Author: Tomislav Zlatic

Bogren Digital has released IRDX Studio, a free modern IR loader plugin for macOS and Windows. Honestly, I haven’t loaded an IR in a…

Sound Development has released AudioDice, a free plugin host that randomizes the parameters of other plugins. AudioDice loads inside your DAW as a VST3…

Unfiltered Audio has released BattleFX, a free multi-FX plugin built around the send effects section of its Battalion drum synth. I downloaded this immediately…

091Audio has released 091HPDoctor, a free precision high-pass filter plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. 091Audio is a small plugin project by Andy Leuckert,…

Darkstarz Technologies has released DustBox, a lo-fi grime processor for producers working with boom-bap drums and lo-fi drum sounds. It normally goes for $19.99,…

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the only five free plugins a beginner actually needs, and the argument was simple. Stock plugins in…

Purafied Audio is once again offering its Everything Bundle for free with the coupon code MYSHITWASFUCKED at checkout for users who joined before August 27,…

Ollie Nicklin has released Void Wave, a free dual-oscillator wavetable synthesizer for macOS and Windows. Void Wave is the first plugin from Ollie Nicklin,…

Crickets Audio has released Strata, a multi-track frequency spectrum monitoring plugin that displays the spectrum of every track in your project layered into a…

Hyperfocus DSP has released Niner, a free open-source kick drum synth with a parallel 909-style clap voice for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It’s been…

Unusable Engineering has released Cavitation Fractures, a free distortion plugin for macOS inspired by fluid dynamics. I love distortions in general, and I especially…

Japanese indie developer AIDE AUDIO has released VS-1 Versa Synth, a free hybrid synthesizer for Windows with an optional AI-driven patch generator. I’m still…

GARUC Audio has released Prism Sat, a free analog-style saturation plugin for macOS and Windows. The prism on the interface immediately reminded me of…

Overload Audio has made MOODYSIX free, a six-voice analog-style synth modeled on the 1981 Korg Polysix. MOODYSIX was originally a $6 release (a dollar…

Excite Audio and Plugin Boutique are giving away Bloom Mura Masa Lite ($29 value) for free with the coupon code NEXTLEVELFREE at checkout on…

Indie developer cloph-dsp has released Freeze95, a free zero-latency stutter and freeze effect with a Windows 95-era CRT interface. Freeze95 is a three-band glitch…

Goodhertz has released LA-210, a free saturation plugin that combines an opto compressor, soft clipper, and cassette tape model in a single interface designed…

Developer Sender Spike has released DR.89, a free Roland TR-909 inspired drum machine plugin for Windows. If the name Sender Spike sounds familiar, that’s…

Pulsar Audio is giving away Smasher, its €49 FET compressor plugin, as a free perpetual license. If the name sounds familiar, it should. We’ve…

NovoNotes has released SnapClip, a free clipper plugin for macOS and Windows. I use clippers a lot in my sound design work, and my…

Mastering The Mix has released STEREOVAULT, a stereo width plugin for macOS and Windows. The plugin addresses a common problem where stereo widening can…

Reffrey is a free reference track plugin available in VST3 and AU formats for Mac and Windows, with no account required to download. Plugins…

Native Instruments has released Komplete 26, the latest version of its flagship production collection. The bundle brings together over 190 instruments and effects with…

I’ll say the thing most plugin lists won’t. If you’re new to music production, you don’t need 50 free plugins. You need about five.…