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Subtractive and additive synths and a free effects bundle
De-esser, filter, stereo expander and synth plugins
11 new releases to get your teeth into
PanCake 2, Flan-W and Filta Crunch 2
Freeware synths and effects
Signal processors, a synth and a sample processor
Phase distortion synths, a sampler and two delays
Chorus, compressor, trance gate and techno plug-ins
Sound makers and shapers
Browse and download
Featuring a free FXpansion compressor
A compressor and limiter special
Synths and effects
A barrage of new plug-ins
Synths, snares and a lo-fi effect
Meet Scythe, Oscillator and Vinyl
Effects, a sound mangler and a Studio One exclusive
A free DAW, plug-ins and more
A SID synth meets a kazoo effect and more
Two compressors and a synth update
Synth, distortion, piano and organ plug-ins
Binaural beats and two synths
A Mac App Store freebie and more
EQs, synths and a guitar amp
Christmas gifts you don't have to put on your credit card
Effects plug-ins rule as we hit three figures
Plex 2, ChineeGuZheng and Dulcet
A new synth, bass enhancement and distortion
A guitar amp, a groove tool and a synth
Three synths and an EQ
Say hello to some old friends
New sound generators and processors
New and updated stuff for download
u-he's Zebralette goes freeware
Plug-ins you don't have to pay for
VST plug-ins you can have for nothing
Vintage instruments and effects
VeeMax, preMix and TheDrumSource
New plug-ins for PC and Mac
Featuring Urs Heckman's latest synth
Thicken up your dubstep sounds
Download an €89 guitar synth for nothing
Make Social Network soundtrack-style sounds with The Swarm
Keep your money - you can have these plug-ins for nothing
DSP Trigger Free, Tune and The scrooo
Six plug-ins to download right now
An EQ and a step sequencer
Including a monotron-inspired plug-in
Two synths, two effects and a host for them
Kickstart your music-making year with these new plug-ins
Green Oak Crystal gets a tweak
Five early Christmas presents
Vintage outboard gear in your DAW
A Rhodes piano and new effects
An audio player, multi-effects and a filter
A double helping of instruments and effects
A trio of effects plug-ins
Two synths and a compressor
IK's SampleTank Free is back
Retro-leaning effects and a drum machine
A Benny Benassi bass synth and much more
Two new synths vie for attention
Brickwall limiting, EQ, SoundFont playing… and a bongo
Synths, a drum machine, a compressor and a 'detuner'
Synths, a drum sampler and effects
Three virtual guitars, a synth and a MIDI note randomiser
A polysynth and a guitar amp/FX range
TAL's new synth revealed, and a drone
Compression, a comb filter and a teaser from TAL
Reverb and a brass-friendly EQ
Nine effects, a synth and a Mac update
A classic Korg synth emulated and more effects
Delay/echo, a synth and something for Guitar Heroes
A bumper round-up of plug-ins
Two more FX processors
A trio of synths and a filter bank
Distortion, phasing and pitch shifting effects and a synth
Two compressor plug-ins and a filter
Synths, drums and an oscilloscope
Waveshapers, a piano sympathetic resonance generator, an additive synth and a pitch shifter
Audio enhancement, pitch correction and more
Reverb, bitcrushing and frequency shifting FX plus an old hardware synth
Effects plug-ins, drum machine and synth offerings
A Tenori-on style matrix sequencer, synth, filter and guitar amp suite
A synth, a boutique guitar amp and a flanger
Three synths and three effects
Chorus, reverb and audio grabbing
Delay and amp effects, modular and drum 'n' bass-friendly synths and a MIDI data sequencer
A Linux-based DAW and a couple more efects
NI KoreSounds, Psychic Modulation synth and a 12-band graphic EQ
KVR's Developer Challenge 2009 winner plus seven more freebies
Cakewalk freebies and a freeware favourite synth
Three synths and an open-source lookahead limiter
Vibrato, amp and filter plug-ins, drum sampler and a virtual organ
A virtual circuit-bending solution, synth and Mellotron
Two filters, a noise reducer and a drum machine
Virtual Mellotron, synths, amps and acoustic guitar sims
Piano emulation, vintage-style compressor and a simple synth
UVI Workstation, synths and an EQ plug-in
A quartet of plug-ins for you to try
Blue Cat Audio update, stereo widening effect and simple sample player
Synth, groovebox, MIDI editor/pattern sequencer and a distortion unit
Amps, distortion, multi-effects and bar chimes!
Sampled and synthesized sounds collide with a compressor
Six instruments and effects
Native Instruments Kontakt Player is free!
A budget option for T-Pain wannabes and more
Drum, guitar amp and synth plug-ins
A variety of synths, effects, and an organ plug-in
Three effects and an updated synth
Synths, effects and a playable desk fan
Classic synths meet a NSFW effect
An FL Studio synth, virtual acoustic guitar and Mellotron plug-ins
Audio slicing, EQing and signal saturation
Tube amp, clean amp and delay plug-ins plus a piano/polysynth
Instruments for producing synth, organ and decidedly 'out there' sounds
A touchscreen instrument, virtual beatboxer, reverb and a a physical-modelling synth
Amp sim, distortion pedal, loop generator and a 'chewing' synth
5 instruments and effects including a German typewriter
7 plug-ins including the Plastic Piano
A synth, effects and an audio/MIDI recording app
Featuring a plug-in pussy cat
The Erectifier, Graphic EQ and a Jazz Piano
An updated audio/MIDI recording app and three plug-ins
Organ, monophonic synth, distortion and EQ plug-ins
Platform/format: PC/VST Download
AcmeBarGig's roster of free plug-ins is growing rapidly (in fact, it says that'll be releasing a new product every week for the foreseeable future). Cab Enhancer is designed not just to emulate a speaker cabinet, but also to enhance an existing mic'd or IR cab.
Platform/format: PC/VST Download
Released this very day, Krolar SX-2 was inspired by Roland's late-'70s synth the SH-2. This being the case, it comes with a similar set of features, though it does also benefit from the addition of a polyphonic mode (the original was monophonic only).
Platform/format: PC/VST Download
The ElektroStudio range contains several free instruments, including the eSLine virtual string machine, the Mellotron-inspired Tapeotronic, the Rhythmus beatbox (pictured above) and the DavoSynth. As well as running as VST plug-ins, you can also use them standalone.
Platform/format: PC/VST Download
Atlantis is a currently-in-beta synth that also comes with a dedicated effects module that can be used to process other audio. It's now skinnable (the one in the pic was created by Limeflavour) and looks like it could have quite a bit of potential. Give it a try.
Platform/format: PC/VST Download
Described as a hybrid of a granulator and a delay, grANALiser promises the likes of chorus, pitchshifting and ring modulation. Even more intriguingly, we're told that it contains "explicit pixel animation that should only be viewed by adults". We should have guessed as much after seeing that name…
Platform/format: PC/VST Download
A couple of new offerings from Xoxos: Malt (which is short for MIDI alt) uses an LFO to alternate between two MIDI channels; and Acoustic (pictured above) is described as a "simple acoustic body resonator model" (this is based on the resonator model from the company's Boing2 bowed synth).
