Free Vinyl Emulator Plugins

VinylSound

VinylSound is a free vinyl emulator VST plugin developed by Rancorsoft. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Get that old time vinyl feel.

VinylSound is a VST instrument pre-loaded with 13 sound loops of real vinyl record pops and clicks. VinylSound can quickly create a realistic vintage feel in your own recordings. VinylSound is activated by MIDI – you can change the pitch of the output by playing / sending higher or lower MIDI notes to it. Then you can fine tune the sound with the Speed slider on the turntable, until you get the exact feel you want. It mimics the sound of the best turntables on the market.

Here is a full feature list:

13 pre-loaded vinyl pop, click and crackle loops.

+100% to -100% speed control.

Master volume control.

Demo Video: {See video at top of page}

http://rancorsoft.com

Vinyl

Vinyl is a free vinyl emulator VST plugin developed by ToneBytes. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Vinyl is a free effect plug-in that emulates the sounds of old vinyl players. Vinyl recreates the dust noise and frequency response of old recordings. You can adjust intensity, color and amount of dust noise in a wide range. Also you can simple select the age of vinyl discs.

Main features:

Adjustable dust emulation.

Frequency responses emulation.

Gentle distortion.

In addition, VST automation and full MIDI Learning are supported.

http://tonebytes.com/

Vinyl Dreams

Vinyl Dreams is a free vinyl emulator VST plugin developed by Retro Sampling. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Vinyl Dreams adds real vinyl pops and scratches.

http://www.retrosampling.se/

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/

Sxratch

Sxratch is a free vinyl emulator VST plugin developed by KlangLabs. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b.

Sxratch is a free “Virtual Scratcher”.

Filter section:

Resonance, High Freqs, Low Freqs.

Sensitivity section:

Start and End knobs: They set the range points where you want to scratch, useful to get more accurate scratching moves.

Accel: Acceleration or “torque” of the scratcher after you click then release over the scratching slider.

SMTH (Smoothing): Sets the smoothness of the scratch moves.

Main section:

VOL: Sets the main volume.

PITCH: Sets the “speed” of the “record” (RESET button to reset knob to original pitch).

REW: Plays the sound backwards.

File section:

FILE button: Click on it to load a *.wav file. (Sxratch works better with files shorter than 10 seconds).

Record button: It records the input signal, useful for live use, pick snippets from your band mates and scratch over that.

https://www.kvraudio.com/developer/klanglabs

ScratchPlug

ScratchPlug is a free vinyl emulator VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Dirkuz. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

ScratchPlug by Dirkuz

The last second of incoming audio can be scratched, by dragging its waveform up and down in the GUI. If you want to automate the parameters, it’s recommended to record your scratching movements via the GUI. Tip! Works good on short percussive sounds.

Enjoy 🙂

https://www.kvraudio.com

Scratch it!

Scratch it! is a free vinyl emulation VST plugin developed by Z3 Audiolabs. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Scratch it! is a free scratch / tapestop VST plugin for Windows, it is specially created for live scratching and tapestop effects.

The multi-segment envelope allows you to define how the stop button works on the audio signal, you can define up to 16 points in a synchronized beat grid, like this the stop button can act as “scratch sequence”.

http://www.z3-audiolabs.com/

Milli Vinylli

Milli Vinylli is a free vinyl emulator VST plugin developed by KlangLabs. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Milli Vinylli is as an “Old Vinyl sound generator”.

Features:

First row of buttons are to turn generators on/off.

Phase buttons to switch variations position.

Var: Adjust the level of variation depending of the generator.

Vol: Volume knobs for each generator.

Density: Sets the noise density on the clicks, dust and friction generators.

Main Vol: Main volume of the sum of all generators.

Fq: Frequency or “tuning” of each generator.

https://www.kvraudio.com/developer/klanglabs

Lo-Fizer

Lo-Fizer is a free vinyl emulator VST plugin developed by ToneBytes. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Lo-Fizer is a free VST effect plug-in for Windows, designed to add some nice lo-fi effects to your recordings for a variety of artistic techniques.

There are a total of 10 lo-fi devices which are decorated in a rack units:

Vinyl – produces vinyl cracks and pops.

Hum – produces adjustable low frequency hum.

Hiss – produces warm adjustable high frequency hiss.

Monoizer – stereo to mono converter.

Speaker Sim – simple preset based speaker simulator.

Lo-Bit – bit-crasher simulator.

Crusher – resampler simulator.

Vowel – simple vowel filter.

GLS – vocal remover that uses mid-side technique.

You can combine up to 4 devices in the rack. With just a few clicks you can select a combination of effects and create the desired sound.

The built-in preset manager makes it easy to save the settings and quickly access them or share them with other Lo-Fizer users.

In addition, VST automation and full MIDI Learning are supported.

http://tonebytes.com/

Audio Impurities

Audio Impurities is a free vinyl emulator VST plugin developed by Retro Sampling. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Audio Impurities adds real noise-floor and good vinyl hiss.

http://www.retrosampling.se/