Proteus by GuitarML: A Free Neural Guitar Amp VST
Proteus by GuitarML: A Free Neural Guitar Amp VST Load, create and share neural captures of guitar amplifiers, preamps, overdrive pedals and complete recording rigs. Proteus is a free and open-source guitar amp and pedal capture plugin developed by GuitarML. It uses machine learning to reproduce the dynamic response of amplifiers, preamps, distortion pedals, overdrives and boosts inside a compatible DAW. The plugin can load ready-made models from the GuitarML ToneLibrary, but its most distinctive feature is the ability to create personal captures of real hardware or other audio plugins. Guitarists can model a single amplifier setting, capture the complete…
Community 31: Free Vital Presets for Modern Electronic Music
Community 31: Free Vital Presets for Modern Electronic Music Basses, leads, pads, plucks, keys and experimental effects created by members of the Vital sound-design community. Community 31 Free Vital Presets is a free sound bank released by Ultra Samples Audio for producers using the Vital wavetable synthesizer. The collection contains 31 presets created by contributors from the wider Vital community. It covers basses, leads, pads, plucks, bells, keys and experimental effects, giving producers a varied selection of sounds for electronic music, beatmaking and cinematic sound design. The complete pack is officially listed at $0.00. It is not a time-limited trial,…
Galdr: A Free Dark Wavetable Synth for Heavy Sound Design
Galdr: A Free Dark Wavetable Synth for Heavy Sound Design Subtractive synthesis, wavetable morphing, FM, granular textures and cavernous effects inside one free open-source instrument. Galdr is a free and open-source synthesizer developed by Sognevo. Released in August 2026, the instrument combines subtractive synthesis, wavetable morphing, frequency modulation and granular textures inside a dark interface inspired by black metal imagery. Its name comes from an Old Norse term describing a spell that is sung rather than spoken. That concept fits the plugin well. Galdr can produce conventional basses, leads and pads, but its strongest personality appears when those sounds are…
bx_masterdesk Classic: A Free All-in-One Mastering VST
bx_masterdesk Classic: A Free All-in-One Mastering VST Compression, tonal balance, saturation, stereo enhancement and dynamic-range metering inside one streamlined mastering plugin. bx_masterdesk Classic is a free all-in-one mastering plugin developed by Brainworx and distributed by Plugin Alliance. It combines several processes normally found across a complete mastering chain inside a compact interface designed around three main controls. The plugin is intended for producers, musicians and mixing engineers who want to create polished, competitively loud masters without building a complicated chain of separate compressors, equalizers, saturators, stereo processors and limiters. bx_masterdesk Classic is included permanently with every free Plugin Alliance account.…
PLUSH by orph: A Free Exciter and Loudness VST
PLUSH by orph: A Free Exciter and Loudness VST Add controlled air, harmonic detail and perceived weight to individual tracks, buses and finished mixes. PLUSH is a free mixing and mastering plugin developed by German audio software company orph. It combines a high-frequency brilliance processor with a loudness and harmonic-density stage inside one compact interface. The plugin is designed as a finishing processor for the end of a channel, bus or mastering chain. It can add air to vocals, presence to drums, brightness to synthesizers and additional weight to a complete mix without requiring a long collection of separate exciters,…
Halide: A Free Granular and Spectral Smear VST
Halide: A Free Granular and Spectral Smear VST Transform vocals, synths, instruments and field recordings into evolving clouds, infinite pads and cinematic spectral textures. Halide is a free granular and spectral processing plugin developed by XNULLX. It combines a wideband grain cloud with a Paulstretch-style smear engine to transform incoming audio into ambient washes, shifting harmonies, frozen textures and slowly evolving soundscapes. Unlike an effect that simply places granular processing and spectral stretching in parallel, Halide connects the two stages in series. The output of the grain cloud is sent directly into the spectral engine, allowing grain size, density, pitch…
Multiply 2: A Free Chorus VST for Wider, Cleaner Mixes
Multiply 2: A Free Chorus VST for Wider, Cleaner Mixes Natural doubling, stereo widening and animated modulation without the thin metallic sound of a conventional chorus. Multiply 2 is a free chorus and stereo-widening plugin developed by Acon Digital. Updated in July 2026, this redesigned version brings the company’s established chorus engine into a more modern interface with an expanded collection of presets. The plugin can generate up to six additional voices from the incoming signal. Each voice is processed through a phase-randomizing filter designed to reduce the metallic comb-filtering that often makes basic chorus effects sound hollow, watery or…
Helio: A Free Cross-Platform MIDI DAW for Composition
Helio: A Free Cross-Platform MIDI DAW for Composition A lightweight music sequencer with advanced MIDI editing, microtonal tools, plugin hosting and a distraction-free workflow. Helio is a free and open-source music sequencer designed for composers, electronic producers, game developers and musicians who work primarily with MIDI. Rather than copying the crowded interface of a conventional digital audio workstation, Helio focuses on composition, arrangement and experimentation. Its streamlined workspace combines a detailed Piano Roll, pattern-based arrangement, MIDI recording, automation, plugin hosting and built-in project version control. The current version, Helio 3.17, is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Desktop…
Mango: A Free Modular Glitch VST3 for Creative Audio Mangling
Mango: A Free Modular Glitch VST3 for Creative Audio Mangling Sequence granular loops, reverses, filters, distortion, rhythmic gates and spectral freezes across eight flexible effect lanes. Mango is a free and open-source audio effect developed by Olivier Doaré under the FX-Mechanics name. Released in July 2026 and updated to version 0.1.3 in August, the plugin is designed for producers who want to transform loops, drums, vocals, synthesizers and complete buses through tempo-synchronised effects. Its central feature is a modular step sequencer containing up to eight effect lanes. Producers draw blocks directly onto each lane to decide when an effect becomes…
