FREE Plugins Report – October 19th, 2022

Welcome to the latest FREE Plugins Report!

Every few weeks we will let you know the latest news about free plugins. Follow @newplugindeals on Twitter, join the Plugin Deals and Freebies Facebook Group, or check out r/newplugindeals on Reddit if you want to find out about the latest deals and freebies as they happen.

HoRNet HTS9 guitar overdrive plugin is free for a limited time

Until October 21st

HoRNet HTS9 is a tube screamer vst overdrive modelled after a famous pedal produced by a Japanese manufacturer made since the first years of the 80s.

Get up to 100% off in the Audified GK Amplification 3 Intro Sale

Until October 23rd

GK Amplification 3 Pro is the next step in the evolution of this fan-favourite plugin. With three exceptionally well modelled amps, an added smart gate and compressor and a reworked UI, GK3 Pro is the most advanced GK amp sim out there. Save or upgrade to Pro with up to 75% off or grab the LE version absolutely FREE for a very limited time only!

VST Alarm is offering Aquamarine Lite virtual instrument by Muze as a free download. Kontakt full version required

Until October 25th – Discuss this Freebie

Muze Aquamarine Lite is a huge Inspiring collection of innovative new sounds and atmospheres, textures, pads & synths for music, sound design and cinematic composition. Developed for use with the full version of Kontakt 5.8 or higher, Aquamarine is an all-in-one tool for crafting soundtracks, cinematic music, epic music trailers in fact any music that requires powerful, inspirational, hybrid synth sounds.

Get Darksichord 3 from Electronik Sound Lab FREE with any paid purchase from ADSR

Until October 30th

Darksichord 3 is a Harpsichord virtual instrument plugin for DAWs and other plugin hosts on Windows and macOS. Darksichord 3 is sourced from the 3 sound layers that made up the original version, but now comes with different textures and nuances for a much darker sound and more character.

Get Excite Audio Lifeline Expanse Lite FREE with any purchase from Plugin Boutique

Until October 31st

Lifeline Expanse Lite creates authenticity and realism by using intricate re-amping techniques. Re-amping is the process of taking an audio signal and playing it out in an environment. The signal is sent through amps, mics and effects to add color, texture and depth, then re-recorded. Lifeline Expanse Lite distils this complex technique into a modern, sleek workflow that offers producers instant flexibility and control over every element. Rearrange the signal chain and delicately blend effects using each module’s unique controls.

IK Multimedia is offering AmpliTube OverScream overdrive/distortion pedal for FREE to all users of AmpliTube 5, including Custom Shop

Until November 1st – Discuss this Freebie

The AmpliTube OverScream is based on Ibanez® Tube Screamer, a classic overdrive/distortion pedal that has become the go-to overdrive pedal for some of the most influential guitar players of all time. Its basic controls make it easy to dial in the exact sound you want.

ReFuse Software has released Spooky Meter 2, a free Halloween-themed metering plugin for Mac and Windows

Until November 2nd

A peak level meter with Halloween flair. Available as a plugin (AAX/VST3/AU) and as a standalone app (no DAW required). Five creepy heads provide you with peak metering at 0, -6, -12, -24, and -36 dB thresholds. The red devil at the top also functions as a peak hold – it will remain lit if the signal peaks hit 0 dB, until reset by clicking anywhere in the window.

Get Heavyocity Punish Lite free when you try Loopcloud (also free for existing users)

Until November 6th

The full version of Heavyocity’s PUNISH is a saturation, compression, and distortion plugin. With three types of saturation, including valve and classic preamp overload emulations, PUNISH can create various distortion effects – from a warm tape fuzz to full-blown industrial noise.

Native Instruments Massive and iZotope Ozone Elements are free to Focusrite and Novation Plugin and Sound Collective members

Until January 12th – Discuss this Freebie

MASSIVE is the ultimate synth for bass and leads. The high-end engine delivers pure quality with a diverse range of sounds, from soft to outright dirty and everything in between.

Effortlessly get your mixes radio and streaming ready with Ozone Elements. Building on a two-decade history of best-in-class processing, Ozone Elements has the essential tools and assistive technology you need to quickly achieve a full, rich, and loud final master.

Comp76 is a free emulation of MXR DynaComp from Fazertone

Forever Free

You’d be hard-pressed to find a piece of gear that’s in more pedalboards than this legendary classic from the 70s, and there’s a good reason for that: instead of spending hours finding the right attack/release/ratio combination, you can rely on the fact that this is the piece of gear that has stood the test of time as being the perfect match for guitar and bass.

Techivation has released T-Puncher FREE transient shaper plugin for Win & Mac (a cutdown version of their premium T-Puncher plugin)

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

T-Puncher Free is the fastest way to control the sound’s transients to make your tracks punchier or softer with one single knob. Use this free plug-in and explore the T-Puncher premium for even a more pro sound.

GPU Audio has released the first installment of their free Modulation Bundle plugin collection (Beta Suite)

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

GPU Audio™ is designed as a platform for creativity. Our team is developing a wide array of valuable features created with music and Pro Audio production in mind, from the studio to the live stage and broadcast to virtual production.

ToneLib has released NoiseReducer, a free noise gate plugin for Windows, Mac and Linux

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

EasyGate unit is based on the NoiseGate guitar pedal and is designed specifically to respond primarily to the guitar’s frequency range. As practice shows, it is often enough only one knob to setup the Gate effect, and this principle is implemented in the EasyGate unit. For the dirtiest and most aggressive mixes there is Hard mode provided in this unit, which significantly increases the sensitivity of the effect as compared with the standard mode of operation.

Variety of Sound has updated ThrillseekerVBL mkII, a free vintage broadcast limiter plugin for Windows

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Even though extensively revised, ThrillseekerVBL remains true to its credo and combines musical gain-riding and thrilling distortion. The mkII version improves both the user experience and its technical implementation, giving more sonic control and a versatile sound. Being able to reproduce quite a range of tonalities now, ThrillseekerVBL has become a true tonebox that can deliver Variable-Mu style tube compression whether soft and mellow or punchy and raw.

David Hilowitz (DecentSamples) has released two free libraries for Decent Sampler: Magical Musical Thing & Electric Bell Toy Piano

Forever Free

Orchestral Tools has released Crux, a free library for Sine Player featuring four classic electric basses

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Free electric basses for use in a wide range of music, production, and composition. From smooth walking basslines to funky solos, Crux has you covered. Included are four classic types of electric bass guitars—Jazz, Precision, Vox, and Music Man—all with plucked, fingered and muted articulations.

Kilohearts has released Dual Delay as a new addition to the Kilohearts Essentials collection of free plugins

Forever Free

Dual Delay is like a regular delay that wants to be a reverb and ends up being something cool and new instead, with its double delay lines working in tandem to give you rich and complex echoing systems in seconds.

KeyPleezer has released LivingRoom Upright Piano, a free multiformat piano library

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Currently in the oven is the LivingRoom Upright Intermediate Edition, in development for Kontakt, SFZ and EXS24. Below you can get the free edition and we’ll notify you when the Intermediate Edition reaches the shelves.

Electronik Sound Lab has released Atmos 3 Lite, a free cinematic ambient piano plugin for Win & Mac

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Atmos 3 Lite is a Free cinematic ambient piano, with 2 layers of sound with adjustable level, one layer of acoustic piano sound recorded from a Yamaha C3 and another layer of sound pads created from the same original samples, using various digital processing such as Reverbs, Morphing and Structural Effects among others.

Ghosthack’s Free Ambient Beds Part 2 can be downloaded now

Forever Free

As the launch of our epic ‘Origin – Cinematic Opus Magnum’ sound pack was that successful, we decided to give out another batch of atmospheric ambient beds for you! This freebie includes 1.24 GB of royalty free ambient sounds that you can drag and drop into your next project. These files have again lengths of over 2 minutes, so they are perfectly useful for background music and underscore purposes.

ToneLib has released TL NoiseReducer, a free noise reduction plugin for Windows, Mac & Linux

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

This module simulates the collective image of the Studio Noise Gate Rack Effect. Extremely easy to operate, it gives you enough freedom for adjustment to your specific needs, whether it’s applied to guitar tracks, vocals, or something completely different. This unit can operate both in auto and manual modes. When switching to automatic mode, the whole effect setting is reduced to a single Threshold slider.

Wrongtools have released Cassette Bass, a free instrument for full Kontakt

Forever Free

It’s notorious, it’s obscure, it’s grim, it leaves a taste of iron on the tip of the tongue.

Alonso Sound has launched Synthwave Dojo, an online platform to learn how to make Synthwave. You can sign up for a free account and get some freebies

Forever Free

Synthwave Dojo is proud to bring your our first ever sample pack, 80’s Drum Machines! It contains over 400 samples from a collection of the most iconic drum machines from the 80’s. If you’re looking to add the retro drums flavor to your productions, look no further.

Synergy DSP has released Anaverb, a free reverb plugin. Available as a beta version

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Anaverb is a free reverb plugin for macOS and Windows. We can confirm that the official release will remain a free VST, which is great news. The plugin has an extremely clean-looking GUI with four main controls. Although you can’t base too much on appearance, it does look great; I love the minimalist/sleek styling.

Audec has released Shape Lite 2, a free waveshaper effect plugin for Mac and Windows

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Shape Lite 2 is a free single-stage waveshaper/wavefolder from Audec. The free plugin has six shaping curves, and each curve has up to four adjustable parameters.

Delphi DSP has released Chop n’ Dice Lite, a free hard clipper plugin for Windows (Mac version will follow soon)

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Chop n Dice Lite is an easy to use “lite” version of our flagship clipper plugin Chop n Dice. It features one “Hard Clip” algorithm.

SpitfireAudio free Labs libraries – Electronic Antique is the latest free Labs, featuring one of the world’s earliest synths – Ondioline

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Discover a rare gem of music history with one of the world’s earliest synthesisers — the Ondioline. Designed and patented by French inventor Georges Jenny in the early 1940s, the LABS team captured its delightfully off-kilter sound, transforming the raw recordings into a range of playful presets. Fizzing with smile-inducing possibilities — the Ondioline is as wild as your imagination.

Digital Brain Instruments has released Audiogram, a free application to let you know at which frequencies you stop hearing sounds

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Audiogram is an easy & quick app to let you know at which frequencies you stop hearing sounds.

Fanan team has released Midmid, a free multi-channel MIDI router for Windows

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Midmid is a multi-channel midi router that allows live performers an easy yet effective connectivity of their midi controller with up to 16 VST instruments that opened in their DAW. Users can instantly switch between instruments with a single button press and thanks to the big control buttons, they can even comfortably use Midmid with touch screens and jump instantly from one instrument to another.

Guk.ai has released Sistema, an AI-powered synthesizer plugin. A free plan allows users to generate up to 50 unique sounds per month

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Sistema is the first AI-powered software instrument that helps you easily create new textures & sounds for your music.

Sonixinema has released SIRENS Freebie, a free solo vocal textures library for Kontakt Player

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Immerse yourself in the world of contemporary vocals with this vast collection of evolving and percussive vocal textures, inspired by mythological Sirens. The library is performed by virtuoso soprano, Grace Davidson, who is known for her work on over 200 film soundtracks, and her collaborations with legendary composers such as Max Richter and Eric Whitacre.

Kuassa has updated Amplifikation 360 plugin wrapper/host for Win & Mac to 1.1.2. It is free and comes with a single amp and few effects included

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Amplifikation 360 is a modular “playground” for stacking pedals, amps, and cabs to create the perfect sound you want. Immediately combine every Kuassa guitar plug-ins you own inside Amplifikation 360. Try routing Matchlock‘s Amp with Caliburn‘s Cabinet, add a series (and parallel routings) of Efektor pedals to get that spacey shoegazing wall of sound, bigger than live djent riffs, or even a trippy psychedelic leads.

Ginger Audio has released a free version of GroundControl ROOM virtual audio routing plugin for Mac

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

GroundControl ROOM is the next generation of the traditional Control Room section. A software-based control room that lets you calibrate your speakers and headphones and simplifies your routing through all your system sound, without compromising the audio quality. GroundControl Room is the first all in the box control room section with perfect digital fidelity.

Ueberschal has updated the free loop and sample player Elastik to v3.6. The player comes with a free 1.5GB demo soundbank

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Elastik 3 is the most powerful sample player that we have ever created. It provides a complete toolkit for modern music producers working with audio loops. Loops can be an essential part of many musicians creative process and, with Elastik, you get a fast, efficient and flexible set of tools.

Avid has released Pro Tools Intro, a free edition of Pro Tools DAW, which works with Sessions and can use any third party AAX plugins

Forever Free

Create beats, record performances, and have fun making music with the same GRAMMY®-winning tools used by your favorite artists and producers. Pro Tools Intro is a free DAW that gives you the essential audio and MIDI tools you need for music production, in addition to 36 effect and instrument plugins, to create any type of music.

Truality Audio has released TruPan, a free effect plugin for Windows

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

TruPan is an Audio Plugin (VST Windows) that uses a combination of filtering (head shadow effect), delay (precedence – Haas effect), and level manipulation (Intensity variation). I used various techniques to minimize phase (Mono compatibility) problems. For the intended use, I believe the results are quite acceptable. Sure, not suitable for pink noise panning! Trying to replicate how we perceive directional cues, is not an easy task, especially with only two channels.

Meat Beats has released Orbhits and Micro Piano, free virtual instrument plugins for Mac & Win. Another two plugins are coming soon

Forever Free

Classic piano from the S-series sampler with crunchy attack and sizzling tone – 90s house style! Includes LP filter, vintage reverb and pan mod.

170 retro hits, stabs, pads and bass sampled from the classic 90s yellow hardware rack unit. 40 bass, 60 chords, 20 hits, 30 pads, 15 SFX and 5 vox. Includes vintage reverb and pan mod controls.

SuperflyDSP has released Lost-Vinyls, a free lo-fi effect plugin for Windows and Mac

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Vinyl record was the primary medium used for music reproduction throughout the 20th century. Lost-vinyls shape with character your sound with state of the art distortion algorithms. Plugins can be used mainly on instruments (like guitar, vocals or keyboards.), but also on stem track like drum-kit or stacked chord track.

Audec has released Mono, a free stereo-to-mono converter plugin for Win & Mac

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Vicious Antelope has released Harmonic Keys, a free library of 40 keyboard patches for Arturia Pigments 3

Forever Free

The first two macros are assigned to filter’s cutoff and resonance, the third is assigned to Aux reverb and finally with the 4th Macro you could create some interesting variations while sculpting the sound through the spectrum. For most patches the sculpting is very subtle.

Tal Aviram has updated TICK Metronome, a free metronome plugin for Mac, Windows & Linux, to v0.5.0

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

TICK is a self-contained metronome. It runs almost anywhere. It runs as a plug-in, it runs on your phone. Everything is self-contained so your metronome sounds (and your bpm/time-signature) can go wherever you go.

Muse Group has updated Audacity, a free audio editor and recorder, to v3.2.0

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Audacity is free, open source software.

ZAK Sound has released Morning Coffee Piano free library for full Kontakt

Forever Free – Discuss this Freebie

Morning Coffee Piano is a free piano library for Kontakt. It is based on a calm and smooth acoustic piano combined with ambient texture and a music box-style instrument.

Edmsoundware has released free TAL UNO 62 Progressive House Soundpack

Forever Free

‘TAL UNO 62 Progressive House Soundpack’ is a freeware soundpack for the TAL UNO 62 synthesizer. Soundpack was built to give You 2 Progressive House templates which can be opened in 3 various DAWS. Each of Daw Project that is inside this sound pack, are presented in audio demo that you can prehear them easily.

Samplebrain is a new custom sample mashing app designed by Aphex Twin

Forever Free

Samplebrain chops samples up into a ‘brain’ of interconnected small sections called blocks which are connected into a network by similarity. It processes a target sample, chopping it up into blocks in the same way, and tries to match each block with one in it’s brain to play in realtime. This allows you to interpret a sound with a different one. As we worked on it (during 2015 and 2016) we gradually added more and more tweakable parameters until it became slightly out of control.

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.

See you next time!