AudioUnit Plugins

PaulXStretch | Audio plugins for free

PaulXStretch

  • time stretching
    WindowsMaciOSFree VSTAudioUnitAAX
69.845 Views Rating: 4.2 /5 (31 votes)
Two versions available: the button above downloads the Windows installer. Mac users need a separate installer instead â€[...]
Kotelnikov | Audio plugins for free

Kotelnikov

  • Compressor
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnitAAX
69.368 Views Rating: 3.9 /5 (63 votes)
Two versions available: the button above downloads the Windows installer. Mac users need the macOS version instead — d[...]
Mono | Audio plugins for free

Mono

  • Audio Tool | Stereo Tool
    WindowsFree VSTAudioUnit
68.990 Views Rating: 4.1 /5 (11 votes)
“Free plugin for effortless true mono monitoring Available for Windows & Mac (Intel / M1) as VST3 and AU. Why [...]
Quiet Piano | Audio Plugins for Free

Quiet Piano

  • Piano
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnit
68.858 Views Rating: 3.8 /5 (13 votes)
“Quiet Piano is a free VST3/VST/AU Grand Piano, specially designed to create Relaxing Music, Meditation Music or A[...]
iZotope Vinyl | Audio Plugins for Free

iZotope Vinyl

  • Fx | Tool
    WindowsMacFree VSTRTAAudioUnit
68.345 Views Rating: 3.6 /5 (35 votes)
“Back just in time for its 15th anniversary, Vinyl is a plug-in that lets you simulate the dust, scratches, and wa[...]
Polyverse Wider | Audio Plugins for Free

Polyverse Wider...

  • Stereo Width Spatial
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnitAAX
67.029 Views Rating: 4.8 /5 (11 votes)
Wider 2.0, by Polyverse Music, is a free plugin that gives any mono signal the illusion of a wide stereo image — witho[...]
StudioRack | Audio Plugins for Free

StudioRack

  • Fx Chain
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnitAAX
65.699 Views Rating: 3.8 /5 (28 votes)
“StudioRack lets you run up to 8 plugins on just one insert, save chain presets, open them on any DAW, or monitor [...]

ValhallaFreqEch...

  • Delay | Filter
    WindowsMacFree VSTRTAAudioUnit
65.575 Views Rating: 4.2 /5 (20 votes)
“Bode-style frequency shifter + analog echo emulation = skull melting chaos. Perfect for dub, Dr. Who and all of y[...]
Free Alpha | Audio Plugins for Free

Free Alpha

  • Synth | Synth Analogue/Subtractive
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnit
64.940 Views Rating: 3.8 /5 (30 votes)
“FreeAlpha is the small brother of Alpha, sharing the same engine but having fewer features. Its around since mid [...]
Ample Bass P Lite II | Audio Plugins for Free

Ample Bass P Li...

  • Bass | Virtual Instrument
    WindowsMacFree VSTRTAAudioUnitAAX
63.938 Views Rating: 3.8 /5 (32 votes)
“ample Sound has released Ample Bass P Lite II (ABPL), a free “lite” version of ABP, recorded on a [...]
Minihost modular | Audio Plugins for Free

Minihost Modula...

  • Plugin Host
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnit
63.678 Views Rating: 3 /5 (106 votes)
Minihost Modular is a modular environment for hosting/interconnecting VST/AU plugins based on a custom modular engine e[...]
VSCO 2 CE | Audio Plugins for Free

Versilian Studi...

  • Orchestral
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnit
62.826 Views Rating: 3.1 /5 (56 votes)
“VSCO 2 Community Edition (CE) is an open-source, open-ended subset of the main VSCO 2 library designed for young [...]
Frontier | Audio Plugins for Free

Frontier

  • Limiter
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnitAAX
59.411 Views Rating: 3.1 /5 (156 votes)
“Frontier is a studio-grade limiter plug-in with simple and straightforward user interface. It allows for quick an[...]

Helm

  • Synth Analogue/Subtractive
    WindowsMacLinuxFree VSTAudioUnitLV2AAX
58.921 Views Rating: 4.1 /5 (32 votes)
“Helm – a free, cross-platform, polyphonic synthesizer that runs on GNU/Linux, Mac, and Windows as a standalone[...]
Piano One | Audio Plugins for Free

Piano One

  • Piano
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnit
57.962 Views Rating: 3.2 /5 (80 votes)
“The Sound of Piano One comes from the Yamaha C7 concert grand, a true workhorse in the professional piano world, [...]
Monster Drum | Audio Plugins for Free

Monster Drum

  • drum | Drum Sampler
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnit
57.605 Views Rating: 3.6 /5 (33 votes)
“Monster Drum Features (v3-2022.07) Dozens of cool-sounding Drumkit presets. The current version is v3-2022.07 wit[...]
Free Audio Plugins - Tal-Reverb II (Reverb)

Tal-Reverb II

  • Reverb
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnit
57.328 Views Rating: 3.3 /5 (48 votes)
“TAL Reverb-II is the most popular TAL-Reverb. After some user feedbacks had to release TAL-Reverb-II again. It co[...]
Free Audio Plugin - Harmony Box (Synth)

Harmony Box

  • Synth
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnit
56.208 Views Rating: 3.5 /5 (13 votes)
“Harmony Box is a synthesizer that has the rules of modal jazz built-in; you press a key, it plays the right chord[...]
TAL-Reverb-4 | Audio Plugins for Free

TAL-Reverb-4

  • Reverb
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnitAAX
55.489 Views Rating: 3.5 /5 (63 votes)
TAL-Reverb-4 is a standalone version of the high quality reverb implemented in TAL-Sampler. Features Modulated vintage[...]

SlickEQ

  • Equalizer
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnitAAX
55.146 Views Rating: 4.2 /5 (25 votes)
“TDR VOS SlickEQ is a mixing/mastering equalizer designed for ease of use, musical flexibility and impeccable soun[...]

Ambience

  • Reverb
    WindowsMacFree VSTAudioUnit
52.826 Views Rating: 3.4 /5 (25 votes)
“Ambience is a reverb that rivals the quality of the best commercial reverbs.”[...]