We all love free stuff, especially when it can enhance and refine our music production skills. Most of you will likely be very aware of the big hitters, like Serum, Massive and others which are renowned for their sound design elements, but there are some very useful, free options. We’re back with another roundup of 9 best free plugins you need in your armoury that will take your tracks to the next level. Think epic soft synths that glitch and whirr, effects that will widen and double your sounds, time-stretching tools that will tear your samples into new and amazing realms and some super handy organisational plugins that will leave you never hunting for your samples again. So, if you love free stuff and need some inspiration for your latest track, follow on below and download our top picks.
Izotope is offering its 'Vinyl' plug-in free. The default is 'dust', there's also some other vinyl record-based effects. Haven't played with it yet, but wondering why someone would want to add a 'dust' or 'scratch' sound to a track, other than trying to reproduce a record's sound for video or movie? Mike B My new album on CD Baby: Fact and Fiction.
If you’d like to learn more about how VSTs and plugins work, be sure to check out our online and LA courses. Plus, get 25% off selected online and LA courses before this offer ends on 31st December with the codes ONLINE25 and LA25. We also offer a number of our own freebies here at Point Blank which can be found here.
Jimmy Edgar is best known for his experimental tracks which seem to twist and stretch the standards of club music. His brand new Max for Live device will help you add these rubbery metallic characteristics to your tracks with a few separate controls. He announced this new free device in a tweet explaining that the ZIGZAG MAX4LIVE DEVICE is “based on the time-variant orthogonal matrix feedback delay network reverberator“. Download this free device here (you’ll just have to follow the producer on Spotify to unlock it).
The ultimate lo-fi weapon, iZotope’s Vinyl effortlessly adds vintage character to your mixes. It features a few key controls such as the “Spindown” effect which allows you to create authentic-sounding tape stops, “Wear” which adds retro grain and more. This new vinyl tool is completely free and is available to download here.
Featuring 22 modules and 176 presets, the Voltage Modular Nucleus 2 is a subtractive analogue soft synth which is great for those who want to learn more about how subtractive and modular synthesis works. It’s bundled with amazing features including oscillators, filters, envelope generators, amplifiers, and mixers, plus a sequencer, arpeggiator and a full suite of useful utility modules and powerful effects modules. To download this synth for free and learn more about what this synth can do, head here.
We could all use more real-sounding drums in our lives – and you’ll need to look no further than the MT Power DrumKit 2. Set up like a real-world kit, this sounds for this VST were specially recorded and processed to make them ideally suited for use in pop, rock and metal productions. That being said, this kit would certainly work well for anyone who’s producing some hip-hop, too.
ValhallaDSP are renowned for producing some of the best (and best free) plugins on the market. Their reverbs are atmospheric, rich and warm and their Supermassive is no different. Combining delays and reverb, get ready for luscious clouds of reverb, otherworldly delays, swelling waves of feedback unlike any you’ve heard before.
Spitfire Audio’s excellent LABS series features a variety of raw, natural-sounding instruments created by musicians in London. From keys and synth pads to strings, choir and everything in between, LABS is great for adding some emotion to your tracks. They release a new instrument every month so keep an eye on their website for updates. Download their gorgeous latest ‘Arctic Swells’ which combines a violin and a handmade Native American flute here.
Simple and straight to the point, Softube’s Saturation Knob will add colour and analog warmth to your sounds with just the turn of a button. Its three modes mean you’ll be able to create three different sounding distortions – Keep High, Neutral and Keep Low. To Push this plugin to the max and see what it can really do, download it free here.
This looping software can do a lot more than just repeat your audio samples. Instalooper houses four channels and a range of dynamic effects which means you’ll be able to stack, pitch, reverse and more all in real-time adding some inspiring twists and turns into your production process. Check out and download Audio Blast’s Instalooper here.
If you’re looking for some rich and authentic-sounding orchestral flair, VSCO 2 has you covered. This free plugin comes packed with 3.2 GB of content including 3,152 sampled sounds from musicians playing real instruments. This is perfect for any music maker producing atmospheric scores, sound for podcasts, film and more. learn more here.
All of the above are just a fraction of freebies the web has to offer. To see what made our previous list of top freeware, head here. Want to binge on some new free plugins? Serial key for recover my files. Then check out all of our free plugin roundups here.
When you register with Point Blank, you access an array of free sounds, plugins, online course samples, access to our social network Plugged In and much more! Simply register below and visit our Free Stuff page to get your hands on a range of exclusive music-making tools and tutorials provided by the team. Fill your boots!
Nice little plugin that brings that vinyl feel to digital. Well, almost 😀 Izotope, perhaps known best for their Ozone plugins have provided this free treat to download.
Add a touch of vintage flair to your tracks with a plug-in that’s part time machine. iZotope’s Vinyl uses advanced filtering, modeling and resampling to create an authentic “vinyl” simulation, as if the audio was a record being played on a record player. Get the perfect amount of scratchy, noisy, grit to dirty up even the cleanest tracks.
Back just in time for its 15th anniversary, Vinyl is a plug-in that lets you simulate the dust, scratches, and warp of a worn record and the electrical and mechanical noise of the turntable it’s on. Give fresh recordings and instrument tracks the dirty, dusty feel of an earlier decade. Apply Vinyl to any source audio to make it sound as if it’s being played from a record and dial in exactly the right character to suit your tune. Plus, it’s now updated to 64-bit!
Operating Systems:
Mac — OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion – macOS 10.13 High Sierra
PC — Win XP (32-bit Service Pack 3) – Win 10
Access on your terms. Unlimited access to your 2009 Ford F-150 manual on a yearly basis. 100% No Risk Guarantee. We'll get you the repair information you need, every time, or we'll refund your purchase in full. 2009 Ford F-150 repair manual. Mar 10, 2014 Modular V8 (4.6L, 5.4L) - Service Manual Download????? Free PDF anywhere? Ford F-150 2008-2009 Factory Service Repair Workshop Manual Download Ford Econoline E-150 E-250 E-350 1992-2010 Service Manual Ford F150 F-150 Pickup Truck Complete Workshop Service Repair Manual. 2009 ford f150 haynes repair manual free download. Ford F-150 The F-150, the most popular variant from Ford F-series, is a full-size pickup truck from Ford Motor Company since 1948. Favored by truckers all across USA, it comes with the tag, 'Most guys depend on F 150 to get the job done.' Here you can download free Ford F150 Repair Manual. This is an online version of Ford F150 repair manual and it is only available as PDF file. Therefore, you will need to download Adobe Reader in order to open the PDF file on your PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad or any Android tablets. As this is a free version, there are no additional costs will occur.
Plug-in Formats:
AAX (64-bit), AU, RTAS (32-bit), VST, VST3
Supported Hosts:
Ableton Live 9 – 10, Cubase 9.5, Digital Performer 9, FL Studio 12, Logic Pro X, Nuendo 8, Pro Tools 10 – 12, Reaper 5, Reason 10, Studio One 3 – 4