Snapshot

Snapshot free other-utility by Non-Lethal Applications

Snapshot is a free audio and studio utility VST, VST3, Audio Unit, AAX plugin developed by Non-Lethal Applications. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Snapshot version 2 includes;

• Snapshot now supports Windows 10 as well as Mac 10.9 and above.
• Load several images into Snapshot and move through them easily.
• Snapshot now displays each image in a set in their original aspect ratio. • Rotate each image within Snapshot.

Snapshot is a simple idea, take a picture of anything you are using in your recording session and store it in the tracks of your DAW: Got a sound on your vintage 1176 compressor you’ve set for the vocal? Snapshot it. Got a guitar amp setting you just love? Snapshot it. Want to recall the mic set-up on your cabs or drum kit? Snapshot it.

Snap it on your phone, send it to your computer and save it in your session using the free Snapshot plug-in. You can also add notes to each instance of Snapshot. It’s like a chinagraph for the 21st century.

Snapshot works with all major DAWs, uses minimal resources and is simple to use.

Download Snapshot for Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, Cubase, Studio One, in fact, any DAW that supports AAX, AU or VST plug-in formats.

Tested and supported for Mac OS X 10.9 and above and Windows 10.

http://www.non-lethal-applications.com

SN76489

SN76489 free software-synthesizer by SocaLabs

SN76489 is a free software synthesizer developed by SocaLabs. Available format(s): VST, Audio Unit for Windows 64b, macOS.

Product Description:

  • Emulates Texas Instruments SN76489 of the Sega Master System and other consoles.
  • 3 Square wave channels.
  • 3 Note polyphony.
  • 1 Noise channel with 2 types.
  • Waveform display.
  • Windows VST 32/64.
  • Mac AU 32/64.

http://www.socalabs.com

Smidy free! PlugIn

Smidy free! PlugIn free software-synthesizer by Frank Rittberger

Smidy free! PlugIn is a free software synthesizer developed by Frank Rittberger. Available format(s): VST3 for Windows 64b.

Smidy free! PlugIn is a small sampleplayer VST 3 plugIn free of charge, available as 32-bit and 64-bit version. It is included in the Smidy free! setup, where the download links are targeted. By installing Smidy free! also the Smidy free ! PlugIn is installed in program filescommon filesvst3, where VST3 plugIns are usually located. Even if you never work with Smidy free! itself, your DAW should recognize the Smidy free! plugIn, and you can use it there (as long as VST 3 is supported).

Based on the multisamples and additional basic wave forms (sinus, saw, triangle, square and white noise) several instrument programs are predefined.

Every MIDI channel can be set to its individual program selection which makes Smidy free! PlugIn a multitimbral sound-module.

Specs:

• Several Instrument programs (program list on MIDI channel 1-9, 11-16)
• 1 Drum program (program list MIDI channel 10)
• 16 MIDI channels
• 16 audio output busses (fix wired to MIDI channel 1-16)
• Note expressions “Pan” and “Volume” for each MIDI channel and key
• Mapped common controller “Main Volume”, “Pan” and “Modulation” for each MIDI channel
• Pitch bend for each MIDI channel
• Pitch names for the keys of drum program on MIDI channel 10
• Closed hi hat and pedal hi hat are stopping open hh on MIDI channel 10
• Multisample-Sets: E-Guitar clean, Piano, Muted Guitar, Drums, E-Bass, Accordion, Contrabass
• FM frequency modulation
• 128 voices.

http://www.smidy.de

Smidy free!

Smidy free! free host by Frank Rittberger

Smidy free! is a free host application developed by Frank Rittberger. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b.

Smidy free! is a MIDI sequencer and DAW able to host VST 3 plugIns and external MIDI hardware side by side. External MIDI hardware and MIDI files are supported as long as they apply to the GM, GS, XG or GM2 MIDI standards. Smidy comes along with a list editor and piano roll for editing the MIDI based sequence and a wave editor for editing wave files which can be integrated into the MIDI sequence for audio playback. In addition Smidy free! contains a VST 3 instrument plugIn (Smidy free! PlugIn) with 16 MIDI channels and 16 audio busses. Smidy free! follows the conception of classic linear MIDI sequencer editing.

Smidy free! is the little brother of Smidy full version.

Features of Smidy free!:

• (Like Smidy full version) Full project file load and save functionality!
• Piano roll
• List editor
• Import MIDI files
• VST 3 plugIn hosting*
• VST 3 instrument plugIn Smidy free! PlugIn V2 with 16 MIDI channels, 16 audio output busses, Multisamples: Piano, Clean E-Guitar, Drums, Muted E-Guitar, E-Bass, Accordion, Contrabass
• Audio recording and wave file integration into MIDI sequence
• Mass MIDI event changing functions
• Supported GS MIDI standard for GS MIDI files/GS devices*
• Supported XG MIDI standard for XG MIDI files/XG devices*
• Supported GM2 MIDI standard for GM2 MIDI files/GM2 devices*
• Supported INTEGRA-7 device*
• Wave editor
• MIDI monitor
• Virtual MIDI keyboard
• German and English user interface and manual.

* (maximum amount of simultaneous opened devices: 2)

Compared to Smidy full version, Smidy free! has no MIDI file export, no VST 3 Downmix and can only host 2 track output devices at the same time. Smidy free! PlugIn can’t play user defined multisamples.

But Smidy free! isn’t just a demo version. It has full project file load and save possibilities and the huge collection of GM2, GS, XG and INTEGRA-7 sysEx messages is unlimited available.

http://www.smidy.de

Slam

Slam free drum-machine | rompler by Extent of the Jam

Slam is a free drum machine and rompler VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Extent of the Jam. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Extent of the Jam: Slam is an original algorithmic drum machine design inspired by analog drum machines of days gone by. It’s made to allow users to create hard-hitting snares, beefy bassdrums, and all kinds of other sounds– with ease.

Each sound was meticulously tweaked to give you deep organic sounds with a wide range of options and settings. Close your eyes and you won’t even think it’s digital.

But Extent of the Jam: Slam isn’t content to just emulate old drum machines. While most old drum machines only had two levels of velocity (accented and non-accented), Slam gives you 127 levels of velocity for each drum. And it’s not just different volume levels: the velocity alters how the drums react. It also features drums not commonly found on analog drum machines such as finger-snap and tambourine. It’ll even produce gnarly synth bass tones that you can play on a chromatic scale.

Slam is 100% native C++ code.

http://extentofthejam.com

Sitala

Sitala free drum-sampler by Decomposer

Sitala is a free drum sampler VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Decomposer. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Sitala is a free drum plugin and standalone app.

Sitala’s beauty is simplicity. It’s fast and musical. Six knobs. Sixteen pads. Drag and drop. Playable like instrument.

16 Assignable Pads:

  • Drag and drop kit management: drag and drop samples into Sitala from your DAW or file browser, and easily drag around sample pads once in Sitala to rearrange them.
  • Built in file-browser: built into the sample viewer making it super fast to select samples without ever having to deal with dialogs.
  • Sample preview: browse through a directory or sets of directories using left and right arrows to quickly listen to and view sample analysis.
  • Velocity sensitive.

  • Assignable trigger and kill groups.

  • Mappable with MIDI learn, sequential notes or General MIDI.

  • Each sample is analyzed for dynamics and pitch, and the controls are automatically adjusted to have a wider effective range and more musical expressiveness.

Controls:

  • Shape: Adjust attack, length and sustain of your sounds while the overall volume remains constant.
  • Compression: Make sounds punchier with more sustain. Automatic gain makeup maintains the overall volume while changing dynamics.
  • Tuning: Pitch sounds up or down by up to one octave.
  • Tone: Emphasizes the highs or lows in a sound. Accentuate or scoop the mids to position the sound in the mix. Adapts based on the pitch content of each sound. Operates as a high-pass, low-pass, sweepable mid-boost or mid-scoop EQ.
  • Volume
  • Pan

Audio Engine:

  • Selectable stereo output or 16-channel one-output-per-pad.
  • Standalone, VST and Audio Unit support.

https://decomposer.de/

Sinnah

Sinnah free software-synthesizer by NUSofting

Sinnah is a free software synthesizer developed by NUSofting. Available format(s): VST, Audio Unit for Windows 64b, macOS.

Sinnah is a freeware VA synth plugin (*and a project) but instead of the standard subtractive resonant filter it uses a resonant delay network.

Features:

  • Sinnah is a synth based on a single complex oscillator that includes five waveshapes with increasing spectral complexity, harmonics level for all waveshapes, noise level, and a delay matrix.
  • The delay matrix can have various configurations, from a “triple chorus” per voice to highly randomized resonators, or tuned relatively to the note played.
  • The delay matrix can also do multiple slapback echoes.
  • The feedback control of the matrix can go from zero to extremely saturated and it’s modulated by its own envelope.
  • The output of each voice is stereo via the delay matrix, which features a stereo spread knob.
  • The main analogue modelled ADSR envelope is loopable: two, three or continuous repeats.
  • The envelope can modulate the waveshape selection and the harmonics level.
  • The synth also features a subtractive stereo filter to carve the spectrum of the sound, somehow like an equalizer, with three filters: high pass, low pass and band reject (notch). The band reject filter also features gain and bandwidth controls.
  • A useful simple reverb is included.
  • The oscillator is antialiased and can play eight voices or mono, and features octave and fine pitch controls.
  • The GUI is fully drawn by vectors and resizeable, featuring an oscilloscope and peak meters. And eight colour schemes are available to fit your mood and taste.
  • An extended ToolTip display provides information for each control at mouseover. So you don’t need to read a lengthy manual to learn what a knob or a slider is for.
  • The preset system is cross-platform, the files use the YAML format so they are very easy to read and edit if needed. Moreover, the preset names can support the complete international character set.

What’s new in Sinnah 1.1? LFO and more!

– New feature: GUI has been improved, especially for Mac compatibility.
– New feature: Noise and Harmonics controls can be linked, and act like a single parameter.
– New feature: LFO with several selectable targets, 9 waveshapes and delay (fade in).
– New feature: MIDI controls: ModWheel and Aftertouch with several selectable targets.
– New feature: Sustain pedal sensitivity.
– New feature: Pitchbend range adjustable up to 48 semitones, -24 to +24.
– New feature: Keytracking assignable to Harmonics and ADSR envelope level.
– New feature: Reduced CPU load, DSP optimization.
– New feature: “Inits” category with various initialize presets.
– New feature: More detailed HTML manual.
– New feature: Unlimited custom colour schemes using theme files.
– New feature: 152 presets now included.
– Fixed the click that happened playing in Mono legato over a previously released note.
– Fixed ADSR repeat 2 and 3 that weren’t working.
– Fixed incorrect behavior of the box slider GUI controls.

http://nusofting.com/

Side Chain Compressor

Side Chain Compressor free compressor by slim slow slider

Side Chain Compressor is a free compressor VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by slim slow slider. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Features:

Side Chain Compressor offers stereo and mono modes.

For stereo:

  • Input ch1: Signal input L
  • Input ch2: Signal input R
  • Input ch3: Key input L
  • Input ch4: Key input R

For mono:

  • Input ch1: Signal input
  • Input ch2: Key input

Other controls: ratio, attack, hold, release, knee, gain and key volume.

http://www.geocities.jp/webmaster_of_sss/vst/

SID

SID free software-synthesizer by SocaLabs

SID is a free software synthesizer developed by SocaLabs. Available format(s): VST, Audio Unit for Windows 64b, macOS.

  • Emulates MOS Technology SID of the Commodore 64.
  • 3 Oscillators.
  • 4 wave shapes: Square, Triangle, Saw, Noise.
  • ADSR per oscillator.
  • Ring modulation (replaces triangle output) and hard sync between oscillators.
  • HP, BP, LP filters.

http://www.socalabs.com

SicknDstroy

SicknDstroy free bit-crusher by Inear Display

SicknDstroy is a free bit crusher VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Inear Display. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Features:

  • Pre Filter with lowpass, highpass and bandpass modes.
  • 4 ways to mix the bit reduction and the samplerate reduction.
  • Dry/Wet control.
  • LFO assignable to the filter cutoff, filter resonance, bit reduction, samplerate reduction, and dry/wet parameters.
  • Randomizer.
  • 20 factory presets by sound designer Ivo Ivanov
  • Cross-platform presets.

https://ineardisplay.com