Free Audio Software for Windows/MacOS

Looks a little like an open source version of Usine, which is pretty cool.

I've not tried it but thought it looked interesting enough and there's a free version of it, thought I'd share here!

https://vital.audio

Seems people are responding well to it too.

Bespoke modular synth v 1.0 environmeent and more.. 

http://www.bespokesynth.com/

free or support for a few $

Just came in to post that, we're probably reading the same thread elsewhere.

all the destroyFX plug ins got updates. apple silicon and 64 bit compatible! 

http://destroyfx.org/

https://noiseengineering.us/products/virt-vereor
https://noiseengineering.us/products/sinc-vereor

https://noiseengineering.us/products/ruina

  On 9/22/2021 at 7:34 PM, ignatius said:

all the destroyFX plug ins got updates. apple silicon and 64 bit compatible! 

http://destroyfx.org/

 

For a second there, I thought this included LiveCut and was awfully disappointed.

bespoke got updated to v1.1 lot's of fixes and new features.

https://www.bespokesynth.com

soundhack phasevocoder alpha version released by tom erbe.  currently free dl. 

VCV 2 is out 

https://vcvrack.com/

Stand Alone still free

no idea what the rep is of these plugins but they are free right now

https://bluelab-plugs.com/plugins/

https://www.arturia.com/products/software-effects/tape-mello-fi/overview

Free arturia tape vst till Dec 31

https://cdm.link/2021/12/free-plug-ins-izotope-trash-2-is-free-for-a-limited-time-for-your-distortion-and-mangling-needs/

audiodamage made their old stuff available for free:

https://www.audiodamage.com/pages/free-and-legacy

  On 2/13/2022 at 4:18 AM, cloud capture said:

audiodamage made their old stuff available for free:

https://www.audiodamage.com/pages/free-and-legacy

.... great stuff, and apart from 2 or 3 really old ones (ones with date stamps before around 2010) the Windows installers have got both 32bit and 64bit options

Idk if this has been posted already but i have been having a lot of fun with the spat5 package for max/msp.  It features wave field synthesis multichannel spatialization and has objects for convolution, granular synthesis, binaural panning, and much more.

https://forum.ircam.fr/projects/detail/spat/

  On 2/15/2022 at 10:55 PM, drillkicker said:

Idk if this has been posted already but i have been having a lot of fun with the spat5 package for max/msp.  It features wave field synthesis multichannel spatialization and has objects for convolution, granular synthesis, binaural panning, and much more.

https://forum.ircam.fr/projects/detail/spat/

thanks my bro. any other cool package you like? I recently bought Max 8 and have made some sampling stuff, but would like to dig more.

  On 2/15/2022 at 11:03 PM, logakght said:

thanks my bro. any other cool package you like? I recently bought Max 8 and have made some sampling stuff, but would like to dig more.

No, i havent really explored that part of max until i found this.  I mostly just use the native objects.

puremagnetik patreon has some free gems for non-members. 

https://www.patreon.com/puremagnetik/posts?filters[tag]=Free+Tools

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Free - NOCOBOT | Glitch Drum Generator

NOCOBOT | Glitch Drum Generator
prototype v1.0.01 

[Originally released in 2020, now available for free here. note: need to register with Patreon to download]

Nocobot is a free, open source glitch percussion generator. Just set the number of “nocos” and the maximum length. Once complete, your chosen folder will be populated with all different types of weird nocos.

I built this tool to algorithmically generate sample content for my live coding work in tidalcycles. Along with Kickblast (see prototype 1), you can easily build a synthesized percussion palette. I usually spend some time weeding out the good ones after generating them.

The program (written in csound) creates an attack and a sustain portion for each noco. The pitch envelope, decay, length, filter envelope and waveform are all algorithmically generated. The attack voice and sustain voice are then summed. I wanted to get a bit crusher and FM synthesis in there but it didn’t make it. 

 

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also, the spectral magic plugins from michael norris are in beta.. he's updating them so that's good. didn't realize that.. still free. 

https://michaelnorris.info/software/soundmagic-spectral

  On 2/21/2022 at 11:49 PM, ignatius said:

also, the spectral magic plugins from michael norris are in beta.. he's updating them so that's good. didn't realize that.. still free. 

https://michaelnorris.info/software/soundmagic-spectral

 

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"I am currently porting SoundMagic Spectral to the JUCE framework, which will allow for SoundMagic to run as a VST, AAX and for both Macs and PCs as well." - yaaaaassssss 

p.s. To add to the freebie pile ToneBoosters now have all their legacy v3 plugins available for free https://www.toneboosters.com/changelog.html (scroll to the bottom)

I actually payed for most of the v3 Toneboosters plugins and still use them, if nothing else Hum Remover is a nice harmonic notch filter tuned for mains hum overtones that's very useful if you use cranky old gear. I still use the v3 gate all the time, too.

  On 2/23/2022 at 2:35 PM, TubularCorporation said:

I actually payed for most of the v3 Toneboosters plugins and still use them, if nothing else Hum Remover is a nice harmonic notch filter tuned for mains hum overtones that's very useful if you use cranky old gear. I still use the v3 gate all the time, too.

Yeah I bought all of the v3 ones previously (and have since paid for the v4 upgrades) but they were so fairly priced and useful that I don't really mind others can now get the joy of them for free !

Yeah they were worth it.  Never bothered to upgrade, although the newer stuff looks great too. I was moving back toward mostly hardware by that point so I didn't feel the need.

I haven't had a chance to actually try them since I installed them the other day, but the Tukan Studios plugins for Reaper are supposed to be good:

https://stash.reaper.fm/v/43504/TUKANPLUGINS.png

.JS only, but there's a VST wrapper for JS if you're a Windows user.