Kuassa
Amplifikation Lite
Amplifikation Lite by Kuassa delivers ultra-realistic guitar sounds with a simple interface, enabling high-quality guitar tracks through your computer's soundcard input.
VST2Guitar amps
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Free plugins: Effects
Browse 1008 reviewed free effect plugins for Windows, with compatibility and installation details.
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Analog Obsession
Amper
Amper by Analog Obsession is a free mid/high gain guitar amp plugin designed for metal tones, featuring a unique dual drive section connected in series for detailed distortion control.
VST2Guitar amps
Nick Crow Lab
8505 Lead
8505 Lead by Nick Crow Lab is a free tube guitar amp VST plugin for Windows featuring precise gain and tone controls with oversampling options.
VST2Guitar amps
Nick Crow Lab
7170 Lead
7170 Lead by Nick Crow Lab is a free tube guitar amp VST plugin featuring adjustable drive, tone stack, power amp gain, and output level controls.
VST2Guitar amps
Z3 Audiolabs
Bondage
Bondage by Z3 Audiolabs is a free modular multi-effect plugin featuring 17 modules including effects, modulation sources, MIDI input, modifiers, crossfader, mixer, and visual scope.
VST2Multi-effects
Samsara Cycle Audio
Big Beauty
Big Beauty by Samsara Cycle Audio is a free multi-effect plugin for Windows offering versatile audio processing in VST2 format.
VST2Multi-effects
iraisynn attinom
antiknot
antiknot is a randomizable signal processing effect featuring EQ, warm saturated tri-band and single-band compression, flanger, delay, reverb, and uniphaser units.
VST2Multi-effects
Oli Larkin
Autopan
Autopan by Oli Larkin is a basic autopanner featuring various LFO shapes and panning modes for precise stereo movement.
VST2Spatial
Anaglyph
Anaglyph
Anaglyph is a free 3D high-definition binaural spatializer designed for immersive audio experiences and ongoing research into binaural rendering capabilities.
VST2Spatial
Pecheneg FX
AutoTremWahLight
AutoTremWahLight by Pecheneg FX is a free tremolo wah effect plugin featuring three filter types with adjustable resonance and cutoff, alongside customizable LFO modulation parameters.
VST2Filters
SuperflyDSP
Automatic Wahwah
Automatic Wahwah by SuperflyDSP is a free classic 70’s wahwah effect featuring analog-style time-varying filtering with automatic envelope modulation for funky, aliasing-free sounds.
VST2Filters
Terry West
CS-FX
CS-FX by Terry West is a free VST2 channelstrip effect for Windows offering EQ, compressor, tape saturation, stereo doubling, and phase controls.
VST2Dynamics
Analog Obsession
CHANNEV
CHANNEV by Analog Obsession is a free channel-strip plugin featuring a mic preamp, de-esser, line amplifier, 4-band EQ, compressor, limiter, and tape saturation.
VST2Dynamics
Analog Obsession
BritPre
BritPre by Analog Obsession is a classic British mic/line preamp plugin featuring separate lowpass and highpass filters, dual modules with independent bypass, and phase invert control.
VST2Preamps & amps
Variety Of Sound
FerricTDS mkII
FerricTDS mkII by Variety Of Sound adds dynamic effects reminiscent of high-quality tape gear, enhancing VA synths and electric guitars with subtle crunch and presence.
VST2Dynamics
Jeroen Breebaart
Ferox
Ferox by Jeroen Breebaart is a tape saturation modeller simulating vintage tape echos with controls for saturation, hysteresis, feedback, and variable tape speed.
VST2Tube & tape
Ourafilmes
Diabolique
Diabolique emulates two vintage tube reel-to-reel tape machines, offering warmth and tape-style saturation for your sounds on Windows.
VST2Tube & tape
Syntler
Bonch-Bruevich
Bonch-Bruevich by Syntler is a free tube stage emulation plugin offering joystick control over harmonics and filter excitation for bass distortion and high-frequency enhancement.
VST2Distortion & overdrive
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