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An infinite series of free software instruments, made by musicians and sampling experts in London, for anyone, anywhere. Presented in our own plug-in, they are easy to use, and compatible with any DAW.
VSCO 2 Community Edition (CE) is an open-source, open-ended subset of the main VSCO 2 library designed for young composers, hobbyist sample library developers, and students around the world to create better sounding music for free and learn more about the process of sample library development.
Curated by one of the founders of Spitfire Audio, pianobook is a collective sample project that aims to bring together a community of likeminded music makers to talk about their stories through the pianos they use, admire and are inspired by. Every Friday they drop a handful of new submissions from the Pianobook community in the form of sample libraries.
Atmos Piano has a soft and unique sound, perfect for intimate ambiance, or a cinematic bed.
DrumMic'a! is an extremely elaborately produced virtual instrument for Native Instruments KONTAKT . Among other things, it comprises, more than 13,000 audio samples and around 20,000 lines of program code. What to expect: 15 Sennheiser and Neumann microphones on a genuine drum set, recorded in a real, professional studio, reworked through the integrated software studio.
The MT Power Drum Kit is a drum sampler offering the powerful, high-quality sounds of an acoustic, realistic drum kit. Samples have been specially recorded and processed to make them ideally suited to use in pop, rock and metal productions.
CollaB3 is available as a standalone application, as well as a VST and AU plugin for compatible digital audio workstations on PC and Mac. It emulates a vintage tonewheel organ. The instrument simulates all the noises, clicks, and other sonic peculiarities of a real tonewheel organ.
Designed for expressive playing, careful attention was payed to the way 'velocity' and 'pitch bend' effect the filters, also the reverb has been configured to compliment the saxophone sound.
TX16Wx is a sampler plug-in with professional features and an easy to use graphical interface. Built to mimic the best aspects of hardware samplers, but with the quick and easy operation of modern software. It can also load soundfonts.
Syntronik is a cutting-edge virtual synthesizer that raises the bar in sound quality and flexibility thanks to the most advanced sampling techniques combined with a new hybrid sample and modeling synthesis engine. Syntronik includes 17 amazing instruments, available as a collection or separately.
SampleTank Custom Shop is a fully functional free version of SampleTank 3 that is a standalone player and DAW plug-in for all of the SampleTank 3 add-on Instrument collections. With SampleTank 3 Custom Shop, you get 30 instruments right from the get go.
Zampler is a free sample workstation that includes a variety of ways to sculpt and manipulate sounds and it includes features you would expect in any current soft-sampler. Filters, three LFOs, three ADSR envelopes and a complex modulation matrix bring life to the sounds, as well as an extensive FX section.
Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer. Vital has animated graphical displays when you need them. Everything moves in real-time so you can see what’s going on behind the scenes. Quickly design sounds with an optimized drag-and-drop modulation workflow. Experience many high-quality audio effects in a single plugin.
Helm is a free multi-platform virtual synthesizer developed by Matt Tytel, packing a rather capable synthesis engine underneath a very nice looking GUI.
Surge is a hybrid subtractive synthesizer boasting a dual synth engine, three oscillators per voice with eight oscillator algorithms (analog, FM, wavetable, audio input, and more), 183 wavetables, two filter units with eight filter types, twelve highly customizable LFO modules per voice, eight FX slots with ten FX types to choose from, and a modulation matrix.
TyrellN6 is a compact, sporty synth. Based on concepts and ideas for a hardware synth: a few modules, novel features, analogue sound and low-cost. TyrellN6 is the software version manifestation of these ideas.
TAL-NoiseMaker is an improved version of TAL-Elek7ro and has a completely new synth engine and a lot of improvements in sound and usability. The synth also includes a small effect section with a reverb, chorus and a simple bit crusher effect.
The SQ8L is a software model (VST) of Ensoniq's classic 1980s synth SQ80. The SQ80 features 3 digital wavetable oscillators for each of its 8 voices which are fed through analog 4-pole lowpass filters (-24dB gain) with resonance. Sound parameters can be modulated by 4 envelopes, 3 LFOs and several MIDI sources.
Pendulate is a chaotic monosynth by Newfangled Audio. Pendulate uses a brand new oscillator design to produce sounds different from any other synth. It features a chaotic oscillator based on a double pendulum. What initially looks random actually contains underlying patterns of interconnectedness, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractals, and self-organization.
PG8X is a freeware emulation of the legendary Roland JX-8P analog synthesizer, with the standard 2-DCO - 24dB/oct Filter design.
OB-Xd is based on the Oberheim OB-X. It attempts to recreate its sound and behavior, but as the original was very limited in some important ways a number of things were added or altered to the original design. OB-Xd was designed to sound as good and as rich as the original. It implements micro random detuning which is a big part of that sound.
Exakt Lite is an intuitive and user friendly FM synthesizer plugin. From the harsh digital and cold sounds known from the FM era to warm and organic sounds, Exakt Lite can create a wide range of sounds. It has 4 operators which can be arranged in the classic 8 FM algorithms with feedback on operator D.
Surge is a hybrid subtractive synthesizer boasting a dual synth engine, three oscillators per voice with eight oscillator algorithms (analog, FM, wavetable, audio input, and more), 183 wavetables, two filter units with eight filter types, twelve highly customizable LFO modules per voice, eight FX slots with ten FX types to choose from, and a modulation matrix.
Dexed is a multi platform, multi format plugin synth that is closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7. It is also a midi cartridge librarian/manager for the DX7, and can load/save any DX7/TX7 sysex programs.
Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer. Vital has animated graphical displays when you need them. Everything moves in real-time so you can see what’s going on behind the scenes. Quickly design sounds with an optimized drag-and-drop modulation workflow. Experience many high-quality audio effects in a single plugin.
VeeSeeVSTRack is an adaption of VCV Rack for the VST2.4 format. VCV Rack is a free open-source virtual modular synthesizer, where multiple modules can be connected to synthesize a sound. The plugin contains several VCOs, LFOs, mixers, and other standard synthesizer modules, as well as many additional community modules.
This collection of 22 modules and 176 presets is the ultimate introduction to modular synthesis. This package includes all of the fundamentals of subtractive analogue synthesis, including oscillators, filters, envelope generators, amplifiers, and mixers, plus a sequencer, arpeggiator, and a full suite of useful utility modules and powerful effects modules.
BLOCKS BASE is a selection of 24 Blocks that provide the essentials of modular synthesis. You get fundamental modules like audio I/O, MIDI in, oscillators, ADSR envelopes, and lo/hi-pass filters. Patch them together with color-coded cables to create unique synthesizers, and connect external hardware via CV – yes, Blocks can play with your hardware modules.
Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer. Vital has animated graphical displays when you need them. Everything moves in real-time so you can see what’s going on behind the scenes. Quickly design sounds with an optimized drag-and-drop modulation workflow. Experience many high-quality audio effects in a single plugin.
ModulAir is a fully modular virtual synthesizer featuring 31 different module types and supporting up to eighteen modules per patch and up to 64 voices of polyphony. The instrument also features double-precision audio processing, full MIDI learn support, and importing of TUN/SCL micro-tuning formats.
Maths is a plugin for processing stereo audio signals based on user-definable math formulas. Instead of using knobs and sliders to shape the sound, the user should instead input a formula which will tell the plugin what to do. It is possible to define up to four automatable parameters which can be adjusted using the four provided knobs or via DAW automation. Maths supports 25 built-in functions, fourteen operators, and one ternary operator.
HY-SEQ16 is a 16-step sequencer with note, velocity, gate, mute, randomize and probability controls for each step. Other cool features include global randomization for the entire sequence (with separate randomize buttons for note values, velocity, gate, etc.), sequence playback direction (forward, backward, bounce and random), sequence length and start step, as well as the global scale setting.
Nova3 is a generative sequencer. The idea is that a set of rovers move through a matrix of cells until they encounter a wall, another rover, or an obstacle. When a rover encounters a wall, it emits a midi note corresponding to the row and column, then reverses direction. When a rover encounters another rover, both rovers are rotated clockwise. When a rover encounters an obstacle, the effects of the obstacle are applied to the rover which could alter its position, its direction, both, or neither depending on the type of obstacle.