
In a world overflowing with virtual instruments, LoQuest by Audiolatry stands out as a rare find – a free plugin that doesn’t just emulate lo-fi aesthetics, but captures the soul of vintage sound design

The new ambient guitar library is the latest offering from e-instruments. Featuring a stripped-down yet evocative taste of the developer’s Desolate Guitars title – made for the free Kontakt Player

If Bloom KSHMR Lite gave producers a taste of oriental sound, its full version is one’s sonic passport to a rich, immersive world of ethnic South Asian and Middle Eastern instruments

Excite Audio and producer KSHMR have released Bloom KSHMR Lite – a free virtual instrument available for a limited time on Plugin Boutique as part of the Wild Ride Remix Challenge

Eventide has announced that its acclaimed distortion plugin, CrushStation, is now available for free – but only for a limited time

With the latest release of the free Massive X synth, Native Instruments has rewritten the rulebook for what a no-cost VST can achieve

Lifeline Console Lite and Lifeline Expanse Lite by Excite Audio are now being offered completely free on Plugin Boutique. The two offer producers modular sound design environments that include a variety of mixing essentials

In the crowded realm of free plugins, it’s easy to get lost in a sea of flashy interfaces and underwhelming sound engines. But every so often, a release appears and challenges expectations. This is Haze – your new must-have

The latest Fracture Sounds instrument for the free Kontakt Player brings an ambient twist to solo string sampling, offering four distinctive articulations

If the Emotional Recorder by Fracture Sounds is the soul of winds, then Simple Samples Audio’s free legato viola is the heartstring of strings – raw, intimate and achingly expressive