i've compiled this list of 83 free vst plugins that you can grab right now and i'm going to do
something different in this video where i group them together so things like compressors, eqs,
drums that sort of thing and all of these free vsts are excellent but stick around near the
end where i'll give you my 10 absolute must-haves from this list now let's jump in and we'll start
with real world instruments that aren't synths or drums so i have a few free pianos on this
list there's monster piano from monster daw Room Piano v3 and Rusty Piano both from Sample Science
now let's check out a couple of bass guitar plugins and an acoustic guitar
plugin so there's the forefront bass plugin
there's ample bass p lite 2 and for the acoustic guitar there's ample sounds m lite guitar 2.
next let's look at a free plugin that can actually be several real world instruments
and they continue to add more and more to this this is spitfire audio labs these are all
incredible real world instruments that can be great for cinematic music or whatever you want
and now a couple more keys instruments that aren't synths
there's cassette roads from Sample Science which is an e-piano as recorded through a cassette tape
and then there's the hanon b70 organ from lost in 70s
and now here's a free saxophone instrument this is saxophia from fanan team
and if you want an entire orchestra at your fingertips
there's the bbc orchestra from spitfire audio
and to get this one for free you just need to register it and then wait
14 days for them to send you the link to the free plugin
or if you need it right away you can pay 49 and you'll get it right away
now let's check out some free compressors there's the tdr molotok which is a very nice compressor
that can be used across your entire mix and it also adds a little bit of color to your tracks too
then there's the buster se from analog obsession and this one's based on the classic ssl console
compressor and it works excellent on your drum bus or even your mix bus another free compressor
from analog obsession this one is Kolin this one's based on vintage limiting amplifiers from the 50s
and it adds some nice character to your tracks as well this next one is d16 group's frontier you can
use this one subtly and it can be transparent or get aggressive with it and frontier will add its
character to whatever track you have it on next is the MJUCJR compressor from Klanghelm
and this is a classic varimu style compressor it's very easy to use and finally we have the tls
1295lea compressor and this is an excellent free la2a style opto compressor alright so we still
have free synths drums eqs reverbs and all that stuff on the way but right now let's check out
some free guitar effects plugins first up is amplitube custom shop this is a very big
plugin that comes with a few different amps that you can switch between plus a bunch of
gear that you can use and switch out and you have access to the shop if you want to add even more
this next one is an excellent metal amp but it can also do some decent cleans as well
it's ignite emissary and also to note with this one
is the nadir plugin that comes with it for free and it's a great cabinet sim plugin
now here's an excellent one for bass players this is actually my favorite
bass amp plugin free or not i use this one all the time and i love it
you get a classic tube base amp with two channels saturation and an effects section
here's one from ml sound this is amped roots which is based on an amp from fluff he's an
excellent guitar content creator on youtube and this is a cool free amp for heavier styles
and another ml sound amp based on a youtube content creator's design is the stevie t amp
now this next free vst is a classic but i still love it it's voxengo boogex there's no
fancy guitar amp looking user interface it's just an easy to dial in great sounding app
now this next one isn't included in the 83 best free vst plugins but i thought i would add it as
a bonus it's tonelib gfx technically this one's not free but you can use the trial of it unlocked
for as long as you like but if you do like it and you continue to use it a lot then show them your
support and pay for a license now let's take a look at some free drum plugins starting with
mt power drum kit this one gives you an excellent drum sound right away along with
drum grooves that you can actually use to easily build the foundation of your song
the next free drum plugin is monster drums this is a pretty cool drum plugin that
allows you to download several more kits that provide a huge range of different drum sounds
now here's a free drum plugin that i really like for lo-fi sounds it's called afro drums
it's pretty easy to use and it has 10 presets in there so you can find some pretty cool sounds
now here's another great free lo-fi plugin that i use all the time this one is called
bpb cassette and you actually get three plugins with this one you get an 808
a 606 and a 909 and they've all been recorded to a cassette
next is another more realistic drum kit and this one has a virtual drummer feature to it
it's rayzoon jamstix
and another excellent acoustic drum kit is ssd free from steven slate it's a
very versatile kit that can be great for rock metal pop or whatever you want to throw at it
now let's check out some free reverb plugins we'll start with baby audio's
magic dice this one packs all the sounds of their big
spaced out plugin and they put it into this very easy small format user interface
next up is a strange little spring reverb this one's vrev666 from fuse audio labs
now here's one that you absolutely must grab it's valhalla super massive and this one's
kind of a delay and reverb all in one and maybe the only reverb plugin that you'll ever need
this next reverb can add some analog character to your reverb sound this is giant reverb
the next one is space light from Cymatics it features
three different reverb types and it sounds great
next up is Convology xt this is a convolution style reverb that features
70 impulse responses from vintage gear to deliver the sounds of that vintage gear
this next one is oril river it's an algorithmic reverb that simulates
the reverberation of a small room and a great hall
next let's check out some free modulation plugins starting with another baby audio one
this is magic switch it's based on the chorus effect found on classic juno synthesizers
this next one could be placed in a number of different categories
as it's a multi-effects plug-in this is ujam's finisher micro
the next free plugin is valhalla space modulator it's a flanging and doubling
plugin that's capable of providing so many different modulation sounds to your
tracks now let's check out some free eq plugins there's the Warmy EP1A Tube EQ it's based on Pultec
style eqs and this one can be excellent all over your mix including your mix bus next is the Nova
eq it's a parametric eq that can also be used as a dynamic eq and this one can be excellent for
surgical type of work that you might need you can use it all over your mix another one from
the same company is the tdr slick eq and this is a nice clean eq with three bands and it has
four different eq modes american british soviet and german this next one is a favorite of mine on
my guitars this is analog obsession Merica it's based on the ssl 550a plugin and in
addition to guitars you can use this on vocals drums or whatever it's very easy to dial in
another excellent free pultec style eq is the ignite PTEQ-X
and this free eq is called coffee the pun it's designed to give you the authentic
analog sounds of germanium class a transistors now let's check out some free saturation plugins
starting with izotope's vinyl this one can add some vintage vinyl sounds to your tracks
then there's the szechuan saturation and this one also has a modulation section
that makes it a very cool effect
here's a couple of free tape saturation plug-ins
there's caelum audio's cassette tape and chowdery dsps chow tape
and some more free vst plugins that are excellent are the gsat plus, kit
burier, saturation knob, cymatics origins, ivgi saturation, and bpb saturator
now let's check out a few free delay plugins there's baby audio's baby comeback
there's the gsi varispeed tape delay and valhalla's freqecho
now before we get into the free vst synth category i just want to take a look at this
other category that i created that has some filters utility plug-ins channel strips and more
including the free izotope imager plugin it's very easy to control and you can use this to
widen your sound on individual tracks or on your entire mix there's the w1 limiter which is a clone
of the waves l1 limiter there's the t-de-esser which is an excellent de-esser plug-in free or not
then there's the influx plugin from fkfx and this is a sequenced resonant distortion plugin
it allows you to create new grooves from the source audio that you put through it
next check out the free eplex 7 analog filter and distortion plug-in and then
there's c-voice 1 from snfk which is a simple pitch modulation plug-in a cool channel strip
is the acustica eminence plugin and then there's the analog obsession loaded and
this is kind of like a virtual 500 series rack with six slots that create a nice channel strip
and then you have the fkfx obvious filter and this turns any input sound
into a rhythmical sequence and another analog obsession plugin that put in this other
category is Kabin and this is a great speaker cabinet emulation it works great on guitars
now let's get into the free synth plugin starting with
three very popular ones there's vital, surge, and synth1
Kontakt player is another excellent free one it's part of the native instruments
Komplete start bundle and this gives you a bunch of different instruments
if you want an excellent free modular synth check out cherry audio's
voltage nucleus also be sure to check out their free surrealistic mg1 synth as well
a few more free synths to check out there's pendulate, dexed, and symptohm pe
now if you've heard of the very popular zebra synth you can get a smaller version
from the same company that makes zebra and it's called zebralette it gives you one of
the oscillators from zebra also be sure to check out some of their other free synths
like the tyrell n6 it's one of their best
a couple more free big synth plugins are the Syntronik from
ik multimedia and also synth master player free
then there's the excellent nils k1v and the vk1 viking synth
all right now let's look at my top 10 free plugins from this list and these are the ones that i would
download first if you're not going to download all of them there's valhalla super massive reverb
the warmy ep1a EQ, amplitube custom shop, lost in 70s base deluxe, techivation t-de-esser, the Kontakt player
with the free Komplete start package, Tyrell N6, tdr Molotok compressor, analog obsession merica eq ,
and mt power drum kit but there are so many more great free vst plugins that you can check out
those are just my top 10 picks now check out some of the best free music making software
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