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    Best Free VST Plugins: Synths, Effects, Instruments, Mixing...

    🎛️ Here's a curated roundup of some of the best and most popular free VST plugins to help in the music-making process inside your favorite DAW.

    🪄 The VST plugins in this collection are all free, available for both Windows and Mac and work in all modern DAWs like Ableton Live, FL Studio, Bitwig Studio, Studio One, Logic Pro...

    💌 This is not a comprehensive list and I'm sure I've missed quite a few great plugins. Get in touch with me here if want to suggest a plugin that should be added to this list.

    Free VST Synth Plugins

    Screenshot: Vital Synth
    Vital
    Spectral warping wavetable synth
    Screenshot: Surge XT
    Surge XT
    Free and open source hybrid synth
    Screenshot: Dexed Synth
    Dexed
    FM synth plugin modeled on the Yamaha DX7
    Screenshot: Newfangled Audio Pendulate
    Newfangled Audio Pendulate
    Chaotic Monosynth
    Screenshot: Odin 2
    Odin 2
    24-voice polyphonic synth
    Screenshot: TAL-NoiseMaker
    TAL-NoiseMaker
    virtual analog synth
    Screenshot: Synth1
    Synth1
    Virtual analog synth
    Screenshot: Cardinal Synth
    Cardinal
    Free and open-source virtual modular synth

    Free VST Effect Plugins

    Screenshot: Valhalla Super Massive
    Valhalla Super Massive
    Reverb plugin
    Screenshot: TAL-Reverb-4
    TAL-Reverb-4
    High-quality vintage-style plate reverb
    Screenshot: Valhalla Freq Echo
    Valhalla Freq Echo
    Echo plugin
    Screenshot: Deelay
    Deelay
    Delay plugin
    Screenshot: Fire
    Fire
    Multi-band distortion plugin

    Free VST Instrument Plugins

    Screenshot: LABS by Spitfire Audio
    LABS by Spitfire Audio
    Large collection of free software instruments
    Screenshot: Decent Sampler
    Decent Sampler
    Popular sample player that plays samples in the DecentSampler format

    Free VST Utility Plugins

    Screenshot: TAL-Filter-2
    TAL-Filter-2
    Host synced filter

    Free VST Mixing/Mastering Plugins

    Screenshot: TDR Nova
    TDR Nova
    Parallel dynamic equalizer
    Screenshot: Limiter No6
    Limiter N°6
    5-module limiter
    Screenshot: Youlean Loudness Meter
    Youlean Loudness Meter
    Analyze the perceived loudness of a track
    Screenshot: TDR Kotelnikov
    TDR Kotelnikov
    dynamic range compressor
    Screenshot: MCompressor
    MFreeFXBundle
    Collection of free effect plugins, including a compressor, a distortion plugin and an EQ

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