10 Free Audio Plug-ins #FreebieFriday #10Free

October 4, 2019

At Toolfarm, we have a massive ongoing list of noteworthy audio freebies that we’d like to share with you. Some get shared sooner than others and some fall through the cracks. Today, we’re going to share a symphony of goodies!

1 Tokyo Dawn TDR Kotelnikov (Compressor)

Platform: Mac | Windows
Formats: VST | AAX | AU, 32-bit | 64-bit

TDR Kotelnikov is a wideband dynamics processor combining high fidelity dynamic range control with deep musical flexibility. As a descendant of the venerable TDR Feedback Compressor product family, Kotelnikov has directly inherited several unique features such as a proven control scheme, individual release control for peak and RMS content, an intuitive user interface, and powerful, state of the art, high-precision algorithms.

Get TDR Kotelnikov

Looking for a more robust compressor? Try Kilohearts Compressor

A compressor will even out the audio volume by lowering the volume when the signal is loud. This helps shape the dynamics of the sound both at the initial attack and the sustained tail. Each compressor has its own flavor, and the kHs Compressor tastes sweet.

Kilohearts Compressor

2 Klanghelm DC1A

Platforms: Mac | Windows
Formats: VST | VST3 | AAX | AU, 64-bit

DC1A has a few tricks up its sleeve: negative (over) compression, parallel (New York style) compression, option to compress left and right channel independently (via the DUAL MONO switch), peak and RMS compression (RELAXED switch on) and DEEP activates a high pass filter to reduce pumping on bass heavy material.

Consequently, Klanghelm put out an update for DC1A about a year ago.

Get Klanghelm DC1A

3 Tokyo Dawn TDR NOVA

Platform: Mac | Windows
Formats: VST | AU | AAX

Meanwhile, here is another from Tokyo Dawn. NOVA is, in fact, a parallel dynamic equalizer.

Appearing in the familiar layout of a parametric equalizer, each band also includes a full-featured dynamics section allowing the processor to cover an impressively wide range of applications. Be it a master lacking density, the drum bus asking for more crispiness, or a sibilance problem in your perfect take: NOVA has an elegant answer.

Get TDR NOVA

4 Thomas Mundt LoudMax – Limiter / Maximizer

Platforms: Mac | Windows
Formats: VST | AU | LADSPA | Winamp

A LoudMax update came out at the end of August.

LoudMax is a Look-Ahead Brickwall Loudness Maximizer Plugin with a clean transparent sound. It is designed to retain the original character of the music as much as possible even at high compression levels.

Download LoudMax

5 TSE Audio BOD Bass Overdrive

Platforms: Mac | Windows
Formats: VST | VST2 | AU | AAX

BOD emulates a famous bass processing unit.

Download BOD

6 Forward Audio faSampleDelay – Free Phase Alignment Plugin

Platforms: Mac | Windows
Formats: VST | AU | AAX

Make faSampleDelay with its unrivaled intuitive GUI your new favorite free Phase Alignment Plugin. If you need a versatile and reliable tool for small phase alignment tasks in your guitar or drum recording, then this is the ultimate choice!

Download faSampleDelay

7 Soundmote RaPG (Rhythm and Pitch Generator), Analog-style Arpeggiator

Platforms: Mac | Windows
Formats: VST | AU

RaPG is an analog-style arpeggiator that can be run at audio rate for a quirky sound generator or locked to a tempo to generate inspiring melodic and rhythmic phrases based on a seed-based random sample-and-hold.

Download RaPG

Accordingly, if you need a more robust arpeggiator, try Waves Codex Wavetable Synth

Waves Codex is a cutting-edge polyphonic synthesizer based on an advanced granular wavetable engine and powered by Waves’ Virtual Voltage technology.

Waves Codex Wavetable Synth

8 GuDa Audio FiltR

Platforms: Mac | Windows
Formats: VST | AU

FiltR is a filter effect with multiple filter modes based on the high-quality filters from SynthR. It is easy to use and always 2x oversampled. The interface is scalable and with a choice of several color sets.

Download FiltR

9 Boz Digital Bark of Dog 2, Stereo/M-S Low-Frequency Enhancer

This is a super useful plugin, and furthermore, it wins for the most fun name.

Platforms: Mac | Windows
Formats: VST | VST2 | AU | AAX | RTAS

Bark of Dog 2 is a unique, stereo/M-S low-frequency enhancer that combines a resonant filter and Pultec-style boost-attenuation EQ in a simple, easy to use plug-in.

Download Bark of Dog

10 Lurker Beats ANA-1000, Analog Modeling Synthesizer

Platforms: Mac | Windows
Formats: AU | VST3, 64-bit

Lurker Beats (formerly SynthIV) has released the ANA-1000 Analog Modeling Synthesizer (v1.0). This simple, but effective instrument plugin allows for a variety of sounds, ranging from heavy basses, screaming leads, to warm and wavy pads. It is available for Mac (AU) and Windows (VST3) in 64bit format.

Download ANA-1000

Looking for a more cutting-edge virtual synthesizer? Try IK Multimedia Syntronik.

Syntronik includes 17 amazing instruments, available as a collection or separately. Additionally, there are over 2,000 preset sounds covering a wide selection from 38 of the most iconic to ultra-rare and painstakingly multi-sampled vintage synthesizers.

IK Multimedia Syntronik

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