Free Audio Plugins VST, AU, RTAS

Radio Junk

Radio Junk is a free distortion and filter VST plugin developed by Cupwise FX. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

It’s a small but unique suite of effects made from 2 junky old radios, one solid-state (from the 70’s) and the other a tube radio (from the 50’s). The radios were ‘sampled’ using technology similar but superior to the common convolution impulses out there. It’s called Nebula, and it can capture the sound of what’s being sampled at different dynamic levels, and it can also capture some of the distortion, unlike standard convolution.

These effects use a variant of the Nebula tech called ‘Acqua’, which just means that these are stand-alone effects, and you don’t need Nebula to load them (it’s built in, basically). The radios were sampled in extreme ways to get some nasty lo-fi effects. Since these were made with the Nebula technology, they will sound different from other plug-ins out there. You should grab them and give them a try! They’re free!

http://www.cupwise.com/cup/

R47

R47 free overdrive | saturation by TSE AUDIO

R47 is a free overdrive and saturation VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by TSE AUDIO. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

R47 is a digital emulation of a famous rodent pedal.. It’s well suited for semi-clean/crunch to high gain type of sounds. Use in front of a amp-sim or alone on a track right before a guitar-cabinet emulation software.

Specifications:

2X – 4X (internal) oversampling.

Stereo / Dual mode.

Input and Drive control.

Tone control.

GFX / DSP / Programming by onQel :: John Adrian Johansen.

https://www.tseaudio.com

R-Sample Factor

R-Sample Factor is a free bit crusher VST plugin developed by Synthescience. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

The R-Sample Factor is a combined Sample Rate and Bit depth reduction plugin. It’s not at all a sound enhancement processor but rather the opposite. It is aimed at recapturing the essence from the old days of early digital sound processing units and does it on demand.

Packed with lots of “Grain” and “Grit” inside, you decide just how much to use.

The R-Sample Factor is fully automatable and has the ability to store 128 presets.

It ships with a few already pre programmed ones that will show what its all about and may be the starting point to your individual creations.

Installation procedure: Unzip the file, then copy the DLLs into your VstPlugins folder.

R_Mem

R_Mem is a free glitch and granulizer VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Inear Display. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

R_Mem is a granulator effect plug-in with additional ring-modulator, multimode filter and delay. What makes it special is the addition of a modulation matrix driven by 4 LFOs and of a morphing system that lets you store two states and crossfade between them. For more sound mangling possibilities, both state slots can be filled with random values.

The full version also comes with 50 royalty-free samples (24-bit / 44.1 kHz) : a selection of dark soundscapes and sound effects crafted from a mix of field recordings and digital experiments.

Features :

From 16 to 64 grains (10 ms to 200 ms).

Ring-modulator.

Stereo delay up to 1 second.

Multimode filter (lowpass, highpass, bandpass, notch).

Grain freeze.

4 LFOs.

Modulation matrix.

Morphing between 2 states.

State randomizers.

MIDI learn.

MIDI program change support.

50 royalty-free samples.

Lifetime free updates for registered users.

https://ineardisplay.com

qWarpFilter

qWarpFilter is a free filter VST plugin developed by Mutagene. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

qWarpFilter allows the user to perform a warped LP analysis of the input signal for each of four independent filter banks, where after the user can warp between all four filters using the XY touchpad control or use the ‘filter warp’ slider to change the warping in the filtering stage.

The results tend towards bellish sounds or weird sleeping sounds reminiscent of the EMU Morpheus’ filters.

http://dsp.mutagene.net/

Quick Haas

Quick Haas is a free stereo imaging VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Venn Audio. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Quick Haas is a free and simple psychoacoustic panning plugin, available as a Windows VST or mac Audio Unit. The ‘Haas Effect’, also known as the precedence effect, is a psychoacoustic effect where listeners can perceive the special position of an audio signal depending on very small delays between the left and right channels of the audio signal. This allows for a much more realistic panning effect than traditional panning, provided the playback device is in stereo.

This plugin couldn’t be simpler to use! If the input is stereo, just select how you want it to be routed into the pan (it is recommended only one channel, or mono, is used if the original source’s left/right channels differ), and then adjust the central knob left right so as to make the sound appear to be coming from that direction. Hint: this plugin allows for very fine adjustments of up to a tenth of a millisecond, and often only small adjustments less than 2ms is all that’s needed to create a powerful precedence effect.

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http://www.vennaudio.com/

Quatropolis

Quatropolis is a free chorus VST plugin developed by WOK. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Quatropolis is a chorus with four delay lines. It is capable of soft modulations with stereo spreading up to heavy detunings. Ease of use: just two dials for modulation amount and speed.

Quatropolis comes in two versions. The basic version is free and available now; a pro version with more features will be available soon.

http://www.wokwave.com

Quadropolis

Quadropolis is a free stereo imaging VST plugin developed by Christian Budde. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

The Quadropolis Surround-Plugin is a VST effect Plugin dedicated to Quadraphonic Music. There was a lot of research on Quadraphonics back in the early 70s.

This Plugin simulates an anechoic chamber with 4 loudspeakers in it (starting from 45° in 90° steps). Within the soundfield there is – of course – the listeners head, which is simulated with a 512 Tap HRTF-Convolver (FIR-Filter). This causes high CPU-Load (about 50% @2GHz, but improvements are on the way).

The plugin gives you the ability to mix your quadraphonic music, without using 4 loudspeakers. Only Headphones are needed. Just put the plugin (with 4 Inputs and 2 Outputs) at the end of the mixing chain and enjoy panning the music around.

http://www.pcjv.de/

QRange

QRange is a free equalizer VST, VST3, Audio Unit plugin developed by lkjb. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

lkjb QRange is a IIR linear phase EQ with the following features:

12 bands (sortable by frequency).

Each band can be used as peak, shelf and cut filter.

Cut filters are available with 12, 24 and 48 dB/oct steepness.

Stereo/Left/Right/Mid/Side routing per band.

Global gain for loudness adjustments.

Resizable user interface.

Gain Match (new in version 1.0.1).

Latency-free minimal phase mode (new in version 1.1.0).

The analyser can be set to analyse pre-EQ and post-EQ signal applying the same routings that are available per band. It is possible to adjust the analyser minimum/maximum magnitude by dragging the scale on the right (visible only if the analyser is active).

A menu which is available via the gearwheel provides:

Adjusting Analyser Range.

Adjusting frequency display magnitude.

Adjusting the plugin latency.

Setting a default EQ state and/or user interface size for new instances.

QRange uses IPlug-Youlean as plugin framework. From JUCE juce_core and juce_audio_basics modules are used.

Changelog:

1.1.3:

Added option to draw the EQ curve a bit thicker.

Added option for band color hints to assign bands more easily to handles.

1.1.2:

fixed vst3 crashing Cubase 10 when changing latency setting.

hopefully fixed tail playing when turning plugin off and on again in Logic.

1.1.1:

once again fixed default settings not working properly (latency & filter type was not saved).

added option to run analyser only while user interface is showing.

1.1.0:

fixed default settings not working correctly in case of overwriting old defaults.

fixed latency setting not being loaded with projects.

added added non Linear Phase but latency free mode.

1.0.3:

fixed crash in Ableton Live when changing latency.

fixed QRange AU not validating (silent update without new version for macOS; reinstall plugin if this is encountered).

1.0.2:

show whether gain match is possible.

change Q-factor in frequency view by ctrl-dragging the handle.

added presets.

1.0.1:

user interface updat: filled analyser curve.

user interface udate: band color according to routing.

user interface update: rearranged buttons & different button style.

added gain match.

added band solo (right click on band number or via band handle context menu).

1.0.0: First release.

https://lkjbdsp.wordpress.com/

Qontrolr

Qontrolr is a free bit crusher VST, VST3 plugin developed by Sound-Base Audio. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b.

Qontrolr is a quality control plug-in for Windows as both a 64 and 32-bit VST/VST3 technology. It features clipping distortion, decimation, fuzz, and static effects. It is intended to be used to create a lo-fi effect on either an entire track or a single instrument.

https://sbaud.io