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

TapeFi Fail, a new free versatile tape emulator plugin for macOS and Windows

August 14, 2025 Synth Anatomy 3

TapeFi Fail is a new free versatile tape emulator plugin for macOS and Windows with six unique modes and more. In the past, music was produced with tapes. Computers with easy-going DAWs and a trillion […]

UnplugRed ModMan, a free perlin noise modulation plugin for mac, Linux and Windows

August 11, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

UnplugRed ModMan is a free modulation plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows that uses perlin noise for an organic touch. The developer UnplugRed offers numerous free plugins, including the atmospheric delay Magic Carpet, which I […]

Eventide Crushstation morphing distortion is FREE for a limited time

August 9, 2025 Synth Anatomy 7

Eventide Crushstation is a morphing overdrive/distortion plugin for macOS and Windows, and it’s FREE for a limited time. Overdrive and distortion are all-time favorite effects for guitarists. These effects are useful for synthesizers and electronic […]

Lectric Panda Automata MIDI sequencer and Stage amp plugins are now free of charge

August 8, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Lectric Panda has turned its Automata MIDI sequencer and Stage amp into free plugins for macOS, Linux, and Windows. When a plugin hits the market, the developer decides whether to offer it as a commercial […]

HY-Plugins HY-MBMFX3, multiband multi-FX plugin with modulation & free version

August 8, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

HY-Plugins HY-MBMFX3 is a free update for its HY-MBMFX2 multiband multi-FX plugin with new features + a free version. Early this week, iZotope released FXEQ, a multi-FX plugin that lets you map individual effects to […]

Best Free Synthesizer Plugins For PC & Mac (August 2025)

August 4, 2025 SYNTH ANATOMY 30

Here is the SYNTH ANATOMY list of the best free Synthesizer plugins for PC & Mac, ranging from virtual analog, FM, and percussive to modular synthesis concepts! If you want to produce music, you need […]

Decadebridge Shallow Grave, free experimental filter plugin for macOS and Windows

August 4, 2025 Synth Anatomy 7

Decadebridge Shallow Grave is a new free experimental filter plugin for macOS and Windows with three filters, plenty of modulation, and more. I have already reported several times about the British indie developer Decadebridge, which […]

Native Instruments Massive X Player, wavetable synth gets a free version with morphing fun

July 29, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Native Instruments Massive X Player is a new free version of its wavetable Synthesizer plugin with tons of morphing fun. When Native Instruments announced the successor to its hugely popular Massive Synthesizer plugin, expectations were […]

FrozenPlain Floe, free open-source multi-layer sampler plugin for macOS and Windows

July 8, 2025 Synth Anatomy 10

FrozenPlain Floe is a new open-source, free multi-layer sampler for macOS and Windows (CLAP, VST3, AU) with advanced shaping tools. With samplers, you can turn samples into chromatically playable instruments. Depending on the feature set, […]

Lunacy Audio Haze & Filter, free hybrid chorus and creative filter plugins

July 5, 2025 Synth Anatomy 1

Lunacy Audio has released Haze & Filter, a new free chorus with a shimmering character and a creative filter for macOS and Windows. It’s the weekend, and it starts well with a message that will […]

Ternär Music Flechtwerk, free MI Plaits based macro Synthesizer plugin

July 4, 2025 Synth Anatomy 2

Ternär Music Flechtwerk is a new free Mutable Instruments Plaits-based macro Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows. The Mutable Instruments Plaits is arguably one of the most popular digital oscillators in Eurorack format. Both […]

Pubbas Sheepadoodle, free vintage-style phaser plugin with modern twists

July 1, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Pubbas Sheepadoodle is a new, free, vintage-style phaser plugin for macOS and Windows, featuring modern twists. Phaser effects are often used to add movement and texture to sounds. Depending on the application, these swirling effects […]

discoDSP OB-Xd 2, update 2.15 adds VST3 support and more improvements to the open-source free synth

June 19, 2025 Synth Anatomy 11

discoDSP has released OB-Xd 2 update 2.15 with VST3 support, and many other improvements for the open-source free Oberheim OB-X emulation plugin. One of the most popular Synthesizer plugins is the OB-Xd, a free, open-source […]

Soule DSP Resonarium, free open-source physical modeling Synthesizer plugin (mac, linux, win)

June 8, 2025 Synth Anatomy 8

Soule DSP Resonarium is a new free open-source physical-modeling/waveguide Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows. I’m telling many of the readers of this site nothing new when I say that I love physical modeling […]

Universal Audio PolyMAX Synthesizer plugin is a FREE download for a limited time

May 23, 2025 Synth Anatomy 5

Universal Audio PolyMAX is a two-oscillator analog modeling Synthesizer that can be downloaded for free until June 30, 2025. The weekend is upon us; for many of us, it’s the perfect time to make music. […]

Full Bucket Music Fury-68, free Synthesizer plugin emulates the Korg Poly-61

April 30, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Full Bucket Music Fury-68 is a new free Synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows that emulates the Korg Poly-61 polysynth from 1982. Free Synthesizer plugins are popular. They cost nothing, and depending on their quality, […]

BaconPaul Six Sines, free open-source TX81Z-style MPE FM Synthesizer plugin: update 1.1.0

April 8, 2025 Synth Anatomy 4

BaconPaul Six Sines is a new, impressive, free, open-source Yamaha-style TX81Z MPE FM Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows. In January, BaconPaul released the lovely, free, open-source Six Sines FM Synthesizer. Version 1.1.0 is […]

U-he Zebralette 3, free Synthesizer plugin, public beta 2 available now

April 5, 2025 Synth Anatomy 4

U-he Zebralette 3 is a free Synthesizer plugin, previewing the new oscillator engine of the upcoming Zebra 3 synth: public beta 2 is out now. Zebra 3 is in full development. A first look was […]

TugImgSynth, free image wavetable Synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows

April 4, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

TugImgSynth is a new, free, experimental wavetable Synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows that turns images into wavetables. Developer tugrulakyuz has released exciting free plugins with an experimental touch over the past few years. TugGlicento […]

Fors Sala, free shimmer reverb plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows

March 31, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Fors Sala is a new free shimmer “Ceremonial” reverb plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows that can create instant ambient textures. In recent years, the Swedish developers at Fors have spoiled us with beautiful, top-notch […]

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