Growing up I spent a lot of time looking at plugins I could not have. The ones with the good panels, the ones everyone used. I did not have the money, and for a long while I did not have the skill either. At some point I stopped waiting and learned to write them.

I am the author of Retroexx, a free character, noise and space processor. It is version 0.1, AU and VST3, macOS on Apple Silicon only. It runs six modules in series: noise, wow and flutter, tape wear, saturation, bit crush and a resonator space.

Link in the first comment. Next on my list is Kickexx, a sidechain, transient and panning processor.

Download and source: https://github.com/VexxPlugins/retroexx

Hey everyone! We've just released another free plugin at MTHRBORD.STUDIO, this time a transistor-based EQ inspired by the API 5500.

Built using real hardware recordings and measurements, EQ5500 aims to capture more than just the EQ curves, focusing on the unit's response, control interactions, and analog character.

A few details:

• Based on real hardware: Recorded and analyzed using an actual API 5500 EQ.
• Beyond the curves: Focuses on the API 5500’s distinctive EQ character, with its proportional-Q response, stepped frequency selection, and interactive boost and cut controls.
• Flexible workflow: Stepped frequency selection with continuous gain controls.
• Completely free: Available for macOS and Windows in VST3, AU, and standalone formats.

We're trying to build a collection of audio tools that go beyond the usual clean, clinical approach to plugin development. The aim is to recreate the character and behavior of real equipment, including some of its imperfections, rather than just chasing a matching frequency response.

We're interested in hearing what you'd like us to build next. We've already released a few free tools that might appeal to the vaporwave crowd, including a Pultec EQP-1A emulation, a VHS simulator, and a slushwave-inspired phaser.

If there are particular pieces of hardware, effects, or weird audio tools you'd like to see recreated, let us know. Feedback is genuinely appreciated, and we'd love to keep putting more free plugins out there.

Give it a try and let us know what you think!

Download it free here:
https://mthrbord.studio/plugins/eq5500/

Reddit, we know you love cats. Heck, everyone loves cats. And all the best studios need a cat. So we made a cat plugin.

It's a cat. That's it. Is it silly? Absolutely. Is it adorable and something that will brighten your day time and again? Try it and decide for yourself.

Free to play around with for 7 days, less than the price of a coffee to be yours forever, and there's a lite model that's completely free as well. Enjoy.

Hello! I've been making a plugin that will allow you to generate loops(clips) from the samples you have.
There is no AI - I just using some math methods and music theory and many different things combined.
Can you share your thought about it? Do you see it useful for you?

General idea: plugin creates you a loot of loops with selected instruments and you combine it for your track. Like "Lego bricks" later you have to construct track from it.
Here is some demo:

https://youtu.be/Fcn6on4-vlQ?si=gklAiL6Lg33dPD5F&t=39

What do you think? Do you see value in it?

Hi. I've been working on a wavetable SID plugin to replace a bunch of bespoke scripts and emulation frameworks for the last 18 months and now it's here. You have surgical control over every register of the 6581/850 SID chip. You can numberwang the tables or draw your soundscape on the graph editors. It comes with a tool that can dissect .sid files and create instruments. https://residuesynth.com

Free download at https://funkfreakaudio.com/

An inspiration variation machine, Apply mischief to pre, mid, post signal. Feedback modulation for amp and phase. Throw Catch and Release on their own track and you can apply your own plugins to the feedback loop.

Try it at https://brucejames.studio/downloads/catchandrelease

SeedEngine is a generative MIDI sequencer VST3 / AU plugin for Windows and macOS, inspired by hardware sequencers such as the Vermona Melodicer and Sequentix Cirklon.

Technical information: VST3 / AU - Windows 10+ - macOS 10.15+ (Intel & Apple Silicon)

More information: www.egowaves.com

Youtube Demo: https://youtu.be/seo068pktys?si=4dwMnzwq4hn3zMEq

Enjoy making music!

Hi!

I'm working on a project that would really benefit from a choir-like sound, like the one in the soundtrack of the game Labyrinth of Galleria! It sounds pretty realistic, but it definitely has a slight artificial sound to it. Since it sounds a little uncanny, I figure it's probably a vst, but I'm not certain. If it is a vst, it seems like it has the ability to make choir ahs, oohs, and lah sounds.

I've been trying to find a vst or maybe a soundfont that sounds similar, but I haven't had any luck, so I wanted to ask for help! It seems like it's been used in Disgaea games too. If you know what it is, or know of anything similar, please let me know! Thank you so much!

Here are some examples of it:

Labyrinth of Galleria OST: Sing My Loneliness https://youtu.be/4bwxfsBB2s0

Labyrinth of Galleria OST: Melancholy Smile (you can hear it clearest around 33 seconds) https://youtu.be/_z46zGlBRdM&t=33

Disgaea 5 OST: Who Are You? (the "lah" sound is super clear around 13 seconds) https://youtu.be/wHH1zP6SlBM&t=13

Thank so much again for your help! I've been going crazy looking for this!!