This free VST plugins roundup features a stereo imager, vintage string synth, a Baxandall EQ, a VCA modeled compressor, and a creative delay effect.
Each month we search the web for some of the music industry’s most essential freeware instrument and effect plugins. This list of free VST plugin downloads offers five modern tools for your arsenal. No need to spend a dime or waste time trawling the internet.
Ozone Imager V2 by iZotope brings updates to its fluid visuals, full resizability, and a new Stereoize mode. Control the width of your mix or individual tracks. This stereo width plugin is perfect for making sounds super-wide or narrow and mono. For example, make your pianos and synths fill your stereo image. Or, tighten the low end by narrowing bass and kick drums!
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Cheeze Machine 2 by 2getheraudio is a remastered version of the original Cheeze Machine virtual instrument. This vintage-style string synth sports a redesigned interface, an expanded oscillator section, convolution reverb, a vintage ensemble chorus, and 64-bit compatibility. It also comes with over 60 presets, including vintage strings, brass, bass, pads, and keyboard sounds.
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RS-W2395c by Fuse Audio Labs emulates a classic hardware Baxandall EQ unit from the 1950s. This analog-modeled EQ plugin features a pair of Baxandall EQ controls for broad tonal shaping of bass and treble. Also included is a semi-parametric mid-band filter for treating the midrange.
The W2395c is useful for applying broad EQ adjustments while mixing or mastering. Use it to enhance bass, vocals, synths, drums, guitars, bus groups, full mixes, and anything between.
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SN01/SN01-G by Sender Spike is a compression plugin inspired by two classic VCA buss compressors from the UK and US. The plugin comes in two flavors: SN01 and SN01-G. Both modes offer sought-after vintage compression tones. Use them to add musically pleasing ‘glue’ to bus groups, full mixes, and even individual tracks.
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HY-Delay4 Free is a freeware version of the full-featured HY-Delay4 delay plugin by HY-Plugins. Use it to add echoing delay effects, space, and ambiance to your mix. This delay plugin also has several options to control the delayed single. For example, keep your echos in check and get them to sit in the mix better using the Ducker module, Amp, EQ, and limiter. And if you don’t know where to start, try the randomizer buttons to generate random settings.
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