Sound Magic
Piano One
Piano One is a free hybrid modeling plugin featuring the Yamaha C7 concert grand piano sound, widely recognized in professional music settings.
VST2Piano & keys
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MDA
Piano
MDA's Piano is a simple and effective piano module featuring a unique Width Control that adjusts note panning and adds a psychoacoustic widening effect for spaciousness.
VST2Piano & keys
NGUYEN.Chung
midipiano_chung
midipiano_chung is a free virtual piano plugin offering five distinct acoustic and electric piano sounds for Windows users.
VST2Piano & keys
Clark Audio
Lo-Fi Keys
Lo-Fi Keys by Clark Audio is a free VST2 plugin featuring 10 processed piano rompler presets crafted for modern Lo-Fi music. Ideal for soft and dusty piano melodies or chord progressions.
VST2Piano & keys
Bitsonic
Keyzone Classic
Keyzone Classic by Bitsonic is a free sample-based piano plugin featuring a Yamaha Grand Piano, Steinway Grand Piano, Basic Electric Piano, and Rhodes Piano sounds.
VST2Piano & keys
Bitsonic
Keyzone
Keyzone is a layered sample-based piano and accordion plugin featuring presets like grand piano, Rhodes, accordion, and Hammond B3. It includes options such as reverb, ADSR, vibrato, and detuner for versatile sound shaping.
VST2Piano & keys
audiolatry
Grand Piano XXL
Grand Piano XXL offers a detailed sampled Yamaha C5 6'7" grand piano featuring original recordings with AKG c414 microphones for rich acoustic sound.
VST2Piano & keys
Electronik Sound Lab
FORT3 Free
FORT3 Free by Electronik Sound Lab is a sampled Grand Piano plugin featuring one preset with original recording and six effect layers for rich sound customization.
VST2Piano & keys
audiolatry
PlastikGuitar
PlastikGuitar is a sampled nylon string classical guitar instrument based on Yamaha Eterna recordings. It features two presets and is available in VST2 format for 64-bit Windows.
VST2Guitar & bass
Iridium Iris
Lethality
Lethality by Iridium Iris is a versatile electric guitar VST plugin offering multiple articulations and effects tailored for alternative and rock music genres. It supports playing via standard MIDI notes and mod-wheel triggers.
VST2Guitar & bass
Electronik Sound Lab
Haunted Guitar Lite
Haunted Guitar Lite by Electronik Sound Lab is a free multi-sampled Fender Stratocaster Plus Deluxe rompler featuring 8 presets and 224 samples with dark and spooky guitar sounds achieved through high-quality effects.
VST2Guitar & bass
audiolatry
FunkBass
FunkBass is a lightweight sample-based bass guitar plugin offering 8 presets and multiple playing techniques for genres like Pop, EDM, Funk, Soul, and RnB.
VST2Guitar & bass
SampleScience
The Gong
The Gong is a sampled gong instrument offering 4 articulations and velocity layers, ideal for New Age and meditation music.
VST2Percussion
Ample Sound
Cloudrum
Cloudrum by Ample Sound is a soothing steel tongue drum plugin spanning 3 octaves with two mic positions offering stereo and mono modes. Easily add unique tonal color to any genre.
VST2Percussion
beatassist.eu
Nasty Looper
Nasty Looper is a Windows-only drum machine and groovebox featuring 16 pad cells that load 16 or 24-bit WAV samples, with MIDI controller mapping for enhanced sequencing.
VST2Groove / sequencers
Solcito Musica
Toum!
Toum! by Solcito Musica is a free percussion synthesizer plugin that creates kick, tom, timbal, percussion, and bass sounds with analog and electronic drum synthesis.
VST2CLAPSingle drums
CHAIR
EXC!TE SNARE DRUM
EXC!TE SNARE DRUM is a free snare drum plugin delivering ultra-realistic sounds via physical modeling. It allows tuning for various snare sizes, tip hardness, rimshot effects, and adjustable snare rattle.
VST2Single drums
Chowdhury DSP
Chow Kick
Chow Kick is a free kick drum synthesizer plugin that uses creative physical modeling of classic drum machine circuits. It features a parameterizable pulse shaper and resonant filter with nonlinear modes for versatile sound design.
VST2Single drums
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