Best Free Plugins For PC / Mac With 64-Bit Compatibility & iOS Apps!

u-he Zebralette 3, free Synthesizer plugin: release candidate, new licensing system, and Zebra 3 very soon

December 7, 2025 Synth Anatomy 6

u-he Zebralette 3 is a free Synthesizer plugin that previews the new oscillator engine of the upcoming Zebra 3 synth. The release candidate is out now. After almost 2 years of beta testing (1 year […]

Full Bucket Music FB-02, free Synthesizer plugin is a Yamaha FB-01 FM synth emulation and editor

November 30, 2025 Synth Anatomy 2

Full Bucket Music FB-02 is a free Synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows that emulates the Yamaha FB-01 from 1986. My first hardware FM synth was the Yamaha FB-01, which I bought for very little […]

Universal Audio giveaway: get a free UAD plugin this Black Friday/Cyber Monday

November 28, 2025 Synth Anatomy 5

Universal Audio has announced a giveaway where you can get a UAD plugin for free only during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend. Black Friday isn’t just about great plugin deals. It’s also the plugin giveaway […]

ValhallaSupermassive 5.0, ValhallaDSP updates its free delay reverb plugin with another algorithm

November 27, 2025 Synth Anatomy 4

ValhallaSupermassive 5.0 is the latest free update for ValhallaDSP’s massive free delay/reverb plugin, featuring a new Sirus algo. One of the best deals on the plugin market is the free ValhallaSupermassive. It was released in […]

Distortion trio (MBitFunMB, Electrum Core and Screamo plugins) is FREE for Black Friday

November 24, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

The Distortion trio: MBitFunMB, Electrum Core, and Screamo from Meldaproduction, United Plugins, and WA Productions is now a FREE download for Black Friday. Image Line is not a small company. It is an investor company […]

Get Arturia Analog Lab Intro plugin with 500 synth sounds for FREE

November 15, 2025 Synth Anatomy 6

For a limited time, Sweetwater is offering the Arturia Analog Lab Intro plugin for macOS & Windows, featuring 500 high-quality synth sounds, as a free download. Good news: The Arturia Analog Lab Intro plugin is […]

Giulioz VirtualJV, free Roland JV-880 synth rompler emulator plugin for macOS and Windows

November 10, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Giulioz VirtualJV is a new open-source, free emulator software for macOS and Windows that brings the Roland JV-880 synth rompler to your DAW. DSP emulators are all the rage. Started in the retro gaming world, […]

Full Bucket Music Fury-800 v2.5: free Korg Poly-800 Synthesizer emulation gets an update

November 6, 2025 Synth Anatomy 6

Full Bucket Fury-800 v2.5 is out now: new major update refines the free Korg Poly-800 Synthesizer (1983) emulation for macOS and Windows. Good news for Full Bucket Music plugin fans. Björn, the developer, has just […]

Sonatura Audio Superhet, a free experimental heterodyning Synthesizer plugin

October 24, 2025 Synth Anatomy 5

Sonatura Audio Superhet is a free experimental Synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows that uses heterodyning to generate sounds. I’m sure you have tons of synth plugins, either free or commercial. Many of them offer […]

KV331 Audio SynthMaster 3 Player and Free Synthesizer plugins are available now

October 9, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

KV331 Audio SynthMaster 3 Player and Free are new stripped-down SynthMaster 3 Synthesizer plugin versions for macOS and Windows + now in public beta. Good news from KV331 Audio. Synthmaster 3 Player and the free […]

Eventide Temperance Lite, “the world’s first musical reverb plugin”: free download for a limited time

October 1, 2025 Synth Anatomy 3

Eventide Temperance Lite is a new musical reverb plugin for macOS and Windows, and it’s a free download for a limited time. There’s an absurd number of reverb plugins on the market these days, ranging […]

Ujam Finisher Retro multi-FX plugin is a FREE download for a limited time

September 26, 2025 Synth Anatomy 1

Ujam Finisher Retro, an easy-to-use vintage-inspired multi-FX plugin for macOS and Windows, is a FREE download for a limited time. When you think of multi-FX processors, you think of a trillion different algorithms and the […]

Surge Synth Team OB-Xf, the continuation of the open-source, FREE OB-Xd Synthesizer plugin: now in beta

September 25, 2025 Synth Anatomy 12

Surge Synth Team OB-Xf is a modernisation and continuation of the open-source, FREE OB-Xd Synthesizer plugin inspired by the Oberheim OB-X. Good news from the Surge Synth Team. The new OB-Xf is now available in […]

Molecularbytes Atomicreverbfree, a free algorithmic reverb for macOS and Windows

September 19, 2025 Synth Anatomy 1

Molecularbytes Atomicreverbfree is a new free algorithmic reverb for macOS and Windows with a streamlined set of features. Getting started with music production has never been so affordable. With the ever-growing number of free plugins, […]

Daniel Gergely Spirals, pitch shifting delays meet shimmer reverb plugin: new free version

September 18, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Daniel Gergely Spirals is a new effects plugin for macOS and Windows that combines pitch-shifting delays with shimmer reverb. After Spirals transitioned from a free beta to a commercial plugin, there were no more updates […]

BaconPaul Two Filters, a free sequenceable dual multimode filter plugin

September 12, 2025 Synth Anatomy 1

BaconPaul Two Filters is a new free creative dual filter plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows with modulation sequencers for each filter. Every year, there are countless new free plugins. Occasionally, there are some gems. […]

TapeFi Stop, free vinyl stop simulator plugin for macOS and Windows

September 8, 2025 Synth Anatomy 1

TapeFi Stop is a free, flexible vinyl stop simulator plugin for macOS and Windows with advanced features like a built-in washout effect. In mid-May, I reported on the new company TapeFi and their first plugin, […]

Best FREE delay plugins for macOS, and Windows (2025)

August 25, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

This selection shows that the music production market is full of great free delay plugins for PC and Mac, even without cracking or pirating. Delay plugins are a dime a dozen. Almost every plugin developer […]

Xunil-cloud CloudReverb, an open-source free cross-platform reverb plugin

August 20, 2025 Synth Anatomy 1

Xunil-cloud CloudReverb is a new open-source, free algorithmic reverb plugin for macOS, Linux and Windows based on the CloudSeed VST. Let’s stay with effects. What goes well with a free delay? Yes, a free reverb. […]

Sonimus DelaySon, free tape delay plugin for macOS and Windows

August 20, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Sonimus DelaySon is a new free modern tape delay plugin for macOS and Windows (VST2, VST3, AU, and AAX) with analog-style soul. Along with reverbs, delays are among the most popular effects in music production. […]

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