A comprehensive list of audio processing plugins available for free download. This is a dynamic list and will be updated as new free audio plugins become available. If you would like to see any added to this list, feel free to contact me.
This list was conceived so that people starting up in all forms of professional audio or trying to do it with limited resources, can have access to as wide a set of tools as possible.
No virtual instruments, that’s a whole different category. I just cover processing plugins (including meters and whatnot), for mixing or mastering and sound design. Note all plugins are Mac and Windows compatible. However, I have left out Windows-only plugins.
12/Bitz Audio offers Mastering services at a reasonable price with quick turnarounds, feel free to message me. For more about why you should master your songs, check out my post – ‘why master?’.
A1Audio
Airwindows
[VST, AU] “handsewn bespoke digital audio”
One dude, making a ton of free plugins.
Analog Obsession
Audio Damage
Audiomodern
Baby Audio
Blue Cat Audio
Boz Digital Labs
DDMF
digitalfishphones
Digital systemic
DMG Audio
- TrackControl
- MTSP Mini – collaboration with ODDSOUND
Goodhertz
Requires registration + an installer with all their plugins
Hornet
Impulse Records
Inphonik
iZotope
Requires registration
Klanghelm
Klevgrand
lkjb
Low Wave
- SpikeQ – frequency based transient shaper
Low Wave
MeldaProduction
Requires downloading an installer with all of their plugins, but you can select to install only the free bundle (or individual plugins).
Metric Halo
- Thump – low frequency processor
Native Instruments (Effects only)
Requires registration + Komplete Start
Ohm Force
- Fromage – unique type of low pass filter
Pajczur
- SupercPajSoil Ei – “unrestricted compressor”
Plugin Alliance
Requires registration
- bx_cleansweep (Brainworx)
- bx_solo (Brainworx)
- bx_subfilter (Brainworx)
- Double MS (Schoeps)
- Free Ranger (SPL)
- niveau filter (elysia)
Slate Digital
Requires iLok account
Softube
Requires registration + ilok account
Solid State Logic
These are some old plugins that SSL had released for free on their website in the mid 2000s. They are no longer available on their main official site, but they are still mentioned on their site hosted in japan and the installation files still remain on their servers (to which we are linking to).
These installers will most likely not work on modern systems (Windows 10, MacOS)
Stillwell Audio
- Bitter – Bitscope & Intersample Clip Monitor
TAL Software
TBProAudio
Tokyo Dawn Labs
ValhallaDSP
Vladg/sound
Free plugins made in Russia with love.
Voxengo
- MSED
- Sound Delay
- SPAN
- Latency Delay
- Overtone GEQ
- AnSpec
- Correlometer
- Stereo Touch
- Boogex
- OldSkoolVerb
- Marvel GEQ
- Tempo Delay
- Tube Amp
W.A. Production
- ComBear – parallel compressor
Waves Factory
- SK10 – Sub kick simulator
