r/AudioProductionDeals Community Recommended Freebie Bundle

A collection of community recommended free plugins to get started on your musical journey or augmenting your plugin arsenal with.

Kilohearts - Kilohearts Essentials

Kilohearts Essentials is a free collection of extremely useful effects which can be used as regular plugins in your DAW or loaded as Snapins in any Kilohearts Snapin Host.

Features

• Low - Set the gain of the low frequencies.
• Mid - Set the gain of the frequencies in between the low and high threshold.
• High - Set the gain of the high frequencies.
• Spectrum Split Lines - Drag the lines to set the low and high-frequency thresholds.
• Settings Panel - Whenever you have your mouse cursor over a snapin there is a small arrow at the top right corner. It opens a settings panel where you handle presets. It also has a "randomize" button that can be useful.
• Enabled Checkbox - The small checkbox to the left of the plugin name is a checkbox that bypasses the effect when disabled.
• Resize Handle - The bottom right corner of all Kilohearts plugins is a resize handle for scaling the UI to any size. This allows you to get a good view of the controls whatever the screen resolution, and also comes in handy if you need big controls, e.g. when using 3-Band EQ as a real-time effect on a touchscreen monitor during a live set. (This is not available when the snapin is used inside a snapin host.)

Learn more about Kilohearts Essentials

ChowDSP - CHOW Tape Model

CHOW Tape Model is an analog tape machine physical model originally based on the Sony TC-260, implemented as an audio plugin. The physical model was described in a paper presented at the 2019 DAFx conference. This work began as part of a class project for Music 420 at Stanford University (CCRMA).

Learn more about CHOW Tape Model

Surge XT

Digital Beauty

Surge XT is a digital synth and makes no bones about it.

If you have used it in the past, it will be like welcoming an old friend back into your life. If you are new to Surge XT, welcome to the party. Come on in, the water is fine.

Learn more about Surge XT

TBProAudio - ISOL8

ISOL8 is an advanced mix monitoring tool. It divides the frequency range into 5 bands. These 5 bands can be soloed or muted individually. This will help you to concentrate on certain frequency ranges during the mixing and mastering process.

Features

• 5 adjustable frequency bands
• Solo/mute function for each band individually
• Linkwitz-Riley crossover filter design
• 24/48dB/Oct filter slope
• Multiple filter channel modes (Stereo/Left/Right/Mid/Side)
• Multiple monitor modes (Stereo/Left/Right/Mid/Side)
• In-place or centered monitoring
• Swap left/right channel
• Adjustable output level
• Loudness dim function
• Side-chain monitoring
• Keyboard control
• Multi channel split
• Large and easy to use GUI
• Free GUI scaling
• 64-bit internal processing
• GPU and non GPU version

Learn more about ISOL8

Wave Alchemy - Magic7

Experience the immersive sound of the legendary Bricasti M7 reverb for FREE with Magic7.

Instantly bring three-dimensional depth to your music, effortlessly move between focused, tight drum spaces, airy vocal ambience, authentic rooms, expansive halls and warm chambers.

Features

• Recreate the magical sound of the iconic M7 digital reverb
• 11 reverb types: Ambience, Chambers. Halls 1, Halls 2, Nonlin, Plates 1, Plates 2, Rooms 1, Rooms 2, Spaces 1, Spaces 2
• All 234 M7 presets in stunning, true-stereo clarity
• Take things further with custom DSP for ducking, transient smoothing and flux / ensemble (stereo spatialization and pitch modulation)
• Internal preset browser with searching, tags and favorites
• Input, Output and Mix parameter with preset locking for deep control over reverb balancing
• Optional tempo-sync pre-delay
• Random preset shuffling and selection for instant inspiration
• Resizable high definition UI
• Undo and Redo parameter changes

Learn more about Magic7

Wave Alchemy - Triaz Player

Triaz Player is a 100% FREE plugin and sample player, based on the advanced drum production plugin, Triaz.

Get access to 4,000 award-winning drum samples and 200 inspiring presets.

Features

• 4,000 included samples
• 200 presets
• Sequencer editing is disabled (you can still export to MIDI and sequence via your DAW)
• Assigning new motion parameters is disabled
• Sound Browser is disabled
• Loading your own samples is disabled
• Drum Randomizer applies to all drums globally
• Can load Triaz expansions

Learn more about Triaz Player

Polyverse - Wider 2

Uniquely Powerful Stereo Expansion Got Even Better

Pseudo Widener Without Phase Issues

Polyverse Wider gives any mono signal the illusion of an expanded stereo image with an awe-inspiring amount of width. It’s a unique stereo widener plug-in that is completely “mono-compatible” — any signal that has been widened will always remain in phase with itself, even when it is summed back into mono. Best of all, Wider is a completely free plug-in!

Features

• Increase the stereo image of any mono signal by up to 200%
• Maintain full mono compatibility
• Bypass low frequencies from the effect
• Check mono compatibility
• 100% FREE

Learn more about Wider 2

MeldaProduction - MRatio

MRatio is a single utility that lets you crossfade between the main input and sidechain. Its 2 modulators however open up a whole set of creative possibilities.

Features

• The most advanced user interface on the market - stylable, resizable, GPU accelerated
• Unique visualisation engine with classic meters and time graphs
• 2 exceptionally versatile modulators
• Adjustable oscillator shape technology
• 2 multiparameters
• M/S, single channel, up to 8 channels surround processing...
• Smart randomisation
• Automatic gain compensation (AGC)
• Safety limiter
• MIDI controllers with MIDI learn
• Extremely fast, optimised for newest AVX processors
• Global preset management and online preset exchange
• Supports VST, VST3, AU and AAX interfaces on Windows & Mac
• No dongle nor internet access is required for activation
• Free-for-life updates 

Learn more about MRatio

MeldaProduction - MRecorder

MRecorder is a simple utility for a simple job - record the plugin input into a WAV file. It may not be necesary every day, but it is good to have it when you need it.

Features

• The most advanced user interface on the market - stylable, resizable, GPU accelerated
• Unique visualisation engine with classic meters and time graphs
• M/S, single channel, up to 8 channels surround processing...
• Very fast, optimised for SSE/SSE2/SSE3 processors
• Supports VST, VST3, AU and AAX interfaces on Windows & Mac
• No dongle nor internet access is required for activation
• Free-for-life updates

Learn more about MRecorder

MeldaProduction - MAutoPitch

Automatic vocal tuning for free

MAutoPitch is a simple but great sounding automatic tuning and pitch correction plugin designed for vocals and other monophonic instruments. Besides making the audio more in-tune, MAutoPitch also provides creative features such as formant shift and stereo-expansion. It is quick, easy to use and free!

Features

Automatic gain compensation (AGC)
Most plugins change loudness of the output audio, which makes browsing presets inconvenient, not mentioning randomization. MAutoPitch includes automatic gain compensation, which quickly adapts to current settings and ensures the output sounds as loud as the input. This even protects you from thinking that something sounds better in cases it is just louder.

Safety limiter
Some plugins can intensely increase gain when exposed to specific audio materials. MAutoPitch provides a safety brickwall limiter, which ensures the output stays below 0dB and prevents your equipment and your ears from potential danger automatically.

Extremely fast, optimized for newest AVX2 and AVX512 capable processors
Computers are now extremely fast, but the algorithms are more complex and projects bigger, so we still need to use the processing power with care. MAutoPitch uses the fastest algorithms, takes advantage of the newest processor capabilities, lets your GPU handle the graphics, and shares the resources with other MeldaProduction plugins. The plugin is among the fastest on the market, yet it provides the best possible audio quality.

Compare multiple settings
A/B comparison is a widely used method to objectively hear the changes you are making to your audio and help you to make better decisions, non destructively.

Learn more about MAutoPitch

MeldaProduction - MSoundFactoryPlayer

MSoundFactoryPlayer is completely for FREE! It gets you just a few sounds, but you may get some 3rd party sounds for it as well! You can get it simply by letting MSoundFactory trial expire.

Learn more about MSoundFactoryPlayer

MeldaProduction - MDrummer Expansion: Drum Empire 2020

Drum Empire 2020 is a huge pack recorded and processed in 2020 in one of the best studios designed for drums in central Europe, the Svarov studios. Melda sampled a huge array of high-end drums and cymbals, mostly with sticks, but brushes, floopy, mallets and hands got some love too.

Learn more about MDrummer Expansion: Drum Empire 2020

MeldaProduction - MAnalyzer

Spectral analyzer and sonogram measuring average, infinite average, temporary maximum and infinite maximum. Smoothing spreads energy between ranges of frequencies for perfect optical recognition. Prefiltering providing for example equal loudness contours, which therefore implements a simplified human hearing. Super-resolution improves resolution in low frequencies, but keeps the speed of higher frequencies. Standard FFT analyzers have poor resolution in low frequencies due to logarithmical scale of human auditory system.

Learn more about MAnalyzer

MeldaProduction - MAutopan

Features

• Continuously adjustable oscillator shape - every oscillator in our plugins is defined by a mix of predefined oscillator shapes, custom waveforms edited using our MeldaProduction Envelope System (MES), step-sequencer and several methods for algorithmic postprocessing. It is the most advanced approach for defining oscillator shapes.
• M/S, single channel, up to 8 channels surround processing - our plugins can handle not only mono and stereo signals, but also mono/stereo encoding, separate channels and encodings, and up to 8 channels of surround audio, which makes them ideal for audio production for movies, games etc.
• Smart randomization - using a single button you can generate completely new settings. By clicking the button you can walk through the billions of possible settings and find the best one for you! The smart randomization algorithm wisely chooses between which parameters can be randomized and how. It can even randomize modulators for you. And if that's too much, you can just hold ctrl and MAutopan will only slightly modify existing settings.
• Automatic gain compensation (AGC) - most plugins can change loudness of the output audio, which makes browsing presets not convenient, not mentioning randomization. Our plugins include automatic gain compensation, which quickly adapts to current settings and ensure the output sounds as loud as the input. This even protects you from thinking that something sounds better in cases it's just louder.

Learn more about MAutopan

MeldaProduction - MCompressor

MCompressor provides refined compression. It features an adjustable compression shape, giving you the power to create dynamic sound effects, and a range of up-sampling options for a crystal clear sound.

Features

• Standard and custom compression shape - using user shapes you can easily create various dynamic effects such as expansion, gate or even some extraordinary shapes for rhythmization...
• Actual source level indication inside the shape graph - you always know what dynamic value you can actually expect on the input and output, and what gain-reduction MCompressor performs.
• Signal maximization - compressors actually lower the signal above the threshold. MCompressor can compensate the reduction to ensure, that if the source has reached 0dB, result will too. This is especially useful for mastering, since you want to maximize loudness and use the entire bit resolution.
• Hard, linear and smooth knee with adjustable size
• Side-chain based on band-passing the original signal (useful for de-essing for example).
• Standard general parameters - input gain, attack and release...
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Learn more about MCompressor

MeldaProduction - MLoudnessAnalyzer

Features

• M/S, single channel, up to 8 channels surround processing - our plugins can handle not only mono and stereo signals, but also mono/stereo encoding, separate channels and encodings, and up to 8 channels of surround audio, which makes them ideal for audio production for movies, games etc.
• Extremely advanced and easy-to-use user interface - our products are always designed to enhance the workflow. You can easily change all values, fine-tune each control in multiple ways. Easy orientation in a standardized GUI, textual editing and smooth visualization with almost unlimited zooming are standard in all of our plugins. Moreover our plugins are the world first (and still the only ones), which support resizable and stylable GUI's.
• Very fast, optimized for SSE and SSE2 processors.
• Fully automatable.

Learn more about MLoudnessAnalyzer