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VeloScaler plugin interface
CodeFN42

VeloScaler

VeloScaler by CodeFN42 is a free MIDI effect plugin for Windows that lets you adjust and scale MIDI note velocities with up to 5 customizable bands.

VST2MIDI effects
NoteMapper plugin interface
CodeFN42

NoteMapper

NoteMapper by CodeFN42 is a free MIDI utility plugin that maps incoming MIDI notes to up to three different notes across multiple channels, enabling complex triggering setups like multi-sampler drum patterns.

VST2MIDI tools
MidiKeySwitcher plugin interface
4drX

MidiKeySwitcher

MidiKeySwitcher lets you assign 2-key switches to select MIDI channels and send program and bank change messages directly from your MIDI keyboard, eliminating the need for a mouse when browsing plugin presets.

VST2Uncategorized
MIDI-Transformer plugin interface
Austen

MIDI-Transformer

MIDI-Transformer by Austen lets you transform and reroute incoming MIDI signals within your VST chain on Windows 64-bit systems.

VST2MIDI tools
MIDI Monitor plugin interface
Robin Schmidt

MIDI Monitor

MIDI Monitor by Robin Schmidt displays incoming MIDI messages in real time. It is available as both instrument and effect plugin versions to ensure host compatibility.

VST2MIDI tools
Wind Chimes plugin interface
ToneCarver

Wind Chimes

Wind Chimes by ToneCarver generates MIDI notes simulating wind chime strikes influenced by wind conditions, optionally sending control change messages for system energy.

VST2MIDI generators

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VeloScaler plugin interface
VeloScalerCodeFN42 · VST2
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NoteMapper plugin interface
NoteMapperCodeFN42 · VST2
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MidiKeySwitcher plugin interface
MidiKeySwitcher4drX · VST2
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MIDI-Transformer plugin interface
MIDI-TransformerAusten · VST2
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MIDI Monitor plugin interface
MIDI MonitorRobin Schmidt · VST2
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Wind Chimes plugin interface
Wind ChimesToneCarver · VST2
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Guillotine plugin interface
Witch Pig

Guillotine

Guillotine by Witch Pig is a free audio slicer and gate effect plugin that synchronizes with your track's BPM, dividing audio into up to 32 segments for modulation, bitcrushing, distortion, or silence.

VST2Gates & de-essers
KolinMB plugin interface
Analog Obsession

KolinMB

KolinMB by Analog Obsession is a free vintage multi-band limiting amplifier offering precise attack and release controls, individual band mix knobs, and external sidechain inputs for each band.

VST2Dynamics
SFX 1 plugin interface
slapassound

SFX 1

SFX 1 is a free sound FX rompler offering 900 diverse sound samples across 32 categories for music production on Windows.

VST2Samplers
Sinus Plus plugin interface
Iliadis

Sinus Plus

Sinus Plus by Iliadis is a free Hammond B3 organ emulator featuring clean sine oscillators for two manuals and bass pedals with 9 percussion tones. Perfect for authentic organ sounds in various music styles.

VST2Organs
DvnMIDIMeter plugin interface
Davi Santos

DvnMIDIMeter

DvnMIDIMeter is a free MIDI plugin for Windows that adjusts note velocity based on metric accents across common time signatures. It offers per beat accent control and uses input velocity to shape the effect depth.

VST2MIDI effects
Dodo MIDI plugin interface
Dodo Bird

Dodo MIDI

Dodo MIDI converts live voice or instrument audio into MIDI data to control synthesizers or samplers with pitch and volume information.

VST2Pitch
Cales plugin interface
CodeFN42

Cales

Cales by CodeFN42 is a free VST2 plugin for Windows that maps your keyboard keys to a musical scale, ensuring you stay in key and never hit a wrong note.

VST2Piano & keys
Beat Replacer plugin interface
CGM productions

Beat Replacer

Beat Replacer by CGM productions lets you accurately replace bass drum and snare sounds in multitrack drum recordings using MIDI out or included soundfonts.

VST2Dynamics
DeeMute plugin interface
Dotec-Audio

DeeMute

DeeMute by Dotec-Audio is a free VST2 plugin that mutes or inverts audio triggered by MIDI notes, enabling creative gating effects like stutters and ducking.

VST2Gates & de-essers
BabyDrummer plugin interface
Rose Hill Tribe

BabyDrummer

BabyDrummer by Rose Hill Tribe is a free, easy-to-use VST2 drum sequencer for Windows. Create and arrange pattern-based drum rhythms with minimal effort.

VST2Drums
Apollo plugin interface
Meesha

Apollo

Apollo is a dual channel 16-step MIDI sequencer and arpeggiator with pitch, velocity, and random controls, offering flexible MIDI output.

VST2MIDI effects
Agr plugin interface
Max Brezhestovski

Agr

Agr is a free MIDI sequence generator for Windows featuring a variable number of steps, randomizer, and curve generator.

VST2MIDI generators
999gen2 plugin interface
Fanan Team

999gen2

999gen2 by Fanan Team is a free rhythmic MIDI arpeggiator for Windows that generates up to 999 seeded arpeggios driven by chords, controlling external VST instruments with customizable speed, note length, octave range, and note diversity.

VST2MIDI effects
999 plugin interface
Fanan Team

999

999 is a free MIDI VSTi arpeggiator for Windows that triggers other VSTis with up to 999 unique seeded arpeggios driven by chords. Customize speed, note length, octave range, and diversity for each arpeggio and switch between them easily.

VST2MIDI effects
PolyFace plugin interface
Acousmodules

PolyFace

PolyFace by Acousmodules provides a customizable surface control with 24 configurable controllers. Each controller can function as a slider, button, wheel, or joystick with memory states for live performance.

VST2MIDI controllers
MultiJoy 16 plugin interface
Acousmodules

MultiJoy 16

MultiJoy 16 by Acousmodules is a free VST2 plugin for Windows featuring sixteen bidimensional joysticks providing 32 MIDI messages. Ideal for complex multi-surround MIDI setups in DAWs like Nuendo and Cubase SX.

VST2MIDI controllers
MIDIMUS plugin interface
Quilcom

MIDIMUS

MIDIMUS by Quilcom is a free Windows VST2 plugin that offers mouse-over MIDI control based on the mouse interaction feature of the TERRORMIN plugin.

VST2MIDI effects
MIDI Style ORGAN plugin interface
VisareTone

MIDI Style ORGAN

MIDI Style ORGAN by VisareTone is a MIDI keyboard plugin designed to control organ instruments via MIDI.

VST2MIDI generators
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