ProjectSAM has released Dystopian Drones, another addition to The Free Orchestra series of free cinematic orchestral libraries for Native Instruments Kontakt.

The library comes with a customized Kontakt user interface with adjustable attack and release times, low-pass filter, distortion, reverb, and a limiter. The user can also apply the optional master equalizer and octaver effects. As for the included drone sounds, the library comes with seven drone samples in total, each around a minute long. The samples are mapped across the keyboard, with each drone sound being stretched across an octave.

The instrument isn’t very versatile, but it does indeed deliver some rather exciting dark cinematic tones. For music producers who want to add a darker vibe to their project, these sounds could be well worth checking out. The source samples are top quality and they can be tweaked to your liking using the built-in effects. Users who don’t own NI Kontakt can load the included drone samples in any sampler instrument capable of loading WAV files.

https://projectsam.com/libraries/tfo-8-dystopian-drones/

SQ8ROM

SQ8ROM is a free rompler virtual instrument offered in VST, VST3, and AU plugin formats for compatible digital audio workstations on PC and Mac. It is a sample-based recreation of the legendary Ensoniq SQ-80 hardware synthesizer. The SQ-80 was the successor of the much-beloved SQ-1 keyboard, featuring 41 additional waveforms and various hardware improvements. Similar to its hardware counterpart, SQ8ROM is a fantastic source of lush 80s-style pads, vintage leads, and warm bass sounds.

The instrument comes with 168 multi-sampled patches. These are all clearly labeled and easily accessible through the plugin’s preset browser. The source sounds can be tweaked using SQ8ROM’s volume envelope and LFO modulation controls. A built-in reverb is also included, courtesy of the MaizeSampler platform which was used as the framework for developing the plugin.


https://www.samplescience.ca/p/sq8rom-download-page.html

Fanan Monica

Monica, a dual-layered monophonic synth with 2 completely different oscillators. The first oscillator is wavetable based with 64 wavetables + additional 64 wavetables for morphing. The second is 32-bit waveform oscillators that emulates 90s monophonic synths.

Features:

• Osc 1 - 64 wavetables osc.+64 morphing wavetables.
• Osc 2 - 32-bit resolution osc. based on 90' EDM sound style.
• 3 mono playing styles.
• Portamento.
• Fixed MIDI velocity.
• Velocity limiter.
• Global hipass - lopass filter.
• Full synthesis section for each oscillator.
• Separate trance-gate arpeggiator for each oscillator.
• micro-tuner.
• mod. wheel controller.

https://www.fananteampro.com

XSRDO Analogy Modular Synthersizer

XSRDO Patchwork Modular System is a true modular synthesizer. You can choose what modules you want, where to put them and how many of them you want. Each module is independent of any other and only becomes active when you start to patch them together in your own creative way.

Features:

36 Virtual racks.
More than 50 modules.
Insert any module into any rack.
Insert multiple modules.
Movable modules.
Use of 3rd party wavetables and samples.
Load & Save preset programs.
Very low CPU usage.

- Added new switch to ARP module to select from 16 preset rhythms
- Polyphonic Padwave module
- Padwave Driver Module for pitch envelope mod, filter envelope mod, pitch mod etc...
- Added Slow/Fast option to Random/Noise Generator Module
- Added Slow/Fast option to Random/Noise Generator Module

https://xsrdo.blogspot.com

Misstortion 2

Distortion plugin

Does its best to be like Logic's Clip Distortion and adds a bunch of other great features, which makes it very useful for the Hardstyle genre.

- Symmetry: Make your waveform asymmetrical for more finetuned distortion.
- Hard clip: Simple hard clip distortion.
- Soft clip: Hyperbolic soft clip distortion.
- Resonance: Increase the resonance to get a great tonal sound.
- Bitcrush: Add some bitcrushing to your waveforms.
- DC Filter: Filter out that nasty DC offset quickly and efficiently.

https://nimble.itch.io/misstortion

LA school esquire limiter

The esquire limiter uses two algorithms to process sound; A standard "envelope" mode as well as a "pumping" mode which allows some very unique effects.

Designed to be fast and easy on the CPU; The envelope Mode uses at most 1.2% of Your CPU while the Pumping Mode 1.8 - 3.2%.

In pumping mode; at low threshold and ratio tolerances, the Esquire reacts much like a peak limiter in that it aggressively reduces volume. This however can be a great strength to create both effect and a more pleasing variety of normalization.

A smooth and sweet sound allows this limiter to be used at either the forefront in the master channel or track by track with little coloration and dissonance. Do be careful of the pumping mode however due to its intolerance of gain variance.

https://leattol.com/work/

LA bands 2 EQ

LA Bands - 15 Band Graphical EQ

The LA Bands EQ is one of the best free Equalizers on the internet. Carefully designed with 15 peaking EQ filters carefully calibrated to avoid dissonance, essing and clipping. Special thanks to flowstoners.com for Hosting and VST4Free.com for co-releasing.

https://leattol.com/work/

Belle Filter

Belle Filter is a simple recreation of the world’s most desirable console module.

- Based on the vintage Helios console module 
- Band-stop filter 
- rare Q factor

https://babelson.com/?v=04c19fa1e772

T-force Alpha Plus 2

Mastrcode Music has released T-Force Alpha Plus 2 - VSTi for Windows.

With all the features of the old Alpha Plus and plus new enhanced features:

New graphical user interface:
now you can change every single panel's background color individually in realtime while you have open the plugin inside your DAW.

Main Panel:
now i swapped the filter, filter envelope and also the amp envelope to the main panel instead of the modulations panel for better workflow. The distortion module now is in the effects panel.

New oscillator features:
Drift Mode: every single oscillator now has a "drift" mode. You can add a slight adjustable phase and/or pitch drift to simulate the voltage inaccuracies of a vintage analog synth.

Better envelopes:
Envelope curves for attack, decay and release now can be adjusted from linear to exponential.

New filter with up to 14 different filter types.

New designed LFO's:
the LFO's now can be switched to bipolar/unipolar
the start/triggering of the LFO's now can be delayed
the LFO's now have an attack mode for the LFO amount to let the modulation "fade in"

Enhanced Trance Gate:
new UI for better worflow
the gate sequencer now has 3 retrigger modes:
Host mode: the sequencer will be synced with the DAW's sequencer bars
1st Note: the gate sequencer will be triggered by the first played note (e.g. when playing chords).
All Notes: the gate sequencer will be triggered by every new pressed note.

Effects section:
new phaser effect added
new enhanced distortion/saturation effect
new bitcrusher model
completely new designed reverb effect
completely new designed delay effect.

Polyphony settings:
the overall polyphony can be changed manually by the user:
up to 1 - 128 voices
up to 0 -128 additional reseve voices (to have reserve voices for long env releases before they will be cut by new new played notes)
voice stealing modes:
hard steal, soft steal or overlap mode.

https://www.kvraudio.com/product/t-force-alpha-plus-2-by-mastrcode-music

ToneZ synthesizer

ToneZ is a virtual synthesizer designed specifically for EDM music production. It features four oscillators with twelve morphable waveforms covering a range of classic and less common waveform shapes.  The oscillators can be detuned and widened to generate fatter sounds suitable for use as EDM leads and pads. The synthesis engine features four envelopes with exponential and linear curves, two LFO generators with six waveform shapes, and a mod matrix for connecting the available modulation sources with different parameters.
The timbre can be shaped using two multi-mode filter units and six built-in effects. The effects cover distortion, chorusing, compression, delay, reverb, and equalization. ToneZ also features a built-in preset manager for saving custom patches or loading some of the free preset packs which can be downloaded from the product page on T0NIT0 RMX’s website. The synth comes with 30 presets out of the box.

https://t0nit0rmx.github.io/plugins/tonez

FiltR

FiltR is a filter effect with multiple filter modes based on the high quality filters from SynthR

It is easy to use and always 2x oversampled.
Interface is scalable and with a choice of several color sets.

http://gudaaudio.com

AnaMark

AnaMark is a 3 osc analog synth. 

• 545 Factory Presets.
• Generation of random Presets.
• Four part multi-timbral (mono-timbral mode available).
• Polyphonic (16 voices) and monophonic.
• 52 basic waveforms.
• 3 Modulatable oscillators with feedback and oversampling.
• Each OSC may use one of the basic waveforms or a combination of two, which leads to more than possible 2000 basic waveforms per OSC. 21 Types of synthesis (e.g. additive, ring modulation, FM, XFM, PM, etc.).
• Extended waveshaper.
• 8 modulatable filter types (Lowpass, highpass, notch, etc.).
• Additionally a filter-independent resonator.
• Modulation sources: High-flexible LFO, Envelopes and Combiners as well as MIDI-Events (Velocity, note, MIDI control changes, Aftertouch, etc.) and random.
• 11 Effects (Delays/Reverbs, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, EQ); 2 Effects can be serialized.
• HighQuality-Function.
• All time-parameters/FX (e.g. modulation speed) can be fix or synchronized to MIDI.
• Support for micro tuning: Scala, Tuning files, MIDI SysEx.
• Pitch-bending, portamento.
• Fully skinable.

http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=AnaMark&id=2076

FullBucketMusic ModulAir

ModulAir is a modular polyphonic software synthesizer for Microsoft Windows (VST) and Apple macOS (VST/AU) written in native C++ code for high performance and low CPU consumption.

ModulAir is a work in progress, currently in Beta, unfinished, as of now with only a bunch of quirky presets and a lousy documentation. I am not sure if it ever reaches the General Availability stage since I am constantly adding modules and stuff to it:-).


Fully modular architecture.
Up to 18 modules per patch.
39 module types available.
Polyphonic Voice and monophonic Master modules.
TUN/SCL micro-tuning file import.
Up to 64 voices polyphony.
MIDI Learn – all parameters can be controlled by MIDI CC.
Double precision audio processing.
Plug-in supports Windows and macOS (32-bit and 64-bit).

https://www.fullbucket.de/music/vst.html