Free Audio Plugins & Softwares for macOS

Autodafe Mega Drum Machines

Autodafe Mega Drum Machines is a free drum machine and rompler VST, VST3, Audio Unit plugin developed by Autodafe. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

This plugin is the AU/VST Version of the Mega Drum Machines Collection for Kontakt.

AU/VST version for MAC and Windows, both 32 and 64-bits
The library contains samples of about 130 old, vintage, obscure, rare and hard to find drum machines:

Each kit has been mapped in a General MIDI format (more or less, many old drum machines only have 4-5 sounds).

Each kit has been divided into 5 groups: Kicks, Snares, Hats, Cymbals and Toms.

Each kit has custom controls for panning and volume.

http://www.autodafe.net/

Autodafe Casio VL-1

Autodafe Casio VL-1 is a free software synthesizer developed by Autodafe. Available format(s): VST, Audio Unit for Windows, macOS.

Casio VL-1 plugin version for MAC/Windows AU/VST 32 and 64-bits, original presets sampled and looped.

Added: ADSR, Vibrato Speed and Depth, Reverb.

http://www.autodafe.net/

Aurea

Aurea is a free software synthesizer for Reaktor, developed by Dario Lupo / Daze. Available format(s): for Windows, macOS.

Aurea is a 3-Parabol-oscillator synthesizer for Native Instruments Reaktor.

http://www.dazesounds.com/

AULab

AULab is a free routing and wrapper plugin developed by Apple. Compatible OS(s): macOS.

AU Lab is a free digital mixing application that hosts Audio Unit effects and that ships with the Apple Developer tools.https://www.apple.com/

AudioXplorer

AudioXplorer is a free spectrum analyzer and sonogram plugin developed by Arizona Software. Compatible OS(s): macOS.

AudioXplorer is a powerful sound analyzer application.

Features:

Real-time analysis: AudioXplorer provides real-time analysis window where user can visualize the sound, spectrum and sonogram. Several real-time windows can be opened simultaneously.

Static analysis: AudioXplorer provides static analysis window: user can record or generate any sound and performs operation on it. Sound from the real-time window can be dragged at any time to the static window for more analysis.

Easy-to-use: AudioXplorer is very easy to use with it Aqua interface (several windows can be opened at a time, drag-and-drop support, view appearance can be customized).

Plug-ins and Audio Units Effects: AudioXplorer supports its own Cocoa plug-ins architecture as well as Audio Units Effects plug-ins.

Record sound directly inside AudioXplorer from any source.

Generate sound (sinus, triangle, sawtooth, etc.).

Import any QuickTime compatible sound file (MP3, MP4, WAV, SND, etc.).

Export file in AIFF format.

Fullscreen option for static and real-time window for better presentation.

Static window can have several predefined page layout.

Unlimited number of views per static window.

Unlimited number of static windows.

Unlimited number of real-time windows.

Export view as TIFF, PDF, EPS or raw data.

Print view.

http://www.arizona-software.ch/

AudioWeather Free

AudioWeather Free is a free rompler VST, Audio Unit, AAX plugin developed by Le Sound. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

AudioWeather is the DAW plugin version for Le Sound’s renowned dynamic weather system AudioWeather for game audio. It demonstrates how AudioWind and AudioRain can be linked with an intelligent weather model. The goal is to allow sound designers rapidly shape the weather synchronous to the video images, saving tedious hours of manual editing of recordings.

https://lesound.io

AudioTexture Free

AudioTexture Free is a free software synthesizer developed by Le Sound. Available format(s): VST, VST3, Audio Unit, AAX for Windows 64b, macOS.

AudioTexture Free is the free version of AudioTexture plugin which loads and processes contents from Freesound. A dedicated browser interface has been designed for an integrated workflow to use Freesound content with AudioTexture. You can search with filter/sorting criteria and preview right in the browser. The browser displays the most essential information about the sounds and allows double-click to directly load into AudioTexture synthesizer.

Freesound License Notice

Sounds on Freesound are free to use, however few exceptions exist depending on what license criteria the sound creator chose, or if you want to use the sounds commercially. You should check the legal text for each license to understand the terms, however generally you can do the following depending on each license:

CC0: You can use the sound without restriction.

Attribution: As above but you must provide a credit to the sound creator.

Attribution Non-Commerical: As above but you can not use the sound in commercial works.

https://lesound.io

Audio Studio Manager Lite

Audio Studio Manager Lite is a free studio tools plugin developed by Mario Gil. Compatible OS(s): macOS, iOS.

Audio Studio Manager Lite is a version of Audio Studio Manager aimed to the home recordist and producer that do not need all the features you will find in the full version.

Better: it’s free.

The app was created to answer, in a simple way, questions like: How much will it cost your next recording project? How much time you spent on your current project? Did you do the backup of the last recording session? Where is the User Guide of your mixer? How many tube equipment do you have? What equipment are in need of assistance?

Features:

Equipment Organizer:

categorize equipment.

create your wish list.

control the warranty, prices, dates, units, locations.

tags and notes.

equipment condition.

attachments.

Project management:

clients and projects (Activity Status).

Estimates.

costs and payments by project.

manages the project phases.

Independent control of services.

control the services charged hourly or flat rate.

Independent control of each session (notes, tag, engineer, assistant …).

time tracker by phase.

Dashboard:

To-Dos.

Studio Notes.

Last Sessions Link.

Notifications: Sessions without backup; Equipment in need of assistance.

http://www.audiostudiomanager.com

Audio ToolKit

Audio ToolKit is a free studio tools plugin developed by Matthieu Brucher. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Audio ToolKit is a BSD-licensed library allowing to create an audio processing pipeline.

By creating filters and assembling them, you can achieve any processing you want in an efficient and reliable way.

Feel free to test the library, to enhance it by making pull requests with new features on github.

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

Audacity

Audacity is a free audio editor plugin developed by Audacity Team. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS, Linux.

Audacity is a free multi-track wave (audio) editor.

Features:

Full record and edit functionality.

Import and export WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, MP3 and more.

Unlimited Undo.

Amplitude envelope editor.

Customizable spectrogram mode.

Frequency analysis window.

Many built-in effects.

Macros and Scripting options.

Supports VST, AU and LV2 plug-ins.

https://audacityteam.org