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We've assembled the top 15 free VST plugins that can help elevate your music to the next level. Since they're free, you can grab them all, and see how they sound, without opening your wallet. Every VST in this list will work regardless of your operating system, as long as your digital audio workstation supports VST plugins. Dec 18, 2019 50+ videos Play all Mix - Best FREE VST and AU Plugins (2019) Top 10 Free Plugins for FL Studio (any DAW) YouTube Best 10+ Free VST Must Haves & Techniques FL Studio Tips - Duration: 20:41. Today there are more great free plugins than ever before, but the freeware scene is always changing. How can you know which free VSTs are worth installing? We scoured the internet for the absolute best of the best free VST plugins available.
In the jungle of free VST plugins, there are many gold nuggets to be found, if you know where to look. Some of the free plugins out there hold such a class that they could easily go for several hundred bucks. And there are a lot.
Firstly, we would like to give a big thanks to all the VST plugin creators out there, who are willing to give out their amazing work for free. If you see a donation button anywhere on their websites, buy’em a cup of coffee, will you? Given how advanced and thought-out some of these plugins are, they probably live on the stuff.
So, let’s dive in. Here are our Top 10 Free VST Plugins of 2019. These definitely sets the standard of how good and thought-out a free VST can be. Our collection features some newer and some older. But with all great classics, they hold the test of time.
Let’s dive in!
1. Dexed (by Digital Suburban)
Modeled after Yamaha DX7, one of the best selling synths in history, this top 1 free FM-style VST synth is ready to get you cooking. Included are over a thousand classic DX7 presets, with sounds ranging from classic electronic pianos to powerful stabs and strings. You’ll probably recognize many of the sounds from your favorite 80’s tracks as this, again, was modeled after the go-to synth of that era.
Really, it started as a tool to be used with the original synth. However, this is such a good replica that stands on its’ own. With so many different knobs and options for customizability, this is a synth that you can tweak forever.
Easy, powerful and stable are three things that summarise this freeware goodie. Go get it.
2. MinimogueVA (by Voltkitchen)
Here we have another great emulation of a classic analog synth. This time, of the Minimoog. The Minimoog’s success was huge when it came out in the '70s. For starters, it was the first synthesizer created for the average consumer and the sound was just incredibly rich and powerful.
Used in tracks such as Kraftwerk’s “Autobahn”, Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”, and Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”, it’s easy to see why this synth sound is loved by so many.
So, MinimogueVA. It’s an emulation but includes additional features not found in the original. To name a few, you now have a fully programmable digital delay, you can control the tuning of oscillator 1 (and fine tune oscillators 2 and 3) and have 3 overdrive sliders for each oscillator to make your sound even thicker.
This free synth sounds and behaves pretty much exactly like the original and is a must-have for every electronic producer. Deep, rich and yummy, and in our opinion best used for lead sounds and basses. Just beware that it might need some taming because of its’ power – the sounds take up a lot of space in the mix.
3. TAL-Elek7ro (by Togu Audio Line)
This powerful virtual analog synth has pretty much everything you’ll need as an electronic music producer. How about two oscillators (saw, pulse, triangle, and sine) with hardsync and PW/FM. One sub oscillator (saw and rectangle), one noise oscillator, wide-range LFO’s (0.1Hz up to 400 Hz) and a super user-friendly interface?
Users report a very analog sound from this synth, more than many of its’ competing virtual synths that comes with a price tag. So this free option will definitely satisfy you who wants to create rougher, analog, old school sounds.
The only thing really missing, in my opinion, is extra effects and an arpeggiator. But you can always use separate plugins for that, DAW-included or purchased.
All in all, a great, easy and powerful synth for electronic music production.
4. iZotope Vinyl (by iZotope)
You know that crackly sound from old vinyl? Or the electrical hum in speakers, when an audio cable is not fully plugged in? Well, it’s funny. Turns out those audio distortions are in again.
Commonly heard in triphop and retro synthwave-style music, some cracks, and noises can really bring a track to life. We don’t know what it is, but there’s just something about the warm crackle of vinyl. Is it nostalgia? A sense of analog? Making digital sounds more “human”?
I don’t know. But for those of you who want to achieve this to your mix, look no further than iZotope Vinyl. Rather than layering different vinyl scratch samples, this plugin is fully customizable and does the job extremely well.
Apply it to certain instruments or your whole mix, and choose the amount of the following parameters:
- Mechanical noise
- Wear
- Electrical noise
- Dust
- Scratch
- Warp depth
The last option, warp depth sets the amount of spin down applied from the 'Spin-Down' button below. That effect mimics what would happen to the sound of vinyl if you slowed it down manually until it stops. You know what I mean. But damn that’s cool.
You also have options for what decades you want to emulate, ranging from the 1930s up to 2000. There’s also an option for the number of RPM’s (of the “vinyl”).
Overall, a really cool plugin that can make the most digital sounds a bit more analog.
5. FerricTDS – Tape Dynamics Simulator (by Variety of Sound)
Looking for a great free alternative to the expensive tape saturators out there? Well, look no further. FerricTDS is it. Inspired to simulate the dynamics and warmth of high-end reel-to-reel tape recorders, this wonderful plugin does this in three steps.
Firstly, it controls the dynamics by gently shaping the overall dynamic response of the sound. Then it adds extra harmonics with its’ great sounding saturation and finally, the signal peak is controlled by its built-in limiter.
These three knobs are of course yours to play with as you wish, for a subtle or strong tape effect.
So, this plugin does a lot of wonderful things to your sound. Simply put, you can say that it warms up, controls and shapes. Like a compressor, saturation, limiting and a tape recorder emulator all in one neat package.
The plugin also won the KVR Developer Challenge of 2009. It’s ten years ago but its’ quality still holds with time.
6. TAL-REVERB III (by Togu Audio Line)
Introducing the TAL-REVERB III, the top of the free plate reverbs. This little gem will wow you with its’ beautiful non-BS interface and brilliant sound.
To break it down, the plugin has 7 dials. The low- and high cut dials make for easy reverb mixing. The room size dial controls the duration of the reverb. A stereo width dial for easy stereo control (mono to full stereo) and a pre-delay dial which goes up to one second. The last two are simply dry and wet dials. Easy peasy.
With 10 factory presets to choose from it’s also good to go from the start.
The sound of the TAL is fantastic, and their goal of creating a colorless, maximal diffused plate reverb without digital artifacts is really heard. It’s smooth, shimmering and nice.
For a free reverb plugin, this is good stuff. Check it out.
7. Synth1 (by Ichiro Toda)
Synth1 is another great synth that was made as a replica of the popular Nord Lead 2. The two actually sound quite similar, but being that the Nord Lead 2 is about $15,000, it’s not a great surprise that it beats a free plugin in sound quality.
But the Synth1 is totally free. It’s pretty cool that you can get at least half the quality of an expensive, top hardware synth just an easy, free download away.
So, what do we have in the Synth1?
For starters, we have 2 oscillators (sine, triangle, saw, and square) with FM and ring modulation, sync and a modulation envelope. 4 types of filters, 2 LFO’s and an arpeggiator. Included are also various effects, a tempo delay, and stereo chorus/flanger. You’ve got legato and portamento mode plus 16 notes polyphony. Not too shabby.
It’s optimized for extremely light CPU usage and is a fantastic starting point for any new producer who wants the learn the basics in sound synthesis. And the sound in this synth is great.
All in all, a great freeware synth that I think everyone should try at least once. It does have a few sound glitch bugs when changing the knobs sometimes. But generally, it's pretty stable and does the job. Very well.
8. BootEQ (by Variety of Sound)
BootEQ is another freebie who’s definitely up there competing with the big boys (top of the line, expensive plugins). It’s an SSL-style equalizer and pre-amp simulator, which “provides some nice and musical signal coloration effects” according to the product description.
The plugin is simple and easy to use with its’ four parametric and independent EQ bands and several classic sounding curves. You also have a drive-knob for saturation and two switches for vintage color and tube on or off. With a simple design, clear text and meter display, you can’t go wrong.
It colors the sound beautifully warm, but subtle and not over the top. To add some more life to dull life, or to fatten up sounds, this could easily be your go-to.
9. ValhallaFreqEcho (by Valhalla DSP)
The ValhallaFreqEcho is many things, along with being a staple plugin you must have in your library. It's both frequency shifter and analog-style echo, which in combination makes for a very psychedelic, trippy delay effect that feels like it's going in and out of your head.
Frequency shifting the delay output makes for some very interesting results. Used subtly, it passes as your everyday light chorus/flanger or doubler but used in excess, you've created something entirely new and out of this world.
If you’re looking for an experimental effect to spice up your psychedelic production, or simply want something to get your creative juices flowing, get this. Right now.
10. VB-1 (by Steinberg)
The 4 voice polyphonic VB-1 is a plugin you either love or hate. It’s not the best sounding bass emulations out there, but it's not trying to be either. Its' strength comes from its' incredible ease of use. You basically have 4 knobs (release, shape, damper, and volume), a picture of a bass guitar and a pick you can drag left and right for different sounds.
On its' own, the VB-1 doesn't sound fantastic. But I've found great use for it in creating basses for trance music. It produces a nice, basic bass signal that is brought to life with the help of some extra plugins. Throw in some EQ, saturation and bass boost and it's suddenly kicking.
Definitely worth checking out, especially if you’re into creating rolling trance basses.
Thanks for reading!
About the author Pelle Sundin is a Swedish music producer and freelance copywriter, currently active with his chillout project PLMTRZ. He also produces psychedelic trance. When he's not producing music, he surfs, skates and chugs coffee. |
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I posted a gigantic list of free VST plugins two weeks ago, the post was awesome, and I am glad you guys loved it.
On this page, you will find a list of ten best free and paid autotune VST plugins you can download and use for free in your various Daw Software.
Before you start tweaking the knob on various autotune plugins, I think we should understand the basics of what autotune VSTS does, if you have an idea about that, skip this section, and if you are a newbie just getting into knowing how things work first, then continue reading.
Page Contents
- 10) KeroVee (Free)
- 8) Graillon (Free)
- 7) GSnap (Free)
- 6) VisualVox (Free)
- 5) MAutoPitch (Free)
- 4) Melodyne (Paid)
- 3) ReTune (Paid)
- 2) Waves Tune (Paid)
- 1) Auto-Tune Pro (Paid)
What is an Auto-Tune?
Autotune is an audio processing VST that is used to correct an inaccurate pitch in vocal tracks or perhaps used to modify or alter pitch in performances, music instrument and or vocals.
In a simple term, It is used for automatically tuning an off-key or off-pitch sequence, allowing vocal tracks to be perfectly tuned.
When You Should use Auto-Tune
As a singer, you would notice that when you try to sing outside of your comfortable range (range of notes you are physically capable of producing), you sing out of tune.
In this case, you might want to use an autotune plugin to fix that, if necessary. Also, you might use the tool, if you struggle to record multiple takes.
Note: Do not use an autotune plugin on too plenty of pitchy vocals; The best thing to do in this scenario is to take a lesson and practice to sing better.
In my opinion, you do not necessarily have to use an auto-tune plugin on vocal if it sounds great and less pitchy, this is just a preference!
Auto-tune can also be used on a wide load of sounds from an instrument, to getting a type of effect (T-pain effect), enhancing vocal expressiveness and so on.
Let’s count down from the good to the best!
10) KeroVee (Free)
This is a pitch correction VST plugin tool and has strengthened to support natural pitch correction.
This tool is handy and can perform different and various types of voice effect, for example, a conversion of the male voice to a female voice and vice versa.
KeroVee comes bundle with useful parameters for the effectiveness of the auto-tuning process, Parameter includes:
- Scale Button: This is for specifying the scale you want to tune. Setting a wrong scale would result in an awful result, in a simple sentence, Know your scale before you go into this one
- TuneSpeed: This will allow you to set the speed of correcting the pitch.
- Nuance: This is one of the best and lovely parameters, you can use this to set a fine vibrato of the original sound, use this to create all sort of weird effects.
- Amount: Set to zero (0) if you want no correction, setting to 100 will result in a full correction of the pitch
- and many more parameters like Transpose option, master volume, etc.
System Requirements
- A compatible host program that supports the VST formats
Download
Download KeroVee Auto-Tune Plugin
9) X42-Auto-Tune (Free)
This is an auto-tune plugin that is developed to correct the pitch of a voice when going out of tue.
Its main function is for the correction of tune in vocal range, although it can and may be used on some instruments.
It as a pretty cool and friendly GUI, parameters included are Tuning, Bias, Filter, Correction, offset and pitch error meter.
Download
Download X42 Auto-Tune Plugin
8) Graillon (Free)
This is an autotune VST plugins designed and developed by Auburnsounds. This plugin is superb in the way it handles pitch correction.
It not only supports pitch correction but supports the generation of throat sounds, making octave sounds, enriching and enhancing vocal expressiveness.
Also, there is a pitch shift parameter that transposes vocals up and down in octaves and semitones.
System Requirements
- Available as VST, VST2, AAX and Audio Unit plugin for MacOS and Windows platform.
Download
Download Graillion Auto-Tune Plugin
7) GSnap (Free)
This is an autotune plugin developed by Graham Yeadon of Gvst, Gsnap is one of my favourite autotune plugin, and I use it to create a specific type of effects.
GSnap was designed to automatically detects when a voice is pitchy, that is, when a note is off-key, it would indicate red, and when in tune, it would indicate green, interesting!
However, if you want to achieve a not to perfectly tuned voice, I would suggest you use with subtle settings.
Extreme settings can create sounds like famous Daft-Punk, T-pain, or Char effects, if this is what you are looking for, go with this setting.
System Requirements
- Available as VST format (32/64bit) for windows only
Download
Download Gsnap Auto-Tune Plugin
6) VisualVox (Free)
A lightweight intonation correction VST plugin, that comes bundled with pretty cool features like:
- Producing a perfect vibrato effect
- Know when your voice is pitchy and when you are in tune
- Ability to fit a voice into a rhythm by stretching, cutting and also a cut and paste option alongside
- Ability to create an artificial polyphony from a single voice, e.g. multiple voices,
- and many more features.
Why do we need an autotune plugin? To automatically correct off-key vocals back in-line, count on Visualvox.
System Requirement
- Compatible with a VST host system
Download
Download VisualVox Auto-Tune VST plugin
5) MAutoPitch (Free)
With over 50,000 downloads every month, we should crown MAutoPitch the best free autotune VST Plugin.
This free pitch-correction tool is one of the most downloaded, and it is designed for vocals, and other monophonic instruments. It features a scalable and resizable GUI and also lets user chooses between knobs, sliders, and buttons.
The primary goal of a good VST plugin or tool, in general, is to deliver outstanding results in performance and also capable of handling larger processes, MAutoPitch isn’t far from that.
With the ability to handle not only mono and stereo signals but also mid/side encoding for stereo field processing.
Also, it provides a high audio quality performance, and uses 64bit audio processing to handle any sample rate (e.g. 192Khz), it is not advisable to go above that, these are just tip of the iceberg of what MAutoPitch can do, it is robust and a great free autotune VST plugin you should lay your hand own.
System Requirements
Windows
- Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 (32-bit or 64-bit)
- VST / VST3 / AAX compatible host (32-bit or 64-bit)
- Intel/AMD processor with SSE2 support
- Always use 32-bit plugins in 32-bit hosts or 64-bit plugins in 64-bit hosts!
Mac Os X
- Mac OS X (10.7 and newer, 32-bit or 64-bit)
- VST / VST3 / AU / AAX compatible host (32-bit or 64-bit)
- Intel/AMD processor with SSE2 support
Download
Download MAutopitch VST plugin
4) Melodyne (Paid)
I said this earlier, using pitch correction on a bad vocal track would give an undesirable result, great singers make mistakes and this is where the tool comes in handy if and only if needed.
Melodyne is one of the best paid autotune plugin out there. It is designed to work with vocal tracks, percussion, sound effects, and different kinds of sounds you might think of.
It features:
- Manipulation of notes, harmonies, melodies, grooves, rhythm, editing intonation and even with polyphonic instruments (e.g. piano or guitar: each note) Crazy right!
- Automatically detect the tempo, scale and tunning of a sound
- Beautiful GUI design, and also user friendliness,
- and much more features you should check out.
Price
Melodyne comes with a hefty price tag of €699 for the complete Melodyne bundle, Melodyne editor €399, Melodyne assistant €249 and Melodyne essential €99.
System Requirement
MacOS
- Intel Dual Core processor (Quad Core or better recommended), macOS 10.6.8 and 10.11.x to 10.14
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
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Windows
- Intel or AMD Dual Core processor (Quad Core or better recommended), Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 (64-bit recommended), ASIO-compatible audio hardware
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
Activation
- Activation Computer-based or iLok USB dongle (2nd or 3rd generation), Melodyne 4 essential only computer-based. Internet access is required for activation.
Learn more and buy Melodyne
3) ReTune (Paid)
To be honest, auto-tune is mostly used for correcting pitches, some users do not even know pitch correction is a single feature in auto-tune plugins.
It can be used to create broad sort of effects on vocals and instruments or sound effects.
ReTune is an autotune plugin developed by zplane, and it can be used to nudge off-key notes to the nearest semitone, and also supports controls such as sensitivity of the pitch corrections, smoothing of pitch and more useful features such as:
- Real-Time Processing: It can be used during live performances on stage and in the studio.
- Automatically detect input key using zplane’s TONART V2
- Presets for major/minor scales, chromatic scale, church modes and gypsy
- Allows the use of controls for pitch detection sensitivity, transient levels and pitch contour smoothing,
- and many more features.
System Requirements
- Compatible with AAX, AU and VST host system
- A minimum of 2Ghz and 4gb ram minimum.
Learn more and buy ReTune
2) Waves Tune (Paid)
Waves Audio Ltd is one of the biggest, trusted and leading company in audio-related software. Let’s take a brief description of the types of wave auto-tune VST plug-ins.
Waves Tune is an auto-tuning plugin developed and designed for pitch correction, and for correctly tuning to a natural taste for creative effects.
There are three types of the Waves Tune:
1) Waves Tune Real-Time,
2) Waves Tune and
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3) Waves Tune LT.
Waves Tune Real-Time – It can be used during a live performance on stage or performance in the studio, or perhaps for pitch-correcting pre-recorded tracks. Hence, it works in Real-time mode.
Waves Tune – It can be used for pitch-correcting pre-recorded tracks at a greater level of detail, also has a more robust tool for editing pre-recorded track, while Waves Tine Real-Time doesn’t have that.
Waves Tune LT – This is a lighter version of the Waves Tune with basic editing tools for a starter.
Prices
Waves Tune comes with a price tag of $ 119, Waves Tune Real-Time is tag $49, and Waves Tune LT is tag $29, learn more and buy here:
System Requirements:
Mac
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- Intel Core i5 / i7 / Xeon
- 8 GB RAM
- 8 GB free disk space on the system drive
- Operating System – 10.11.6 – 10.14
Screen Resolution
- Minimum: 1024×768
- Recommended: 1280×1024 / 1600×1024
- USB displays are not supported as the primary display.
Windows
- Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Xeon / AMD Quad-Core
- 8 GB RAM
- 8 GB free disk space on the system drive
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Operating System
- Windows 7 with SP1 64 bit
- Windows 8.1 64 bit
- Windows 10 64 bit
Screen Resolution
- Minimum: 1024×768
- Recommended: 1280×1024 / 1600×1024
Learn more and buy here: Waves Tune
1) Auto-Tune Pro (Paid)
Auto-Tune pro is a plug-in developed by antarestech, and it has been undergoing a lot of changes for the past 20 years.
It includes auto-mode and graph mode, auto-mode is for real-time intonation correction, while graph mode is for detailed and time editing.
This program has been used by the most iconic and popular music producers – T-pain, Cher, Daft-punk, to mention few.
Auto-Tune has been more powerful with the invention of Auto-Tune Pro, more comfortable to use than ever before.
Antares added an automatic key detection with the new Auto-Key plug-in, now better and easier to use.
Also, it is designed in such a way that allows a user to naturally correct pitches, humanise for more transparent and low Latency mode so a user can perform in real-time without distracting delay.
Price: $399
System Requirements
- Requires iLok Version 2 or Version 3. not compatible with iLok Version 1
- Mac- Supports AAX Native (64-bit only), VST3 (64 and 32-bit), and Audio Units (64 and 32-bit)
- Windows – Supports AAX Native (64-bit only), and VST3 (64 and 32-bit)
Learn more and buy here: Antares Autotune
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