Free DirectX Plugins & Softwares

Vinyl

Vinyl is a free vinyl emulator VST, VST3, Audio Unit, RTAS, AAX, DirectX plugin developed by iZotope. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

iZotope Vinyl is the ultimate lo-fi weapon, it uses 64-bit processing and advanced filtering, modeling and resampling to create authentic “vinyl” simulation, as if the audio was a record being played on a record player.
You’ll get the sound of the best turntables available for cheap.

You have complete control over the following parameters:

Mechanical Noise: The amount of turntable motor rumble and noise.

Electrical Noise: Internally generated electrical noise, such as 60 Hz grounding hum.

Wear: Control how worn out the record is, from brand new to played a few thousand times.

Dust: The amount of dust on the record.

Scratch: The number and depth of scratches on the record.

Warp: The amount of warping and the warp shape for the record – from no warp to the edges totally melted and warped.

Record Player Year: The year of the record player – from current linear tracking turntables to 1930 phonographs.

Stereo/Mono: Switch between stereo and mono output.

Input and Output Gain: Set the gain in and out of the effect with visual level meter feedback.

http://www.izotope.com/

Triple EQ

Triple EQ is a free equalizer VST, VST3, Audio Unit, RTAS, AAX, DirectX plugin developed by Blue Cat Audio. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Blue Cat’s Triple EQ is an easy-to-use 3-band semi-parametric equalizer. It includes a low shelf filter, a high shelf filter and a boost/cut peak filter. Its wide range of gain (+/-40 dB per band) and bandwidth (.01 to 5 Octave) makes it very versatile. The three filters are linked together so that when you change the center frequency or the bandwidth, the three filter parameters are changed accordingly: you can change the entire equalizer characteristics with one single mouse click making any equalization task very easy and intuitive.

The graph shows the computed frequency response of the plug-in, so that you can exactly know how your signal is processed. This is not an approximated or “ideal” response curve based on the controls of the user interface, but the exact computed frequency response of the filter, which makes this plug-in a true WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) equalizer.

Main Features:

WYSIWYG 3-band semi-parametric equalizer.

Filters designed after analog circuits.

+-40 dB range on each band.

Automatic gain compensation.

No latency.

Real time display of the frequency response.

Native DSP code for optimal performance.

Random preset generation: auto generate custom presets with one single click.

‘Smooth Update Mechanism’: real-time parameter modification with zipper-free parameter updates. Hear absolutely no ‘click’ when playing with parameters.

Full automation support (all parameters can be automated, with smooth and continuous update).

Any sample rate supported.

DirectX version: supports 32-bits floating point as well as 16 / 8 bits PCM audio streams.

Triple EQ supports “Blue Cat’s Skinning language”, allowing you to customize the plug-in to your own needs.

http://www.bluecataudio.com/

Striptool

Striptool is a free channel strip VST, DirectX plugin developed by VB Audio. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Striptool is a virtual channel strip offering various types of digital audio processing. As with a real mixing desk, you may use Striptool on all channels of a multitrack project. Originally programmed in assembly language in the early 2000s, Striptool can be inserted on every track of your mixing project.

Striptool V1 is free while Striptool V2 & V3 can be bought online (see www.vb-pack.com). They include everything you need to produce a professional mix : a 4-band parametric EQ, low-pass and high-pass filters, an expander, a de-esser and also input/output level controls…

http://www.vb-audio.com/

Steroid Bouncer

Steroid Bouncer is a free stereo imaging VST, DirectX plugin developed by Clone Ensemble. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Steroid Bouncer is a processor for “dual-mono-stored-as-stereo” audio data.

If you have ever needed to deal with audio samples of two mono tracks stored as stereo data, you will be familiar with the bother of having to split the stereo track into two mono tracks, and process each separately. Steroid Bouncer makes this task way simpler – it provides independent control for each channel of level, pan, EQ and a smooth overdrive.

The controls are split into two groups, to process the left and right channel of the input “stereo” data stream:

Gain gives you level adjustment, the minimum setting actually mutes the channel.

Pan lets you pan each channel independently, you also could use this on a normal stereo track to reduce the stereo separation.

Invert lets you invert the phase or polarity of each channel independently.

Next comes four EQ knobs for each channel: Bass, Mid Freq, Mids and Treble. These give you some basic EQ to adjust the tone of each channel.

Finally the Drive knobs lets you add a smooth distortion to each channel. Steroid Bouncer uses a soft clipping algorithm called the sigmoid function. This produces the classic overdriven sound, but does not totally destroy the sonic detail of the incoming signal. In fact, at certain settings it has a distinct compressed character. Once again, at the minimum setting no clipping is done at all, it’s a straight bypass.

Steroid Bouncer’s signal path does not follow the order suggested by the controls. The controls are laid out so that the ones you’d need to use most are all together on the left. The actual signal path is as follows:

Polarity flip (if selected) » EQ (can be bypassed) » Overdrive (can be bypassed) » Gain adjust » Panning control.

http://www.cloneensemble.com/

SoulRush

SoulRush is a free adapter VST, DirectX plugin developed by Nyr Sound. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

The SoulRush VST and DXi interfaces enable you to use SR Instruments in VST or DXi Hosts.

These interfaces are free add-ons to the SoulRush family, which are not free, and should be downloaded at the same time as the other products if required.

Current SoulRush instruments:

Chaosynth: Synthesizer module. Uses Granular synthesis driven by Cellular Automata.

Ice: Synthesizer module. Uses subtractive synthesis for a wide general purpose sound set.

http://www.nyrsound.com/

Sonik Synth FREE

Sonik Synth FREE is a free rompler VST, Audio Unit, DirectX plugin developed by IK Multimedia. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Sonik Synth 2 FREE is a fully functioning, but sound set limited, version of Sonik Synth 2.

Sonik Synth 2 offers a unique, state-of-the-art software design with many special features and sounds. 32-bit synth engine including IK’s multisample playback and exclusive harmonic STRETCH synthesis. 5 global combi effects and 5 insert effects per part for a total of 85 different effects slots.

More than 30 DSP effects to choose from, developed using sophisticated analog modeling cover popular effect needs within this amazing synth-workstation. From Classic Analog Modeled Filters to Vintage Phasers, Flangers, BPM Sync Delays, Choruses, Tube Modeled Pre Amps, EQs, Compressors, Distortions and many more fully automatable effects, Sonik Synth 2 has everything you’ll need to shape your sounds like never before.

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/

Sonicism Vintage Vocoder

Sonicism Vintage Vocoder is a free vocoder DirectX plugin developed by Sonicism Digital Audio Solutions. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Features:

Screaming analogue style filtering:

Cutoff frequencies from 0 to 11kHz.

Variable resonance (Q factor).

Low-pass, hi-pass & band-pass modes.

Pre-post filtering options.

Versatile and powerful Filterbank for analyzing the modulator signal:

Choose between 1 and 256 frequency analysis bands.

Configurable analysis range from 0-11kHz.

Configurable modulation factor.

Onboard tone generator for use as the carrier signal:

Useful in its own right as a signal generator.

Up to 8 oscillators.

Triangle, square, sawtooth and sine wave shapes.

Individual pitch, fine tune, volume, wave shape and mute controls for each oscillator.

Modulate anything with anything. As an alternative to using the onboard tone generator, the Vocoder has a secondary mode which allows it to use the left audio input as the modulator and the right audio input as the carrier (or vice versa).

32-bit IEEE Floating Point internal signal path.

Code optimization for realtime performance.

All parameters Fully automatable in supported host applications.

Import/Export parameter settings to a spreadsheet file.

http://sonicism.encircle.co.uk/

PSP VintageMeter

PSP VintageMeter is a free vu meter VST, Audio Unit, RTAS, DirectX plugin developed by PSPaudioware. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

PSP VintageMeter provides professional VU and PPM metering for mono and stereo tracks. All parameters like integration times and reference levels are widely adjustable to make this free plug-in suitable for any application. This plugin is used by top electronic music producers such as Fred Again or Skrillex

http://www.pspaudioware.com/

Phaser

Phaser is a free phaser VST, VST3, Audio Unit, RTAS, AAX, DirectX plugin developed by Blue Cat Audio. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Features:

Multi-stage analog-style phaser effect.

Up to 32 phasing stages.

Real time MIDI control with advanced settings (MIDI channel and CC numbers, with complete response curve control) and MIDI learn.

Native DSP code for optimal performance.

Skinnable user interface.

Smooth Update: silent (zipper-free) parameters update.

Full automation support (all parameters can be automated, with smooth and continuous update).

Any sample rate supported.

http://www.bluecataudio.com/

mWarped Linear Prediction Filter

mWarped Linear Prediction Filter is a free filter VST, DirectX plugin developed by Mutagene. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

The Warped LPC filter plugin simulates the structure of a warped linear-predictive codec implemented with warped lattice filters.

Linear prediction coding ‘whitens’ a signal by performing a spectral analysis and filtering out peak components. The output can then be used as the input to a similar reconstruction filter that adds the spectral peaks removed in the first step.

Warping the frequency scale of the predictor allows for the frequency scale to match the human auditory system. Individual adjustment of the warping parameter at each stage allows the user to create interesting effects by filtering using a frequency-dependent adaptive filter, and filter coefficients can be rotated to create bizarre phasing effects.

http://dsp.mutagene.net/