In this article you will find the top 20 absolutely free VST effect plugins, which you can use in any music production software. These include reverbs, saturators, compressors, delays, choruses, transient shapers, vocal processing effects and much more!
1. Destruqtor
This plugin is a great, simple distortion. The circular control allows you to select the right amount of odd and even harmonics, while the Auto Gain feature ensures the loudness stays the same.
2. OCS-45
OCS-45 is a free cassette emulator. It includes different models of cassettes, wow and flutter settings, as well as noise and distortion.
3. Refire
Refire is a free drum processor, including compression, sub frequency addition, saturation and tonal balance – a great alternative to the Drum Buss effect in Ableton.
4. Pancz
Pancz is a free transient shaper, allowing you to easily boost or reduce the attacks, as well as to shorten or lengthen the tails, while seeing the results on its display.
5. TheMasker
TheMasker allows you to create space in a situation of two sounds clashing. The sidechain signal serves for creating a “mask” of frequencies, carving out space.
6. TDR Nova
TDR Nova is a great free EQ plugin. It features dynamic EQ curves, which respond to the threshold levels. It’s a great alternative to FabFilter Pro-Q.
7. Fresh Air
Fresh Air is a high frequency processor. It’s especially useful for vocals – it boosts and saturates the “air”, making them stand out.
8. Graillon 3
Graillon is a free autotune – a great free alternative to Ableton’s Auto Shift.
9. T-De-Esser
T-De-Esser is a simple but incredibly useful free plugin allowing you to remove the sharp “S” sounds from vocals.
10. LA2-FOX
LA2-FOX is a free emulation of the iconic Teletronix LA-2A compressor.
11. T-Racks Classic Compressor
T-Racks Classic Compressor models various analog hardware compressors, providing a big, warm sound.
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12. NastyDLA
NastyDLA is a warm sounding tape delay plugin which includes useful chorus and modulation settings.
13. Tal-Chorus
Tal-Chorus is a free emulation of the classic chorus unit found in Roland Juno synthesizers.
14. Multiply
Multiply is an advanced chorus plugin, useful both for subtle stereo enhancement, as well as heavy detune with up to 6 voices.
15. Magic7
Magic7 is a free emulation of the iconic AMS RMX16 reverb module, giving you an authentic 80’s reverb sound, especially in the “non-linear” setting.
16. Spacer
Spacer is a powerful free plugin that combines various reverb types (classic, convolution, grain) with delay (classic, grain) as well as chorus.
17. Supermassive
Valhalla Supermassive combines delay and reverb in various curious algorithms.
18. PSP Chamber
This free plugin delivers an authentic chamber reverb sound, ranging from subtle to huge spaces.
19. Subtle Spaces
Subtle Spaces is a curious reverb which allows you to add a sense of space to different kinds of instruments.
20. Exoverb Micro
Exoverb Micro gives you different types of reverbs (Ambiences, Rooms, Halls, and Plates) and makes finding a sweet spot easy with its triangular control.
