SonEQ ~ Vintage Equalizer Plugin


SonEQ is a free equalizer plugin that takes parts from some vintage gear and combines them in one.

sonimus.com/products/soneq

yabridge ~ Host WIndows Plugins On Linux


Yet Another way to use Windows audio plugins on Linux. Yabridge seamlessly supports using both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows VST2, VST3, and CLAP plugins in 64-bit Linux plugin hosts as if they were native plugins, with optional support for plugin groups to enable inter-plugin communication for VST2 plugins and quick startup times. Its modern concurrent architecture and focus on transparency allows yabridge to be both fast and highly compatible, while also staying easy to debug and maintain.

github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge

IVGI ~ Saturation & Distortion


IVGI can deliver very soft and subtle saturation, that feels at home on the master buss. It is equally capable of very dense and dirty distortion effects to spice up single tracks.

IVGI reacts dynamically to the input signal. Even the modeled fluctuations react dynamically and also change depending on the drive setting, so that it doesn’t get in the way of the SOUND. Stereo tracks benefit from it’s modeled crosstalk behavior.

IVGI features a Controlled Randomness, which determines the internal drift and variance inside the unit. It contributes to the liveliness and realness of IVGI’s saturation character. To achieve this, all internal processes are modulated to some extent.

IVGI gives you a sensible amount of controls to manipulate the character of the saturation itself. It offers a unique ASYM MIX knob to alter the symmetry of the signal without affecting the harmonic content much.

IVGI also lets you alter the frequency dependency of the saturation with the RESPONSE control.

klanghelm.com/contents/products/IVGI
IVGI graphical user interface

Wolf Shaper ~ Waveshaper Plugin


Wolf Shaper is a waveshaper plugin with a graph editor. It can be built as an LV2, VST or CLAP plugin and as a standalone Jack application.

github.com/wolf-plugins/wolf-shaper

foo_dsp_vst3 ~ Foobar2000 Hosts VST Plugins


Official component that allows VST effects to be used as DSPs in foobar2000.

www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_dsp_vst3
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Resonance Audio ~ DAW Tools


A VST plugin which enables you to binaurally render ambisonic sound fields in a DAW environment.

github.com/resonance-audio/resonance-audio-daw-tools#resonance-audio-vst-for-ambisonic-soundfield-daw-monitoring

Flash ~ Transient Shaper Plugin


Flash is a high quality transient shaper with Mid/Side capabilities, a clipping function to never exceed 0dB, with handy mix and output volume controls.

www.wavesfactory.com/free-audio-plugins/flash (registration required)

traKmeter ~ Loudness Meter Plugin


Loudness meter for correctly setting up tracking and mixing levels (gain staging).

github.com/mzuther/traKmeter

LameVST ~ Preview Lossy mp3 Compression


MP3 as VST-effect.

Ideal solution, if you need to preview you track in the mp3-mode during playback.

https://github.com/Iunusov/LameVST

W1 Limiter ~ Professional Sound Limiter


W1 Limiter is a clone of Waves L1, with identical output, as well as an approximation of Waves L2.

www.yohng.com/software/w1limit

Blue Cat Chorus ~ Free Vintage Chorus


From a light ensemble to a deep destructive modulation effect, Blue Cat’s Chorus can just do anything, for free! The Chorus effect was originally designed to simulate several voices, just as if several persons were playing together the same notes, but with a variable delay between them. This is one of the typical effects that you can get with Blue Cat’s Chorus. But this plug-in also enables you to drastically change the original sound and create deep pitch modulation or crazy ‘bubbling’ effects. With the additional “Spread” control on the stereo version, the famous stereo widening and head spinning chorus effects are a few click away.

www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_Chorus

CamelCrusher ~ Compressor | Distortion


CamelCrusher is a free ‘colouring’ multi-effect plugin. It offers two characteristically different distortion sounds which can be blended together to create a wide variety of tones and textures. Great for guitars, drums and plenty more!

There’s also a warm, smooth analogue-style low-pass filter with buckets of resonance. Assign a MIDI controller and start tweaking!

Finally, let’s not forget the easiest-to-use compressor you’ll find anywhere. It can ‘phatten’ up your sound as quickly as you can turn up the ‘Amount’ knob! Find out more in the manual.

Best of all, CamelCrusher is available free of charge!

Features:

  • Two different distortion types.
  • Warm, analogue-modelled resonant low-pass filter.
  • High quality, easy-to-use compressor, with ‘Phat’ mode.
  • Powerful ‘MIDI Learn’ function.
  • A collection of useful Preset patches to get you started.
  • Randomize for instant inspiration.”

www.audiopluginsforfree.com/camelcrusher
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