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.
Plugin Alliance is emulating The Oven, a USD 6500 (!) saturation processor built by Hendy Amps for mastering engineer Maor Appelbaum.
This holiday season, Native Instruments is giving you YANGQIN, a traditional Chinese dulcimer, for free! They're also throwing in a $25 voucher.
Goliath grows: V2 of Tone Empire's plug-in has 4 types of analog-modeled saturation, a parametric EQ, and a 1176-based FET compressor in one plug-in.
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.
Isolate and manipulate instruments by grabbing them off a spectral visualizer - that's what Zplane EQ lets you do!
Grab Cableguys' new multi-band distortion and saturation effect for free until December 31!
Spaced Out is an slick, ambitious plug-in which presents a modern take on vintage "space echo" effects like the Roland RE-201 and the Binson Echorec.
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Endlesss Studio has evolved from an App to a plugin for macOS that brings the action-packed cloud-based multi-track looper to the desktop.
We're intrigued by S-Board, a virtual rack with a simpler take on the complexity of modular, patchable creative FX. It's a digital audio fun house!
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!
The new Audified Linda RockStack is a 3-channel virtual guitar amplifier and speaker cabinet, designed in conjunction with Martin Linda of Linda Audio.
Waves is ending 2020 with a headline-worthy release, an emulation of the Altec RS124 tube compressor unit from the Abbey Road golden years. Groovy!
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.
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Waves CLA Epic brings Chris Lord-Alge's favorite delays and reverbs to your DAW, including a flexible routing system for unique combinations.
In this week’s collection of the best free plug-ins: a synth hard electronic music, a vintage compressor and an indispensable mastering tool.