4Front
4Front Rhode
4Front Rhode is a free vintage Rhodes/Wurlitzer style piano module featuring gentle overdrive to reproduce classic electric piano sounds.
VST2Piano & keys
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Free plugins: Distortion & overdrive
Browse 6 reviewed free distortion & overdrive plugins for Windows, with compatibility, formats, interface previews, and installation details.
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Odosynths
A-Key
A-Key by Odosynths is a free Windows VST2 synth plugin featuring two oscillators with distortion.
VST2Synths
Psychic Modulation
Arptron
Arptron by Psychic Modulation is a free hybrid phase distortion arp-synth featuring two crossfading oscillators, dual arpeggiators, and dedicated filter and amp envelopes.
VST2Synths
easytoolz
easy-drum X8
easy-drum X8 by easytoolz is a vintage analog style drum module featuring 12 fully synthesized instruments and extensive modulation options through 12 sequencers and various effects.
VST2Drums
easytoolz
easy-drum o4 SE 909
easy-drum o4 SE 909 is a free 4-slot drumbox plugin emulating the TR-909, featuring 909 and 808 samples, effects like overdrive, flanger, bitcrusher, and a Moog filter with three LFOs modulating tune, cutoff, and pan across 32 patches.
VST2Drums
Xenobioz
Aegis
Aegis is a VST2 synth plugin for Windows inspired by the Amiga Sonix synth, featuring a drawable oscillator and LFO waveforms with phase distortion synthesis.
VST2Synths
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