CodeFN42
Chordit
Chordit by CodeFN42 is a free VST2 plugin for Windows that lets you play chords with a single note. Use one octave to switch between chords and play them across the keyboard.
VST2MIDI tools
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CodeFN42
CCStepper
CCStepper is a free MIDI CC step sequencer by CodeFN42 that sends MIDI CC data to control softsynths, effects, or external hardware with up to 8 sequences and 64 steps each.
VST2MIDI effects
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 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
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
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
Max Brezhestovski
Agr
Agr is a free MIDI sequence generator for Windows featuring a variable number of steps, randomizer, and curve generator.
VST2MIDI generators
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
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
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
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
VisareTone
MIDI Style ORGAN
MIDI Style ORGAN by VisareTone is a MIDI keyboard plugin designed to control organ instruments via MIDI.
VST2MIDI generators
Mike Norrish
Armchair Guitarist
Armchair Guitarist is a free VST plugin that enables MIDI input from console guitar controllers on Windows. It transmits MIDI data, allowing guitar controllers to function as MIDI instruments in your DAW.
VST2MIDI tools
kawa
kawaChord2 free
kawaChord2 free is a MIDI chorder plugin that sends triad chords as MIDI notes with four editing modes. It supports placing chords on tracks in some DAWs and is available as a free VST2 plugin for both 32- and 64-bit Windows.
VST2MIDI effects
ToneCarver
Nova3
Nova3 by ToneCarver is a free generative sequencer plugin where rovers navigate a matrix to generate MIDI notes upon encountering obstacles, producing dynamic patterns.
VST2Sequencers
mucoder
tonespace 2
tonespace 2 by mucoder is a MIDI chorder plug-in offering an intuitive music keyboard interface with extensive chord, scale, and key options. It supports over 50 grids, 14 scales, 18 keys, 30+ chord types, and 25 chord voicings.
VST2MIDI generators
Surge Synth Team
Stochas
Stochas by Surge Synth Team is a free probabilistic polyrhythmic step sequencer and chord generator plugin that outputs MIDI to sequence other instruments.
VST2Sequencers
Fanan Team
Mini Ringo
Mini Ringo is a free MIDI groove machine plugin that controls other VST instruments by playing groove styles divided into variations, modeled after hardware arrangers.
VST2MIDI tools
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