Author: James Nugent
James Nugent
James is a musician and writer from Scotland. An avid synth fan, sound designer, and coffee drinker. Sometimes found wandering around Europe with an MPC in hand.
Developer Cotorro Audio has released Hysterizer Light, a free tape hysteresis effect for Windows. Typically, when we talk about plugins that emulate magnetic tape…
Waves recently announced Curves Resolve, a new freebie to kick off 2026, and we have some more information to share. Besides breaking out of…
Phantom Sounds has released Orbit, a free reverb plugin in AU, VST3, and AAX formats for macOS and Windows. We aren’t exactly short of…
Once again, Waves has announced that it will be giving away a free plugin to kick off 2026 – Curves Resolve. Over the last…
Tension is a newly released free clipper plugin from Carbon Fiber Plugins, available in VST3 format for Windows, with additional OS support currently “in…
GrabTracks is a fairly new ARA sampler plugin for macOS and Windows that offers a tactile, intuitive way to manipulate audio in your DAW.…
Developer ZAK Sound has released Echowaves, a free stereo delay for macOS, Windows, and Linux. One of the things I like most about ZAK…
Developer DAWJunkie has released Craze, a free crunchy phaser effect for macOS and Windows. The start of a new year is often when we…
Tilr, one of the most productive and impressive free plugin developers in 2025, is making a strong start to the new year with the…
Developer the Usual Suspects has officially released JE-8086, their free Roland JP-8080 emulation for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The Usual Suspects announced plans to…
Emily Hopkins, a harpist and composer uniquely blending the traditional and modern, has released Chippo, a free chiptune-inspired sequencer plugin for macOS and Windows.…
A few days ago, I mentioned that we hadn’t seen many sample packs on our freebie desk over the last few weeks. Now, a…
Fracture Sounds is back with the next addition to the free Blueprint series, Dream Zither. Even though these Blueprint instruments are free, I feel…
Tsuga Audio created Envosound, a free retro-gaming-inspired synth for macOS and Windows with ambient and experimental music producers in mind. The free synth combines…
This Christmas, Dutch electronic music producer Legowelt is spreading festive joy by releasing a free sample pack he created with his trusty Prophet 600.…
Fors releases Junior-Lite, a freeware 4-bit wavetable synth plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Fors Junior-Lite is the little brother of Junior (£29), and,…
Justin Ehrlichman’s JDrummer is an open-source VST-3 drum plugin built with the JUICE framework and featuring a range of kits, grooves, and some intelligent…
Skew is an experimental reverse delay plugin that has been around for a few years and was recently updated to Skew v2. With this…
Pigments 7 is the latest (brand-new) version of Arturia’s flagship multi-engine synth, and there are a few ways to get a great deal right…
The Cinematic Metal Whooshes by Slava Pogorelsky is a sample pack that is free for a limited time via A Free Sound Effect. I’m…
We’ve had quite a few Zebralette updates in recent months, as the highly anticipated third edition neared the end of a lengthy beta phase…
Developer Orchestral Tools has released FFOSSO, a freemium instrument player for macOS and Windows. We’ve seen freebies from Orchestral Tools before, like the Berlin…
Kushview is the developer behind the recent DuckDuck and Goose one-knob dynamics plugins, and ReTuner is the latest addition to their catalog. ReTuner is…
Not too long ago, during the chaos of Black Friday promotions, Universal Audio offered us one free plugin from a collection of ten products.…