Free plugins for Pro Tools

Analog Lab Play is a free software instrument with a library of 100 essential, hard-hitting, mix-ready synths, keys, basses, pads, and more that’ll make you fall in love with music all over again - for free.

A universal L/R plus MONO/DIFF monitor control and Balance/Correlation metering plug-in for stereo bus masters. Available for all major plug-in formats, including VST 2, VST 3 and AAX for macOS and Windows plus Audio Units for macOS, 2BusControl offers five essential options for specialized monitoring modes plus highly responsive and user-friendly metering for left/right balance and correlation. Solo is available post-metering with a single button push. Traditional left/right soloing (as phantom center) can be chosen, or the equally useful MONO/DIFF(erence) or M/S (Mid/Side) rendering of the soloed signal. Mono mode lets you listen for any cancellation in the phantom center, and is also important for checking how the center relates to the edge with content panned for separation. In addition, the stereo perspective can be swapped or flipped with the left and right channels changing places. Each solo control is a single button, allowing you to check placement and amplitude easily for all aspects of your mix.

3-band EQ will get you surprisingly far when it comes to shaping your sound, or your entire song. By dragging the split frequencies around it feels like much more than a standard 3-band equalizer.

3D Delay by Harrison Audio is a free intuitive, professional-grade stereo digital delay processor that offers mix-ready delay effects, quickly and easily. Access doubling and slapback echoes to instantly add depth and width to your productions. Or dive deeper and create evolving multi-tap ping-pong delays. 3D Delay is perfect for adding edge to your vocal tracks or stereo width to searing guitar solos or synth leads. Additionally, you can infuse your sounds with vintage digital delay character using the modulation and damping control to produce sounds reminiscent of classic digital rackmount delays. Sign up to the Harrison mailing list and get your copy of the 3D Delay plug-in for Free!

4Front E-Piano is a small single sound instrument without any settings that reproduces a timbre, which is similar to DX-7 type e-piano. It is available as VSTi for Windows, and as an AudioUnit, VSTi and RTAS for Mac (see enclosed readme file). This instrument is small on memory and CPU usage and was found useful by many users and software developers as a plug&play e-piano module, which does not require any configuration or adjustment.

4Front E-Piano is a single-sound instrument without settings that reproduces a timbre similar to a RSP73 electric piano. VSTi for Windows, and AU, VSTi and RTAS for Mac. Small on memory and CPU usage and found useful by users as a plug&play e-piano which does not require configuration or adjustment. <br />There is also the 4Front E-Piano, which replicates a different type of e-piano.

Switch between goniometer and correlation meter New type of goniometer with peak, hold and energy indicator Innovative and intuitive correlator Scalable plugin window size Works latency-free and with all common sample rates For PC and Mac, 32 and 64 Bit DAWs Audio Unit, VST, VST3, RTAS and AAX, 32 and 64 Bit Note that to download this software you will need to download and install the HOFA-Plugins Manager app and select the specific free plugins you are looking for.

Precise metering (peak, hold, EBU, LRA) MS en-/decoder Trim, fader and mute function Stereo/mono switch Analyse peak & EBU R128 levels via drag and drop of audio files Innovative panorama function: this panner can be used to achieve “extra width” Scaleable plugin window size Tooltips and manual Works latency-free and with all common sample rates For PC and Mac, 32 and 64 Bit DAWs Audio Unit, VST, VST3, RTAS and AAX, 32 and 64 Bit Note that to download this software you will need to download and install the HOFA-Plugins Manager app and select the specific free plugins you are looking for.

Innovative tool for an objective comparison of equipment (e.g., plugins) within your DAW Shuffle mode for track anonymization Compensation for different loudness levels Rating and note-taking options Comparison of up to 3 tracks Upgradeable to the unlimited full version Note that to download this software you will need to download and install the HOFA-Plugins Manager app and select the specific free plugins you are looking for.

Optimize the balance between bass and treble with just one knob Variable tilt width Separate processing of bass and treble possible Additional high-pass and low-pass filters (6 & 12 dB/octave) Customizable routing for stereo, mid, side, left, and right processing Up to 32x oversampling Upgradeable to the full extended version Note that to download this software you will need to download and install the HOFA-Plugins Manager app and select the specific free plugins you are looking for.

HOFA 4U ProjectTime starts the time measurement as soon as it is inserted into a plugin slot in your DAW (Cubase, Pro Tools, Studio One, Reaper). The time is saved when you close the project. The time measurement resumes upon reopening.

Inspired by the popular ( but unfortunatly discontinued ) "Classic EQ" by Kjaerhus Audio, 7Q was designed as a simple, but effective 64 bit alternative to the graphical EQ with musically predefined bands and Q values. With the integrated high pass and low pass filters, you can tidy up your mix and make it more transparent. Use it either as your main EQ for an instrument or vocal track, or simply for a rough clean up before sending your signal into a compressor or adding other effects. The low memory and CPU usage of the plugin allows you to integrate it with every track of your project, if necessary.

Emulate the sound of a failing digital connection. Three unique modes deliver everything from watery lo-fi textures to harsh distortion and dial-up modem chaos.

Pipe organ from the 1850s recorded in Arta’s church (Mallorca). All ranks opened, which gives the characteristic sound of this type of organs

Stereo-expansion can have unwanted side-effects. Especially in the bass frequencies which many people prefer to keep mono. A1StereoControl offers the control needed to manage width and balance while keeping the low end mono if that’s what you need.

Sequenced Gate. VST, AU, RTAS and 32- and 64-bit AAX Native for Windows and Mac.

Ace is a true to life emulation of a legendary 1950s, American, all tube, 5W, tweed amp. For added versatility we have added to the model two of the most common amplifier mods: adjustment of the amount of feedback and addition of grid stopper resistors. To complete the picture we included impulse response based speaker emulation.

Its an advanced pan and volume modulation unit with an analog saturation engine. There are three modulation sources: a custom shape envelope follower, the LFO with 5 waveforms, a 32-step sequencer and each modulation sources can be assigned in-sync or free-sync modes.

Aero is a plugin suite consisting of two FREE players, Aero Stomp and Aero Amp, each available in VST2, VST3, AU and AAX formats. They represent a pioneering new project from Acustica aimed at the world of pro sound design and guitar. It’s our first suite of Acqua plugins using our revolutionary AI-based Terra technology. The plugin is designed to go above and beyond current market standards, featuring emulations created through painstaking, state-of-the-art sampling, and which are not “pre-packaged” and sound warm and alive. Their design and development took a long time, but it’s time which we gladly spent, and we’ve we’re delighted by the incredibly results of all that effort. We hope that Aero will help you upgrade your approach to ITB guitar effects by providing you with a variety of tools to both inspire you, and help you get the results you’re looking for.

Air | Music Edition is the perfect plugin to quickly and realistically simulate the distance and depth of musical elements in any mix. Air will help you achieve natural-sounding performance results in the studio and sound like the real deal in seconds. Elevate your music, let instruments breathe and mixes shine.

The image of a single point of light through a lens is never a point — it is the Airy pattern, a bright core ringed by faint haloes. Airy makes that phenomenon audible as stereo width. It widens the way the ear actually hears width: the engine measures the width your signal already has in every band, and only adds what is missing to reach the target you paint on the stereo field map. The Airy pattern is what coherence looks like — a coherent point source draws one sharp spot, and the figure spreads as coherence falls. Stereo width is that same quantity, inter-channel coherence, so the figure on screen is a true readout of what the engine measures and moves. It touches the Side channel only, so the mono sum is preserved by construction. Zero latency. Free — no activation, no account.

Now you can get all of our plugins for free! You will get LimitX™, Snap!™, BoostX™, CompPlus™, DASR™, and SpecTrend™! See the individual product pages for product details. Plugin registration is no longer required.

Alter/Ego is based on the award winning technology featured in chipspeech but instead of targeting Vintage voice technology, it focuses on more ‘modern’ (1990+) singing synthesis algorithms and research. It is specially tailored for musical needs – simply type in your lyrics, and then play on your MIDI keyboard. It’s a true synthesizer, the sound can be extensively modified for easy and expressive performances.

Ambi Eyes is a free 360 video player connected to Ambi Head HD (v1.3 and above). It allows to monitor monoscopic 360 videos while authoring the ambisonic mix. Head rotations are transmitted in real-time to Ambi Head HD to apply audio rotations. Ambi Eyes is a standalone application for Mac and PC. If a VR headset is connected to the computer, Ambi Eyes will automatically detect it (PC only).

Amp Locker is our all-in-one solution that seamlessly integrates into your recording setup, enabling you to capture studio-grade sound in real-time. Amp Locker comes with free gear to get you started: Prestige 1950 - A british hotrodded amp; 7 FX Pedals - 7 Rack FX; 11 3D Cabs - Fully Adjustable with 11 Mics

Cloudrum is a unique and relaxing Steel Tongue Drum with a range of 3 octaves. It produces wonderful tones, add colour and a unique moderation to your music no matter the genre.

AmpliTube Custom Shop offers a revolutionary new way to expand your virtual gear library: however you want! Over 400 gear models, available to demo and purchase a la carte, so you can unlock just the gear you want or need. To start, you’ll get 42 iconic, “must-have” pedals, amps, speakers, cabinets, mics and rack FX. They’re yours free, forever, to use stand-alone or as a plug-in in your favorite recording software.

Analog Rack Chorus plugin is a very simple but powerful chorus plugin inspired by the most famous Chorus pedals and racks effect units. Tube preamp virtual circuit which gives color to the signal in a very special way.

Analog Rack Cleaner plugin is high pass and low pass filters in a single rack Fx plugin to clear up low-end rumble and high-frequency noise. Tube preamp virtual circuit which gives color to the signal in a very special way.

The Analog Rack Delay plugin is the power of Nembrini Audio’s delay algorithms in a simple package! BPM Sync, stereo spread circuit and a very juicy sound!

Analog Rack Noise Gate plugin is a very simple but powerful noise gate plugin especially tuned for guitar and bass. Tube preamp virtual circuit which gives color to the signal in a very special way.

HoRNet Angle is a little handy tone shaper tool. It’s based on the concept of the “tilt eq” a special kind of equaliser designed to change the tonal balance of the track to which is applied.

AnSpec is an analog-style frequency spectrum analyzer AAX, AudioUnit, and VST plugin for professional music production applications. It was designed to be a handy visual feedback tool for those who like visual smoothness and easiness of use of analog analyzers. AnSpec also provides peak level indication. AnSpec features a selectable band count, visual slope, and “red” level threshold. You can also change level meter ballistics and resize plug-in’s window.

APU Loudness Meter is a free loudness analysis plug-in supporting a variety of loudness types and metering modes with clean adjustable visuals. You can monitor in real-time using live history and histogram views, or analyze an entire file to view the overall statistics and histograms.

APU Spectrum Analyzer is a free spectrum analysis tool supporting a variety of FFT configuration options. You can adjust the FFT window type (Rect, Hann, Hamming, Blackman, Kaiser) and size (from 64 up to 65536) to suit your needs. Monitor spectrum in real-time with variable history size, or load an external file for full spectrum analysis.

Free all-in-one mix bus tool! This brand-new “Frankenstein” tool fuses three different processes, giving you a powerful all-in-one mix bus plugin that gets you the exact sound you’re looking for with just a few clicks.

ATONE from Analog Obsession, is a vintage style channel strip plugin with lots of old school charm, a simple but powerful EQ and a great compressor. A Channel Strip with '“A-Type” EQ, by which I’m guessing they mean Altec style. It is a powerful and very basic three band EQ which sounds great, just as long as you don’t want to change the frequency - this EQ is gain-only. It has high and low pass filters and a really nice compressor inspired by the Altec 436. There are lots of capabilities for tone shaping, with its own custom design and internal routing. There is no line or mic preamp as an input module but the input knob will drive EQ circuit's Gain Trim to get nasty op-amp saturation. The Compressor section is based on 436c with extra modifications. The compressor has an amount knob to introduce compression and make-up gain, so it will be gain-compensated.

Auralume Saturator adds only the harmonics that matter, enhancing your sound with musical depth through simple and intuitive controls. While "saturation" can easily become harsh, excessive, or reduce the perceived size of the original signal, this plugin avoids those unwanted side effects. It is designed to provide just the right amount of energy and presence without introducing haze or musical clutter.

aXMeter is an Ambisonic meter plugin that shows the RMS and peak levels of all the Ambisonic channels, up to tenth-order (121 channels). The channels for each order are grouped together for easy inspection. By default, aXMeter shows the channel levels up to third-order. If the input signal is of higher order, the plugin window will expand to reveal the gains for the higher order channels, keeping screen real-estate free when working with lower order.

Band Saturator is a saturation plugin which offers some useful filtering options which can control exactly which frequencies get saturated, and as saturation generates additional harmonic content it can be used to control which frequencies get added. The frequency knob controls the corner frequency of a high pass filter, you can use this to exclude bass content from the saturation. The bandwidth knob controls how far the low pass filter is from the high pass - ie it control the width of the passband feeding the saturation. This is a useful alternative to a dedicated frequency control for this low pass filter as it will move with changed to the frequency knob. the addition of a resonance control for the low pass filter adds yet more options. Watch the video below for more information on the plugin. An interesting difference between the free and paid versions is that as well as more saturation flavours only the paid for version has oversampling. This will have an audible effect on the results of a saturation plugin

Bark of Dog 3 makes it easy to get great results in both low-frequency cleanup and bass boost. Bark of Dog operates in stereo or Mid-Side, enabling you to choose between Stereo, Mid only, or Side only processing. It also offers a continuously variable center frequency knob. Bark of Dog not only incorporates the resonant filter mode (Classic) of its sire, it adds a Pultec-like boost-attenuation mode (Passive), plus a Combo mode that combines Classic and Passive modes, giving you more options to clean and tighten your low end, as well as add body to instruments and vocals. Plus, you can instantly switch between them to see which works best. Get used to calling your stereo bus “the dog house,” because once you hear Bark of Dog in action, it’s going to live there—and now you can get version 3, the big dog, for FREE. Prepare to be amazed.

Ample Bass P Lite V4 takes its cues from the iconic Fender Precision Bass and delivers a wide palette of lifelike playing techniques — including sustain, hammer‑on/pull‑off, legato slides, palm‑mute, accents, and a simplified Riffer 4 MIDI composition engine. It’s a powerful, modern bass tool for today’s producers.

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BasiQ is an acronym for Baxandall Simulation Equalizer, a free 3-band equalizer plugin with photorealistic graphics from Kuassa. As the name implies, the engine is modeled after the design of the classic Baxandall Equalizer, well known for its smooth shelves and natural-sounding response, similar to the tone control of hi-fi systems. The simple controls allow you to shape your source material appropriately and concisely, opening up air, applying shimmer, or giving an extra oomph to the low end where needed. This straightforward equalizer is well-suited for both mixing and mastering purposes, though the neutral characteristic of basiQ lends itself as more of a sweetening device or to give a transparent tilt to your mixes, rather than surgical frequency correction.

The latest release of our free 3-band Baxandall equalizer, now enhanced with additional features.

Basslane allows you to narrow the stereo width of frequencies below a defined threshold. The unique Side Harmonics feature adopted from Basslane Pro adds upper harmonics to the side channel based on the mono low-end. This allows you to create stereo width that is musically related to the bass without adding problematic stereo in the subs. The easy-to-use interface combines helpful metering and flexible monitoring for precise fine-tuning.

BattleFX was created to satisfy the common request of a dedicated plugin for the send effects in Battalion. The famous "Shatter Delay" and "Headspace Reverb" can now be used on any track. We have included a fully-featured set of mix controls, as well as Solo and Mute, so that you can hear or use each portion individually.

BazilleCM is a compact version of our monster modular synthesizer Bazille. Although its condensed feature set makes it the ‘little brother’, BazilleCM is still an engaging and capable synthesizer. Power and style run in the family. Digital oscillators, analogue-style filter and flexible patching will keep you busy for a good while before thinking about tackling Bazille. This plug-in currently does not contain an AAX version for Pro Tools on Mac. But Pro Tools for Windows is still supported.

Some compressors are designed to be subtle. Not this one! Beat Slammer gives you an aggressive and ‘pumping’ compression sound to beef up and energize weak tracks. Features: - Add aggressive punch to your drums and mix busses and blend the dry and wet signals for a parallel compression effect. - Use the XY pad to set the compression amount and dry/wet mix in one motion, then adjust the make-up gain and output. - Based on our popular compression algorithm from IHNY-2.

Beatzille is a compact version of our monster modular synthesizer Bazille. Although its condensed feature set makes it the ‘little brother’, Beatzille is still an engaging and capable synthesizer. Power and style run in the family. Digital oscillators, analogue-style filter and flexible patching will keep you busy for a good while before thinking about tackling Bazille. This plug-in currently does not contain an AAX version for Pro Tools on Mac. But Pro Tools for Windows is still supported.

Beeper is an auxiliary audio processing AAX, AudioUnit, and VST plugin which you can use to insert short beep, noise burst, or silence signals to any sound material. This plugin may help you protect your work from an unauthorized use. It is safe to apply this plugin to any mission-critical material because the plugin does not perform any processing over the audio between the inserted signals. You can specify signal’s duration, beep frequency, signal’s loudness, period between signals, and the amount of random variation of all parameters.

A complete sampled orchestra in pro-grade quality. Whether you’re starting out in film music, an experienced producer looking for orchestral sounds, or just orchestral-curious, Berlin Free Orchestra checks all your boxes.

Landing in familiar form, BFD Player has one Core Library of sounds with mixer, as well as a respectable repertoire of tagged MIDI beats and fills. Perhaps the only omission is its own arrange track or transport buttons, however anyone using it in their DAW can deal with that. The plugin instrument and the included standalone app both include tonnes of keymaps for existing big name VIs and digital drums, meaning the latter behave well with input from drummers or existing MIDI.

Ultra low-latency brickwall limiter for artists, producers, mixing/mastering, and broadcast. Ultra Low-Latency Limiting - Selectable lookahead with 0.5ms, 1ms, and 2ms modes. Low enough for real-time tracking, live streaming, and monitoring without losing your feel. 4 Limiting Modes - LOUD for maximum impact, CLEAN for transparency, SMOOTH for glue, and SAFE for zero-artifact peak control. Each with uniquely tuned attack ramps and release behavior. Low-Distortion Limiting - ADAA (Antiderivative Anti-Aliasing) band-limits the gain envelope to reduce harmonics at the threshold, while 2x/4x oversampling catches inter-sample peaks for cleaner, more accurate limiting.

Professional monitoring and metering for mixing, mastering, and broadcast delivery. Stereo Monitoring - L/R Swap, Mono, Side, and Difference modes with click-free crossfading for stereo analysis and mono compatibility checks. EBU R128 Loudness -Momentary, Short-Term, and Integrated LUFS metering with ITU-R BS.1770-4 K-weighted filtering and gated measurement. True Peak Detection - ITU-R BS.1770-5 compliant true peak measurement using 4x polyphase oversampling with the official 48-tap FIR filter.

Nembrini Audio Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion-Sustain is modeled on a Electro Harmonix Big Muff. The Big Stuff will give you a sweet violin-like sustaining sound. It's the same legendary created by Jimi Hendrix.

When nostalgia hits, Bitcrush can bring you back to the digital hardware of times past. It simulates the audio being played back using a low quality sampler with limited sample rate and bit depth. Mm, crunchy. The Bitcrush can be used to create distorting effects that sound like that of scraping analog radio, or inherently lo-fi sound sources, like old video games.

Bitter shows how many of the available bits are being used by the audio signal, reports clipping samples, and estimates when digital-to-analog conversion would cause inter-sample clips.

BitterSweet v3 is Flux:: acclaimed transient processor used by hundreds of thousands of users for audio transient management with the simple turn of a knob.

Black is an Acqua plugin suite composed of two FREE players that focus on gain staging in a big way. The standard version of the Black plugin is powerful and impressive on its own, and the Black Guru plugin takes analog recreation to a whole new level. The wide variety of preamp emulations offered in this plugin suite offers you the ability recreate the non-linearity that’s characteristic of deep, open mixes — just like on a real analog piece of hardware.