion effect, a versatile impulse response loader and a classic panning effect that should be in everyone’s collection.

Best free plug-ins this week: Molot, Protoverb and DC1A

11 Oct 2020 in Studio

This week's collection of free plug-ins features three classics that everyone should have in their collection. We've got two great compressors and an experimental reverb: Molot, Protoverb and DC1A.

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Best free plug-ins this week: Multiply, Graillon Free and UpStereo

04 Oct 2020 in Studio

This week's collection of the best free plug-ins features three classics. We’ve got a chorus with a couple of extras, a pitch shifting and correction plug-in and a stereo enhancer.

Best free plug-ins this week: Tonetta Blue, Clean Shave and MRX90

27 Sep 2020 in Studio

This week's roundup of the best free plug-ins features a semi-modular synthesizer, a filter for removing sub bass frequencies and a tape effect. Here's Tonetta Blue, Clean Shave and MRX90!

Best free plug-ins this week: jParaComp, GON and Fuzz Ball

20 Sep 2020 in Studio

This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins has a little bit of everything: A stereo compressor, a useful stereo goniometer and an open-source fuzz. Here’s jParaComp, GON and Fuzz Ball.

Best free plug-ins this week: The Seductress, QRange and Vocal King

13 Sep 2020 in Studio

This week's collection of the best free plug-ins has it all: a tonewheel organ emulation, a linear phase EQ and a vocal mixing plug-in. Here's The Seductress, QRange and Vocal King.

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