Free Audio Plugins & Softwares for Windows

Inspiration

Inspiration is a free sequencer stand alone application developed by Musical Entropy. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Inspiration is an application developed to stimulate the creativity of music composers.

Influenced by Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies, and techniques described in several books about songwriting, Inspiration allows its users to get random, more or less abstract advice that can provide ways to handle the blank page syndrome, new “cooking recipes” to create music in general, ideas to develop or finish your last song, write a lot of music in a short time, take different musical paths…

Considering Inspiration as another software adaptation of Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies is wrong:

Indeed, those advice items are gathered together like the Oblique Strategies, but also other thematic sets like the Horizontal Strategies from -musicalentropy for example, the Frustrated Songwriter’s Strategies, the Advancing Guitarist strategies, and others.

The advice items are classified and can be filtered with numerous tags, allowing the users to target specific needs at specific moments. Some examples of these tags : musical instruments like the guitar, the drums or keyboards, various abstraction levels, themes like motivation, harmony, rehearsals, sampling, the development of existing ideas etc.

Moreover, a special editor is included, allowing users to create their own sets, with an efficient and ergonomic interface. With this functionality, you can :

Create your own advice sets, corresponding to your needs, your personality, and the way you work.

Share your own advice sets with all the users of Inspiration.

Fill a list of composition ideas, new tracks or concepts you would like to work on in the future.

Have a work plan for your preferred musical instrument, full of random exercises to do or existing songs to include to your musical repertoire.

Optimize your 20-songs game sessions, as described in the book “The Frustrated Songwriter’s Handbook” by Nicholas Dobson and Karl Coryat.

Anyway, be careful about the various things Inspiration can not do :

Write some music for you.

Play any musical instrument for you.

Take all the credits of the music you have created thanks to its advice.

Fill a lack of technical competences and/or a lack of musical knowledge.

Replace experimented musician’s advice.

Replace experimented musicians.

Force you read how to use Inspiration before having any opinion on its concept.

Bring the beers for the rehearsals.

Change history

1.1.0 (05-Aug-2014):

Added a link to copy and paste the current piece of advice.

Added a timer to pick a new piece of advice every N seconds.

Added a feature to mark a piece of advice as a favorite, and to access to all the favorite items only.

Fixed various bugs.

1.0.4 (16-Jan-2013):

The application saves its state when it is closed, and recall it at start-up.

Fixed an issue with the justification of labels.

The text editors in the editor tab are now multi-line.

Fixed various bugs and English translation issues.

1.0.3 (29-Nov-2012):

Added new advice sets, included with the application and available on the downloads page.

Fixed an issue with the randomness of advice items drawing.

Fixed an issue with the tag selector control in the edition tab.

Fixed various bugs and English translation issues.

1.0.2 (14-Nov-2012):

Added new advice sets, included with the application and available on the downloads page.

Fixed an issue with the use of the mouse wheel on any control in the edition tab.

Fixed an issue with apostrophes in the edition tab.

Fixed an issue with the randomness of advice items drawing.

Fixed colour change issues in the main tab.

Fixed various bugs and English translation issues.

1.0.1 (09-Nov-2012):

Fixed size of the author description font.

Fixed various English translation issues.

1.0.0 (05-Nov-2012):

Initial release for DC-12.

https://musicalentropy.github.io

In-Kult

In-Kult is a free software synthesizer developed by mickygemma. Available format(s): VST for Windows.

In-Kult, an entry in the KVR Developer Challenge 2009, is a synth with:

Three oscillators.

Two filters.

Two assignable LFOs.

Two assignable envelopes.

64 presets.

Chorus, phaser, delay.

…and more.

http://mickygemma.webgarden.es/

Impulse

Impulse is a free software synthesizer developed by Bojo. Available format(s): VST for Windows.

Features:

Simple, easy to use interface.

16 voice polyphony.

1, 2 or 4 oscillators in each voice.

True stereo mode.

Two volume envelopes.

5 different oscillator waveforms.

Waveforms effectively anti-aliased.

Pulse width/distortion.

4 different resonant filters.

2 LFOs with 8 different waveforms (incl. random).

Portamento & Autobend.

Stereo FX (Chorus, Flanger, Delay etc.).

Overdrive.

LFO and FX temposync.

Several MIDI-controllers implemented.

64 presets.

http://www.bojo-software.com/

Imperfektor

Imperfektor virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Reaktor, by DCSI.

Imperfektor by DCSI is a free Dual Band Multieffect for N.I. Reaktor.

The idea behind it is the concept of unpredictable audio variations, freely inspired by those “analogue imperfections” which in certain cases old audio hardware machines were producing when their internal components were malfunctioning.

Its main use is to add random audio imperfections to music performance based mostly on long synth pads sounds, drones and similar sources, to let them act in an unpredictable, not time synced, neither repetitive way, making the sound more “alive and breathing”. You can anyway try it out experimenting on anything else you want.

Its largely customizable as most of the effects come with “on/off” switches and choices can be made too about the amount of random variations given by the selected effect stage.

Being dual band Imperfektor gives the freedom to add effects and random interventions in a different way to each one of the 2 frequencies groups, or to one only, when muting the other.

Features:

Band split point selector.

Dual effects chains, each one affecting the selected bands and allowing variations on:

eq/filtering levels on mid/mid-high.

sound pressure on low/mid-low.

resonance.

frequencies shifting.

saturation.

bands pan.

clipping.

limiting.

pre and post amplification options.

dry/wet mix.

It’s strongly recommended to read the pdf manual included in the download file before its use to get a proper view and understanding of its functions and signal flow.

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https://dcsiproductions.blogspot.com/

Imperfect Samples Player

Imperfect Samples Player is a free sampler VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Imperfect Samples. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Imperfect Samples Player is a universal VST / AU player for all Imperfect Samples libraries. Users are no longer restricted to EXS24 or Kontakt, and can now use Imperfect Samples libraries on Mac OS X and Windows, in any VST or AU host.

Features:

Supports all new Imperfect Samples products.

32-bit floating point audio fidelity.

http://www.imperfectsamples.com/

Impakter

Impakter is a free drum sampler VST plugin developed by de la Mancha. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Impakter is a vintage drum module plug-in containing 320 samples of original drum sounds generated on analogue synths and drum machines by Sink. It’s simple and fun to use with a few advanced features to give some variation and randomisation on every loop.

Features:

320 original electronic drum samples generated on vintage hardware synths and drum machines. Gear used to generate and process the samples:

Analogue synths: Korg MS20, Roland Juno60, Gakken SX-150.

Analogue drum machines: Yamaha MR-10, Korg KPR-77, Antonelli Organ 2377 rhythm box, Mattel Synsonics.

Analogue processing: Electro Harmonix Micro synth, Mam VSR3 spring reverb, Lexicon reverb, Boss GE-10 equalizer, Tube compressor, analogue VCA compressor.

Vintage synths: Yamaha TX81-Z FM synth.

4 modules for kick, snare, hats and percussion sounds.

Each module can host 2 samples and trigger either depending on user defined probability.

2 levels of randomising can be assigned to each modules’ volume, pan, decay and pitch for variation every loop.

https://delamanchavst.wordpress.com

Imago

Imago is a free software synthesizer developed by Creatorum Genius Lab. Available format(s): VST for Windows.

Imago is intended for execution of parties of auto-accompaniment, rhythmic pads and rhythmic basses. It has 128 presets and is presented in 2 copies (2 files DLL):, the normal size and the reduced NANO version for big monitors.

Main parameters:

3 multi-osc;

2 state variable filters;

ADSRL envelope for filters;

ADSR envelope for amp;

ping-pong delay;

3 level equalizer;

chorus-flanger;

big list of a randomization for basic control elements;

global randomization of all parameters one button;

rhythm-sequencer on 32 steps with speed and smoothing adjustment, 8 levels of velocity in each step;

monitoring of a sound signal with possibility of a freeze frame of the picture;

illumination of indicators of average and initial-final position of rotated regulators.

http://vst.ucoz.ru/

Imago-B

Imago-B is a free software synthesizer developed by Creatorum Genius Lab. Available format(s): VST for Windows.

Imago-B includes an additional set of new features:

the ability to change skins ( this package contains 20 skins), adjustable number of votes (1 to 32), a direct link to the manufacturer’s website to monitor updates.

Fixed bugs of previous versions, edited preset bank.

Now Imago B and functionally designed to fulfil part accompaniment, rhythmic pads and rhythmic bass and solo parts.

By limiting the number of votes a preset, you can use any preset as the Lead-instrument.

You can edit and create your own ready-made preset bank.

Presented in 3 copies: standalone and 2 file DLL – normal size and reduced NANO-version for large monitors.

Features:

128 presets addition;

variable appearance;

a set of 20 interchangeable skins;

Adjustable number of votes;

3 multi -oscillator;

2 filters;

ADSRL envelope filter;

ADSR envelope for amp;

Delay;

3-storey equalizer;

chorus flanger;

a large sheet of randomization to the basic controls;

Global randomise all settings with one button;

rhythm sequencer on the 32-step adjustable speed and smoothing Velocity 8 levels in each step;

monitoring the audio signal with the possibility of still picture frame;

light indicators of secondary and primary – end position rotary controls;

link button on the Web-site of developer.

http://vst.ucoz.ru/

image

image is a free audio and studio utility VST plugin developed by Insert Piz Here. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Displays an image and/or some text. Resizable, also with full-screen mode. Load PNG/JPG/GIF/SVG images with drag & drop. Stores 128 banks of 128 programs each and supports MIDI bank/program change. Can also optionally change program by MIDI note input.

http://www.thepiz.org/

Image

Image is a free stereo imaging VST plugin developed by mda. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Stereo image adjustment and M-S encoder/decoder

http://www.mda-vst.com/