Plugin Registry

Free audio plugins you can install with one command

• 4K EQ

  version 1.0.9 - developed by Luna Co. Audio

  Professional 4-band parametric EQ with Brown/Black modes, analog saturation modeling, and real-time spectrum analyzer. SSL 4000 console EQ emulation with HPF/LPF, M/S processing, and 2x/4x oversampling.

  vst3 au lv2 effect eq mixing mastering
  plug install 4k-eq click to copy copied!
• 8-Bit Shaper

  version 1.106 - developed by Xfer Records

  Bit-crushing and sample rate reduction for retro 8-bit sound design

  vst3 au effect bitcrusher lo-fi distortion
  plug install 8-bit-shaper click to copy copied!
• Actuate

  version 1.4.3 - developed by Ardura

  A Subtractive and Additive Synthesizer, Sampler, and Granulizer built in Rust + Nih-Plug.

  clap vst3 synthesizer synth sampler
  plug install actuate click to copy copied!
• BlackBird

  version 0.1.0 - developed by Dmitry Khrykin

  Analog-inspired software synth with its own voice, filters. modulation and envelope.

  vst3 au synthesizer synth analog
  plug install blackbird click to copy copied!
• BYOD

  version 1.3.0 - developed by Chowdhury DSP

  Build-Your-Own-Distortion modular guitar effects plugin

  vst3 clap au effect distortion guitar modular
  plug install byod click to copy copied!
• Cardinal

  version 26.02 - developed by DISTRHO

  Virtual modular synthesizer - VCV Rack as a plugin

  clap lv2 vst3 au synthesizer modular
  plug install cardinal click to copy copied!
• Carla

  version 2.5.9 - developed by Filipe Coelho

  Audio plugin host, with support for many audio drivers and plugin formats.

  lv2 tool host player automation
  plug install carla click to copy copied!
• Chorus Ex Machina

  version 1.1.0 - developed by Peter Eastman

  Physically modelled chorus synthesizer, able to sing realistically in a variety of languages.

  au clap vst3 synthesizer synth vocal
  plug install chorus-ex-machina click to copy copied!
• CHOW

  version 1.0.0 - developed by Chowdhury DSP

  Digital ditortion effect designed for maximum truculence, somewhere between a true half-wave rectifier and a noisy vintage compressor. Useful for mixing guitars, drums, even vocals when a heavily degraded sound is desired.

  au vst3 effect distortion noise
  plug install chow-distortion click to copy copied!
• ChowKick

  version 1.2.0 - developed by Chowdhury DSP

  Kick drum synthesizer modeled on analog drum machine circuits

  vst3 clap au synthesizer drums kick analog
  plug install chow-kick click to copy copied!
• CHOW Matrix

  version 1.3.0 - developed by Chowdhury DSP

  Infinitely growable matrix of delay lines for complex feedback effects

  vst3 au effect delay matrix feedback
  plug install chow-matrix click to copy copied!
• ChowPhaser

  version 1.1.1 - developed by Chowdhury DSP

  Phaser modeled on Schulte Compact Phasing A

  vst3 au effect phaser modulation
  plug install chow-phaser click to copy copied!
• Chow Tape Model

  version 2.11.4 - developed by Chowdhury DSP

  Physical model of an analog tape machine with wow, flutter, and saturation

  vst3 clap au effect tape saturation analog
  plug install chow-tape-model click to copy copied!
• CloudReverb

  version 0.4.1 - developed by xunil-cloud

  Algorithmic reverb based on CloudSeed

  vst3 lv2 au effect reverb algorithmic
  plug install cloud-reverb click to copy copied!
• crunchy

  version 0.2.3 - developed by Garneek

  Plugin generating distortion and lossy compression artifacts.

  clap vst3 effect distortion
  plug install crunchy click to copy copied!
• Delta Modulator

  version 1.06 - developed by Xfer Records

  Analog-style delta modulation effect for creative sound design

  vst3 au effect modulation distortion
  plug install delta-modulator click to copy copied!
• Dexed

  version 0.9.8 - developed by Pascal Gauthier

  Synthesizer closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7.

  vst3 clap au synthesizer synth fm
  plug install dexed click to copy copied!
• Dimension Expander

  version 1.24 - developed by Xfer Records

  Stereo widening effect for adding depth and space to audio

  vst3 au effect stereo widener spatial
  plug install dimension-expander click to copy copied!
• DJMFilter

  version 1.25 - developed by Xfer Records

  DJ-style filter effect with high-pass and low-pass modes

  vst3 au filter dj
  plug install djmfilter click to copy copied!
• DPF Plugins

  version 1.7.0 - developed by Filipe Coelho

  Collection of DPF-based plugin effects.

  vst3 lv2 clap effect delay feedback reverb
  plug install dpf-plugins click to copy copied!
• Dragonfly Reverb

  version 3.2.10 - developed by Michael Willis

  Dragonfly Reverb is a bundle of free audio effect plugins for Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

  vst3 lv2 clap effect reverb plate
  plug install dragonfly-reverb click to copy copied!
• Drops

  version 1.0.0 - developed by Clearly Broken

  Drops is a single audio file sample player. Load an audio file, play it, loop it, pitch shift it, and make it into something entirely new.

  lv2 synthesizer sampler filter
  plug install drops click to copy copied!
• EP-MK1

  version 2.4.0 - developed by Miguel Moreno

  Real-time physical model of an Electric Piano.

  vst3 synthesizer synth electric piano
  plug install ep-mk1 click to copy copied!
• FILT-R

  version 1.0.9 - developed by TiagoLr

  Cross-platform filter modulator based on plugins like ShaperBox and FilterShaper.

  vst3 lv2 au effect envelope modulation filter
  plug install filtr click to copy copied!
• Fire

  version 1.5.0 - developed by Jerry Yifeng

  Multiband distortion plugin.

  vst3 clap effect distortion spectrogram
  plug install fire click to copy copied!
• Firefly Synth 2

  version 2.1.0 - developed by Sjoerd van Kreel

  Semi-modular synth.

  clap synthesizer synth
  plug install firefly-synth click to copy copied!
• GATE-12

  version 1.3.3 - developed by TiagoLr

  Cross-platform envelope generator for gate/volume control inspired by plugins like GrossBeat and ShaperBox.

  vst3 lv2 au effect gate
  plug install gate12 click to copy copied!
• Glade Desk

  version 1.0.0 - developed by Ardura

  Custom Console Idea.

  clap vst3 effect console emulation
  plug install gladedesk click to copy copied!
• Helm

  version 0.9.0 - developed by Matt Tytel

  Polyphonic semi-modular synthesizer with a flexible modulation system.

  vst3 au synthesizer synth modulation
  plug install helm click to copy copied!
• IEM Plugin Suite

  version 1.14.1 - developed by Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics

  Collection of ambisonic plug-ins including Compressors, Delays, Reverb, Encoders, Decoders and Visualizers.

  lv2 effect reverb delay
  plug install iempluginsuite click to copy copied!
• Interleaf

  version 1.0.0 - developed by Ardura

  A simple scrolling oscilloscope in rust with multichannel inputs and an analyzer.

  clap vst3 effect eq
  plug install interleaf click to copy copied!
• JC303

  version 0.12.0 - developed by Midilab

  A bass synthesizer designed to simulate bass guitars. Based on the Roland TB-303 Bass Line.

  vst3 lv2 clap au synthesizer bass distortion
  plug install jc303 click to copy copied!
• JuicySFplugin

  version 3.1.0 - developed by Birch San

  SoundFont synthesizer for playing General Midi music using sf2 files.

  vst3 synthesizer sampler synth
  plug install juicysfplugin click to copy copied!
• Key Repeat

  version 1.0.0 - developed by Midilab

  A lightweight beat repeat sampler.

  au vst3 sampler samplers repeat
  plug install key-repeat click to copy copied!
• lamb

  version 2.1.0 - developed by magnetophon

  A lookahead compressor/limiter that's soft as a lamb.

  clap vst3 effect compressor limiter
  plug install lamb click to copy copied!
• Maim

  version 1.1.1 - developed by Arden Butterfield

  Circuit bends MP3 and Opus encoders in real time to create distortion and digital glitches.

  vst3 au effect modulation distortion
  plug install maim click to copy copied!
• modEQ

  version 0.4.0 - developed by Tobante Audio

  EQ audio effects plugin with modulation.

  au vst3 effect eq modulation
  plug install modeq click to copy copied!
• Monique

  version 1.2.0 - developed by Surge Synth Team

  Monophonic, realtime, subtractive-synthesis bass-and-lead software synthesizer.

  vst3 clap au synthesizer synth bass lead
  plug install monique click to copy copied!
• Mverb

  version 1.0.0 - developed by Martin Eastwood

  Studio quality, open-source reverb. Its release was intended to provide a practical demonstration of Dattorro's figure-of-eight reverb structure and provide the open source community with a high quality reverb.

  au effect reverb
  plug install mverb click to copy copied!
• Neural Amp Modeler

  version 0.7.13 - developed by Steven Atkinson

  AI-powered amp modeling plugin using neural network captures

  vst3 effect amp-sim guitar neural-network
  plug install nam click to copy copied!
• NeuralNote

  version 1.1.0 - developed by DamRsn

  Audio Plugin for polyphonic Audio to MIDI transcription using deep learning.

  vst3 au tool transcription audio-to-midi
  plug install neural-note click to copy copied!
• Ninjas 2

  version 0.2.0 - developed by Clearly Broken

  Easy to use sample slicer, quick slicing of sample and auto-mapping slices to midi note numbers.

  lv2 synthesizer sampler slicer
  plug install ninjas2 click to copy copied!
• OB-Xf

  version 1.0.0 - developed by Surge Synth Team

  Oberheim OB-X inspired virtual analog synthesizer

  vst3 clap au synthesizer analog oberheim
  plug install ob-xf click to copy copied!
• OctaSine

  version 0.9.1 - developed by Joakim Frostegård

  Frequency modulation-based synthesizer plugin.

  clap synthesizer synth modulation
  plug install octasine click to copy copied!
• OS-251

  version 1.2.1 - developed by Utokusa

  JUNO style digital subtractive synthesizer with a simple yet powerful DSP algorithm.

  vst3 au lv2 synthesizer synth lo-fi
  plug install os-251 click to copy copied!
• OTT

  version 1.37 - developed by Xfer Records

  Multiband upward/downward compressor, popular in electronic music

  vst3 au compressor multiband dynamics
  plug install ott click to copy copied!
• PaulXStretch

  version 1.6.0 - developed by Jesse Chappell

  Extreme timestretching plugin for ambient and textural processing

  vst3 clap au effect timestretch ambient texture
  plug install paulxstretch click to copy copied!
• PeakEater

  version 0.8.2 - developed by vvvar

  Wave shaper plugin

  clap au lv2 vst3 effect modulation distortion gain
  plug install peakeater click to copy copied!
• Proteus

  version 1.2 - developed by GuitarML

  Neural network guitar amp and pedal capture plugin

  vst3 au effect guitar amp-sim neural-network
  plug install proteus click to copy copied!
• QDelay

  version 1.0.3 - developed by TiagoLr

  A dual-delay with more features than it should.

  vst3 au lv2 effect delay reverb pitch-shifter
  plug install qdelay click to copy copied!
• REEV-R

  version 1.0.2 - developed by TiagoLr

  Convolution reverb with modulation for pre/send and post/volume signals.

  vst3 lv2 au effect modulation convolution reverb
  plug install reevr click to copy copied!
• Relief Compressor

  version 1.0.0 - developed by Kiriki-liszt

  Compressor for everyday tasks, anywhere from mixing a track to master bus.

  au vst3 effect compressor
  plug install relief-compressor click to copy copied!
• reTuner

  version 1.1.0 - developed by Kushview

  Precision audio pitch shifting plugin to convert music between different tuning standards, shifting from one reference frequency to another while preserving character and formants.

  vst3 clap au effect pitch shifter audio processing
  plug install retuner click to copy copied!
• Noise Suppression

  version 1.10 - developed by Werman

  Real-time noise suppression plugin based on RNNoise

  vst3 lv2 au effect noise-reduction voice rnnoise
  plug install rnnoise click to copy copied!
• Scrollscope

  version 1.4.3 - developed by Ardura

  A simple scrolling oscilloscope in rust with multichannel inputs and an analyzer.

  clap vst3 effect analysis
  plug install scrollscope click to copy copied!
• Sfizz

  version 1.2.1 - developed by SFZTools

  SFZ parser and synth c++ library, providing AU / LV2 / VST3 plugins and JACK standalone client.

  vst3 lv2 au sampler synth
  plug install sfizz click to copy copied!
• Six Sines

  version 1.1.0 - developed by BaconPaul

  Obtuse? Expressive? Amazing? FM? RM? AM? PM? YES!. As one fellow dev said, "With my synth its hard to make a bad sound, and its nice that Six Sines is the opposite"

  vst3 clap au synthesizer synth fm
  plug install six-sines click to copy copied!
• SmartGuitarAmp

  version 1.3.0 - developed by GuitarML

  Uses a WaveNet model to recreate the sound of real world hardware. Models a small tube amp with a clean/lead channel. Gain and EQ knobs modulate the modeled sound.

  vst3 au effect guitar amp
  plug install smart-guitar-amp click to copy copied!
• SmartGuitarPedal

  version 1.5 - developed by GuitarML

  Guitar pedal emulator using neural networks

  vst3 au effect guitar pedal neural-network
  plug install smart-guitar-pedal click to copy copied!
• Smartelectronix

  version 1.0.0 - developed by Bram de Jong

  Vintage open-source plugin collection: Bouncy, CrazyIvan, Cyanide2, H2O, MadShifta, Smexoscope, SupaPhaser, SupaTrigga and more

  vst3 lv2 au effect collection vintage delay
  plug install smartelectronix click to copy copied!
• SoundMagic Spectral Bundle

  version 1.5 - developed by Michael Norris

  Suite of 23 spectral audio processing effects including blurring, freezing, granulation, pitch shifting, and more

  au effect spectral bundle granular
  plug install soundmagic-spectral click to copy copied!
• Spectral Shift

  version 0.1.1 - developed by Trencrumb

  Spectral Shift is a pitch-shifting plugin which uses 2D space to shift semitones and formants.

  vst3 lv2 clap au effect pitchshift pitch shift
  plug install spectralshift click to copy copied!
• Stochas

  version 1.3.13 - developed by Surge Synth Team

  Stochastic MIDI drum sequencer with probability-based patterns

  clap vst3 au tool sequencer drums midi
  plug install stochas click to copy copied!
• Subhoofer

  version 2.2.3 - developed by Ardura

  Sub and Bass enhancement plugin.

  clap vst3 effect distortion
  plug install subhoofer click to copy copied!
• Surge XT

  version 1.3.4 - developed by Surge Synth Team

  Hybrid synthesizer featuring many synthesis techniques, a great selection of filters, a flexible modulation engine, a smorgasbord of effects, and modern features like MPE and microtuning.

  vst3 clap au synthesizer synth modulation
  plug install surge-xt click to copy copied!
• TDR Nova

  version 2.2.1 - developed by Tokyo Dawn Records

  Dynamic equalizer combining parametric EQ with wideband dynamics

  vst3 au equalizer dynamics mastering
  plug install tdr-nova click to copy copied!
• Temper

  version 1.0.4 - developed by Creative Intent

  Digital distortion plugin built upon traditional waveshaping techniques. Uses modulated filter coefficients to produce a unique phase distortion.

  vst3 lv2 au synthesizer distortion
  plug install temper click to copy copied!
• Terrain

  version 1.2.2 - developed by Aaron Anderson

  A Wave Terrain Synth

  clap vst3 synthesizer wavetable
  plug install terrain click to copy copied!
• TIME-12

  version 1.2.3 - developed by TiagoLr

  Delay modulator similar to plugins like GrossBeat or TimeShaper. Can be used for stutter effects, tape stop, glitch, scratch, reverse, pitch shift and more.

  vst3 lv2 au effect modulation delay
  plug install time12 click to copy copied!
• Tunefish

  version 4.2.0 - developed by Brain Control

  Tunefish is a tiny virtual analogue synth that was originally developed for the 64k intros of the demo group Brain Control.

  au vst3 synthesizer synth analog
  plug install tunefish click to copy copied!
• UhbikWrapper

  version 0.3.1 - developed by Dave Larsen

  A rack-style VST3/CLAP meta-plugin for chaining multiple effects with multiband processing, preset management, modulation system, and built-in ducker.

  au clap effect rack multiband chain
  plug install uhbik-wrapper click to copy copied!
• Valentine

  version 1.0.1 - developed by Tote Bag Labs

  A compressor and distortion processor inspired by the hyper compressed and crushed textures in the seminal Justice record.

  vst3 au effect compressor distortion
  plug install valentine click to copy copied!
• Valhalla Supermassive

  version 5.0.0 - developed by Valhalla DSP

  Massive reverb and delay plugin with unique algorithms

  vst3 au effect reverb delay
  plug install valhalla-supermassive click to copy copied!
• Wolf Shaper

  version 1.0.2 - developed by Wolf Plugins

  Distortion plugin that lets you create your own waveshaping functions using a spline-based graph editor.

  clap lv2 vst3 effect distortion editor
  plug install wolf-shaper click to copy copied!
• XenRoll

  version 0.2.2 - developed by Ankalot

  Unique cool piano roll audio plugin

  vst3 tool piano roll microtonal
  plug install xenroll click to copy copied!
• ysfx

  version 0.0.33 - developed by Jean Pierre Cimalando / Joep Vanlier

  Hosting library for JSFX

  au vst3 tool synth jsfx
  plug install ysfx click to copy copied!
• ZAM Plugins

  version 4.4 - developed by Damien Zammit

  Collection of production plugins - compressors, EQs, limiters, delays

  vst3 lv2 au clap effect collection compressor equalizer
  plug install zam-plugins click to copy copied!