FREE Plugins Report – August 1st 2023

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VSTAlarm Exclusive Deals – Desert by Vicious Antelope, a preset pack for Pigments 3 & Analog Lab V, is free.

Until August 6th

Desert for Pigments 3 is the 10th and last pack of our Biome series for this incredible synth by Arturia. It contains 80 atmospheric sounds including 70 evolving synths and pads as well as 10 experimental percussions. It is a very emotional soundbank that could be divided in 4 categories. The 10 “Dry Scapes” presets are the percussion part of it. “Desert Sunrise” is a 20 patches part with medium attack speed so they could be played as Pads and Keys. The 22 “Dunes” are more like dark atmo classic synths and also can be played as Pads. Finally the 28 “Oasis” sounds are slow evolving pads with plenty of movement and sometimes airy character.

VSTAlarm Exclusive Deals – Guitar Type Beats 2 sound pack by Godlike Loops is free.

Until August 10th

’Guitar Type Beats 2’ by Godlike Loops comes with 66 Loops, and 48 MIDI Files inspired by the styles of Roddy Ricch, NBA Youngboy, Juice WRLD, Lil Tecca, The Lod Laroi, Post Malone, DaBaby, Young Thug, Gunna, Smoove’L, Five Foreign, Lil Tjay, Quavo, NAV, Calboy, PnB Rock and more…

This pack will provide you with must-have samples to help you produce your next hit track, including Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Plucks, Flute, Hard and Bouncy 808s, Kicks, Hi-Hat loops, Snares, Vocals, Pad, Claps, Snares, Drum Chops, Full Drum Loops and MIDI loops.

VST Alarm Exclusive Giveaways – Guitar Riffs Vol 6 by Roundel Sounds, a sound pack conttaining guitar loops and MIDIs, is available for free.

Until August 30th

Roundel Sounds presets “Guitar Riffs Vol 6”. A new powerful addition to our guitar riff loop collection. This one comes loaded with 45 different guitar riffs some double tracked or and amp processed making the total number of available loops to 121. All loops come with a midi baseline to match and some even have Chord midi files to make things even easier for you to build a whole production around this one inspiring sample. The product was whopping 348 files in total.

VST Alarm Exclusive Deals – Red Sounds This Is Phat! 808 Engine, a library for Kontakt (full version), is free.

Until August 30th

Nowadays 808s take the place of the bass-lines in nearly every Hip-Hop/RnB/Trap hit record. Many of the biggest producers reinventing their 808s. To stay fresh and top level you need to step up 808 game. Using this Kontakt instrument you can create 808 bass-line in minutes. There are 44 rich, handcrafted presets, so you will find the right 808 sound for every track. Also, simple, but effective GUI is letting you mix 808s on the fly.

Decent Samples has released Stella Mandolin & Warps, a free library for Decent Sampler.

Forever Free

The instrument sampled is a Stella Bowlback Mandolin from the early 1900s. Stella was one of several brands made by the Oscar Schmidt Company which, at the time, was one of the biggest manufacturers of musical instruments in the first half of the 20th century.

Mario Nieto has released Delay&Pitch, a free (or PWYW) stereo multieffect plugin for Mac & Win.

Forever Free

“Delay&Pitch (Beta 0.1)” Is a Stereo FX to create cool delays with pitch variations. It is possible to modify the pitch variation, the time delay and feedback individually (left and right channel) or link it and control it with an XY pannel. Available in VST x64 PC and AU/VST for MAC.

Ultimate Vocal Remover is a free AI software for Win, Mac & Linux to help you remove vocals from audio recordings and music.

Forever Free

Ultimate Vocal Remover is a free AI software tool to help you remove vocals from audio recordings and music. There have been countless tools and plugins to debut in the last couple of years, leveraging AI to remove things like noise, vocals, and other elements from an audio source. These are usually costly pieces of software as well. However, Ultimate Vocal Remover might solve your vocal removal needs.

Cinematique Instruments has released Korn, a free granular engine, sample player & looper instrument for Kontakt (full version).

Forever Free

Korn — a granular engine, a sample player and a looper all rolled into one. At first glance, it may not seem like anything special. Still, when you realize that you can USE YOUR OWN SAMPLES and access all the tools to manipulate them, it becomes exciting and incredibly fun! At your fingertips, you have all the parameters to turn your sound into a granular cloud or even create extraordinary textures. The main effects necessary to achieve the final beautiful results are provided with Korn, including a tasteful endless reverb, a complex delay, high and low pass filters, a chorus with additional stereo widening, and much more.

Samplab has released TextToSample. A free AI Plugin that lets you generate samples from text.

Forever Free

Samplab, a leading provider of audio production tools, has released TextToSample, a free AI plugin that enables producers to generate samples from text. TextToSample is designed to allow producers to experiment with state-of-the-art generative AI models, and to demonstrate the capabilities of these models when running locally on a computer. Samplab emphasizes that TextToSample is not intended to replace human musicians, as it is not capable of doing so.

All Recluse Audio plugins are available for free, including the formerly paid plugins, Pulsar and Reflections.

Forever Free

Recluse Audio has announced that all of their plugins are now available for free, including the previously paid plugins Pulsar and Reflections. The five individual plugins and Max4Live library offer a wide range of sound design possibilities. The plugins available are:

Pulsar 2.0 – Revamped pulsar train generator offering precise synthesis tools for pops and clicks.

Reflections – Powerhouse reverb/delay plugin designed for creating swirling tails of hybrid digital signal processing.

Auto Visualizer Max4Live – Mesh visualizer implementing OpenGL shaders for audio-reactive visuals within your DAW.

Flanger – Brings shimmering warble to your mix, from vintage “touch” flange effects to other-worldly sensations.

Pulsar Vintage – The original PULSAR! Offers pops and crackles with a touch of nostalgia.

Rompler – Simple and straightforward sampler/rompler with drag and drop sample support.

SampleScience has updated the free Synthetic Vortices and Resonance instrument plugins for Mac & Win.

Forever Free

Synthetic Vortices [Plugin Edition] is a collection of 90 ambient loops generated by the Ensoniq Fizmo and embedded in a VST plugin instrument. The collection of sounds is atmospheric and alien, perfect to create the sound bed of a science fiction movie or a documentary about space lifeforms! It’s the result of a recording session from which seamless loops were extracted in chronological order. Hence, the loops sound similar and gradually evolve into something different as you browse further into them.

Resonance v2 is a piano plugin designed by combining short acoustic piano attack samples and a piano’s body resonance physical model. Inspired by the music of Nils Frahm, Resonance is perfect for fast arpeggios and emotional riffs. Full of beautiful imperfections, rich tones, and subtleties, Resonance will be an essential part of your arsenal.

SampleScience has updated Nu Guzheng plugin and now it is also available as a Decent Sampler library.

Forever Free

Nu Guzheng is a plugin instrument based on a multi-sampled set of guzheng samples. This traditional Chinese plucked zither has been recorded in stereo using a pair of Blue spark condenser microphones. Recorded in 32-bit and downsampled to 24-bit for the plugin version, the end result is clean-sounding and authentic.

SampleScience has updated Zither Renaissance and now it is now available as a plugin, as well as Decent Sampler and Kontakt libraries.

Forever Free

Zither Renaissance is a virtual instrument based on a damaged plucked zither recording that has been restored. A combination of audio engineering techniques has been used to make these zither samples great: spectral repair, adaptative noise removal, and manual retuning. The original recording has been provided by the kind folks at Versilian Studios. The result is a unique instrument that has a sound of its own, is easy to use, and will cut through your mixes.

Thanks for reading. Hopefully you found something cool!

Check out previous FREE Plugins Reports for even more freebies! And remember… there is always a range of free effects, free instruments, and free studio tools available from our partner Plugin Boutique, so check those out too.