Illthy Wines by Ill Sea: A Free Expressive Wah VST3 Plugin
Ill Sea has released Illthy Wines, a free wah VST3 plugin designed for guitarists, bassists and producers who want the response of a physical expression pedal inside a modern DAW. Released in July 2026, the plugin combines a nonlinear zero-delay-feedback filter, three distinct voicings, MIDI expression-pedal calibration and a second control page for deeper tonal adjustment. It focuses on expressive movement rather than presenting another decorative virtual pedal that looks impressive until a real foot becomes involved. What Is Illthy Wines? Illthy Wines is a free wah audio effect developed by Ill Sea for Windows-based musicians and producers. The plugin…
Blueprint: Textural Sax by Fracture Sounds, a Free Kontakt Player Library
Fracture Sounds has released Blueprint: Textural Sax, a free Kontakt Player library built around expressive tenor saxophone performances, resonant metallic textures and cinematic sound design. Released on July 22, 2026, the instrument combines four textural articulations with recordings captured through conventional microphones and contact microphones attached to a large thunder sheet. The result is less concerned with polite jazz solos and more interested in tension, movement, atmosphere and the occasionally unsettling sound of a saxophone discovering industrial architecture. What Is Blueprint: Textural Sax? Blueprint: Textural Sax is a free sampled tenor saxophone instrument created by Fracture Sounds during the recording…
Free Serum 2 Piano Presets by Monosounds: 15 Mix-Ready Keys
Monosounds has released Free Serum 2 Piano Presets, a free 2026 soundbank containing 15 handcrafted piano and keyboard sounds for Xfer Serum 2. The collection moves beyond a single acoustic piano style. It includes house pianos, electric keys, vintage keyboard tones, cinematic hybrids and softer sounds designed to sit behind vocals or melodic arrangements. What Is Free Serum 2 Piano Presets? Free Serum 2 Piano Presets is a compact soundbank created by Monosounds for producers who need playable piano and keyboard sounds without installing another sample-based instrument. The pack was released in April 2026 and contains 15 presets designed to…
SampleRadar: 207 Free ’90s Jungle Samples for Producers
MusicRadar has released a new SampleRadar collection containing 207 free samples inspired by the raw, fast-moving sound of 1990s jungle. The pack combines chopped breakbeat material, bass sounds, one-shots, atmospheric pads and string synthesizer textures. It gives producers a focused collection for creating jungle, breakbeat, drum and bass, rave-inspired music and experimental electronic productions. What Is the SampleRadar ’90s Jungle Pack? SampleRadar 207 Free ’90s Jungle Samples is a royalty-free production pack published by MusicRadar on July 13, 2026. The collection focuses on the gritty, dub-influenced and breakbeat-driven character associated with classic jungle production. Rather than offering another general electronic…
Grizzly by AOFN Audio: A Free Gristleizer-Style Modulation VST3 Plugin
AOFN Audio has released Grizzly, a free stereo modulation plugin inspired by the unconventional character of the classic Gristleizer circuit. Released in July 2026, Grizzly combines amplitude modulation, rhythmic gating, filter movement, stereo animation and circuit-inspired drive inside a deliberately direct interface. There are no preset browsers, hidden pages or decorative control panels. The plugin provides ten knobs, two processing modes and enough instability to make a perfectly sensible drum loop reconsider its life choices. What Is Grizzly? Grizzly is a stereo audio effect developed by AOFN Audio for producers who want to introduce rhythmic movement and filter modulation into…
Electronic Metal by GowlerMusic: 25 Free Industrial Drum Loops
GowlerMusic has released Electronic Metal, a free 2026 sample pack containing 25 drum loops that combine the aggression of heavy metal with the mechanical precision of programmed drums. Built for industrial metal, electronic rock, cinematic production and aggressive experimental music, the collection provides tempo-labelled rhythmic material ranging from 125 to 175 BPM. What Is the Electronic Metal Sample Pack? Electronic Metal is a focused drum-loop collection created by Manchester-based sound designer GowlerMusic. Instead of attempting to cover every instrument required for a complete production, the pack concentrates on hard-hitting rhythms that sit between live metal energy and drum-machine accuracy. The…
VLA-One by Studio9 Plugins: A Free Voice Levelling VST3 Plugin
VLA-One is a free voice levelling plugin developed by Studio9 Plugins for producers who want to bring quieter vocal details forward without relying entirely on conventional downward compression. Released in 2026, the plugin takes inspiration from upward-compression workflows and is particularly useful for vocals, spoken word, podcasts, acoustic recordings and other performances with inconsistent dynamics. What Is VLA-One? VLA-One, short for Voice Levelling Amplifier One, is a dynamics-processing audio effect created by Recording Studio9. The developer began the project after studying the behaviour of Waves MV2 and the discontinued VOLA2 by Sonic Anomaly. The objective was to create a simple…
The 1547 Trasuntino: A Free Historical Harpsichord Library for Kontakt
The NEMUS Project has released The 1547 Trasuntino Harpsichord, a free Kontakt library built from recordings of a faithful reconstruction of one of the oldest surviving Italian two-register harpsichords. Rather than sampling a modern instrument styled to sound historical, the project began with detailed research into an original harpsichord attributed to Alessandro Trasuntino and dated 1547. The result connects musical heritage, instrument conservation and modern sample-library production in a particularly unusual way. What Is The 1547 Trasuntino Harpsichord? The 1547 Trasuntino Harpsichord is a free sampled instrument created by the NEMUS Project, an academic research initiative coordinated by the University…
STATIC by DVNSOUNDS: 10 Free Vital Presets for Modern Music Production
DVNSOUNDS has released STATIC, a free 2026 preset bank containing ten sounds for the Vital wavetable synthesizer. The collection is designed as a compact source of ready-to-use sounds for producers who want new material without downloading another oversized preset library. Every patch remains editable through Vital's oscillators, filters, modulation system and built-in effects. What Is STATIC? STATIC is a free preset bank created by DVNSOUNDS for Vital. The download contains ten presets and is officially described as compatible with all versions of the synthesizer. Vital itself is not included, but its Basic edition can be downloaded separately from the official…
