The best free drum VST plugins for music production. The list includes acoustic drum kits, drum samplers, and virtual drum machines.| Bedroom Producers Blog
Free drum kits for music production. Find the best drum sounds for hip-hop, trap, electronic music, and pop/rock drum loops.| Bedroom Producers Blog
TapeFi is a brand-new developer celebrating the launch of its debut plugin, Fail. Fail is a cassette tape emulator that recreates the much sought-after imperfections of analog tape machines. TapeFi spent months refining the nostalgic and unpredictable character of tape to package it in a straightforward, easy-to-use interface. If you can’t get enough cassette tape| Bedroom Producers Blog
23DSP has released their tape emulation plugin called 23Tape, available in VST3 and AU plugin formats for Windows and macOS. 23Tape is a tape simulator designed for anything between gentle tape saturation, adding lo-fi character, and flat-out audio destruction. The plugin has controls for tape characteristics (tape material, speed), noise (hiss, hiss frequency, and “crinkle”),| Bedroom Producers Blog
Bedroom Producers Blog proudly presents BPB Dirty VHS, a freeware VHS tape simulation effect in VST3 and AU plugin formats for Windows and macOS. My favorite way to make something sound analog and lo-fi is to record it to a VHS tape and then re-sample it into the DAW. The technique has been used by| Bedroom Producers Blog
BABY Audio releases Pitch Drift, a freeware pitch modulation effect in VST, AU, and AAX plugin formats for Windows and macOS. Pitch Drift is a streamlined pitch modulation tool that applies subtle pitch fluctuations to the processed audio signal. The effect is powered by the “Drift” algorithm from BABY Audio’s popular Super VHS (49) plugin.| Bedroom Producers Blog
Red Sounds has released deFORM 2, a free pitch modulation plugin for macOS and Windows. It is available for free for a limited time via VST Alarm. DeFORM 2 is a simple pitch modulator designed as a quick tool for achieving a lo-fi vibe. You get two LFOs: one sine wave and one irregular shape,| Bedroom Producers Blog
Ghost Note Audio has released Spectrum Thief, a free EQ-matching plugin for Windows and macOS. If the name Ghost Note Audio sounds unfamiliar, don’t start doubting your knowledge of current VST plugin developers. This is the first time I’m checking out their plugins, too. However, it was interesting to see that they are now hosting| Bedroom Producers Blog
Kuassa has released TilQ Equalizer, a free tilt EQ plugin for Windows and macOS. There’s nothing particularly groundbreaking here, but TilQ is a solid, well-built tilt EQ that delivers precisely what you’d expect. You get quick and transparent tonal balance reshaping with minimal fuss. The plugin offers a single tilt EQ with adjustable frequency, Q,| Bedroom Producers Blog
EQ Academy is a gamified ear-training tool with 100 interactive levels designed to sharpen your ears and your technique. Whatever you’re studying, nothing teaches you more than hands-on experience, and that’s what you get from EQ Academy. EQ Academy is free to all Mastering The Mix newsletter subscribers; I know newsletter subscriptions and email addresses| Bedroom Producers Blog
ANWIDA Soft offers its Filter plugin as a free download for June, part of the developer’s ongoing “Free Plugin of the Month” series. If you missed out when ANWIDA Soft offered the Filter for free back in 2022, now’s your chance to grab it again. It’s still the same plugin, though. Nothing has changed since| Bedroom Producers Blog
Audiolatry has released LoQuest, a free virtual instrument plugin designed for lo-fi, ambient, and retro music styles. LoQuest is a sample-based virtual instrument with 22 lo-fi presets. You get keys, organs, warm pads, plucks, and ambient strings. Each patch is ready to use out of the box and aims to deliver that cozy vintage feel| Bedroom Producers Blog
Pubbas has released Sheepadoodle Phaser, a free phaser plugin for Windows and macOS. Sheepadoodle Phaser is available in VST3 and AU formats. It combines vintage-style phasing with a couple of clever modern twists like modulated distortion and filter adjustment. These additions make it a more versatile utility for sound design than I’d expect from a| Bedroom Producers Blog
ViatorDSP, which we’ve covered many times here on BPB, has just released a new free plugin called Viator Monster Channel. ViatorDSP is a one-man project dedicated to creating audio plugins for music producers. Many of them have been released for free, including the fantastic bedroom compressor MkII and graphic EQ. He has also developed some premium| Bedroom Producers Blog
AIR Music Tech has released Channel Strip as a standalone plugin for the first time (previously available as part of a bundle), and it’s free throughout July 2025. If you want a streamlined, mixing-oriented channel strip with all the essentials in one place, this freebie is well worth grabbing. Previously bundled with other AIR products,| Bedroom Producers Blog
Soule DSP releases an early version of the free experimental, semi-modular, waveguide synth, Resonarium, for macOS and Windows. First and foremost, Resonarium is still in development (version 0.0.10), and this is the time for constructive feedback. In addition to the typical bugs and crashes that we might expect from any early-stage software, the developer reminds| Bedroom Producers Blog
Fender has released Fender Studio, a free 8-track digital audio workstation for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. I spent some time with the macOS version today, and I was genuinely impressed by how intuitive and lightweight it is. It performed without any hiccups on my MacBook Air and seemed to consume next to zero| Bedroom Producers Blog
Universal Audio announced its analogue-inspired Luna digital audio workstation is now finally available for Windows as a free beta. Luna was previously only available for macOS users with Universal Audio Apollo interfaces, but now the developer has made it available for all Windows and Mac users. As development progresses and Luna becomes compatible with both| Bedroom Producers Blog
Humanizer Midi by Audiowavez is a Windows-only plugin that makes your MIDI tracks less static by subtly changing the velocity and timing of the notes. If you’ve felt like your MIDI-generated melodies, chords, and rhythms sound clunky, hard, and robotic, you’re probably not alone. Think of how a real piano sounds when you play it.| Bedroom Producers Blog
Cakewalk has re-released Sonar as a free DAW for Windows users. This is the long-awaited (re)birth of Cakewalk’s old flagship digital audio workstation, now with a new price tag, interface, and some new rules. If you’ve been around the free DAW scene, you’ll remember Cakewalk by BandLab as one of the top choices, rivaling Waveform| Bedroom Producers Blog
Bedroom Producers Blog is proud to release BPB Analog Kicks, a free sample pack containing 200 kick drums from six different analog instruments. BPB Analog Kicks contains 200 kick drums that were sampled from the following six analog synthesizers and drum machines: Moog Minitaur; Vermona Kick Lancet; Arturia DrumBrute; Arturia DrumBrute Impact; Drumcomputer MFB-522; Korg| Bedroom Producers Blog
These are the best freeware distortion effects in VST and AU plugin format for your digital audio workstation of choice.| Bedroom Producers Blog
Much to everyone’s delight, Variety of Sound has been on a roll with updated releases and has now released epicPLATE mkII, a FREE classic plate reverb plugin for Windows. Earlier this month, we covered NastyDLA mkIII, a plugin that might be one of the best free delays around for Windows users. This time, we have| Bedroom Producers Blog
Samplab has released Resynthesizer, an AI-powered plugin that transforms one-shot samples into playable instruments using an on-device synthesis engine. Resynthesizer takes a unique approach by analyzing your audio and rebuilding it from scratch. The plugin separates the harmonic and percussive elements of a sample and lets you shape each one independently. You can adjust parameters| Bedroom Producers Blog
AIR Music Tech has announced that it will release a brand-new plugin on November 29, 2024, and you can have it for free if you act fast. First, I want to say I’m glad to see some of you are making use of Broken Mini; it’s both bonkers and brilliant! For some, Black Friday is| Bedroom Producers Blog
Developer Studiologic has released Numa Player 2, a free virtual instrument for macOS, iOS, and Windows, which is a free update to the original Numa Player (2022). As I’ve said in the past, I’m a big fan of Studiologic; I think they release some incredibly underrated products. For those unfamiliar with the original Numa Player, it’s| Bedroom Producers Blog
Full Bucket Music has released Broken Mini, a free Minimoog emulation (of sorts) for macOS and Windows. If you read the title and wondered what the name is all about, there’s no mystery; it is quite literally broken. Let’s clear that up straight away; it’s missing knobs, it’s missing keys, and it behaves in all| Bedroom Producers Blog
Developer Soundtoys has made its PhaseMistress analogue phase shifter plugin free for a limited time. It’s that time of year again – we’re edging closer to Black Friday, and if history tells us anything, we can assume a wave of massive discounts and freebies is on the way. Last year, Soundtoys was among the biggest| Bedroom Producers Blog
WaveMind just released an update to their overdrive plugin, Shoeless Drive, in collaboration with YouTuber Rensington. The effect is in its 2.0 version, offering improved features and bug fixes, and might be a versatile drive unit for guitarists. Check out a demo here: The layout is relatively simple, and the heart of the plugin is| Bedroom Producers Blog
Tilr is a name we’ve heard multiple times this year, and it seems that one of 2025’s busiest plugin developers isn’t slowing down as they have just released REEV-R, a free convolution reverb plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Since February, Tilr has given us Time1 and Gate1, Time-12 and Gate-12, and the very impressive| Bedroom Producers Blog
This is a list of my 19 favorite free reverb VST plugins for Windows and macOS. I have tested hundreds of VST plugins since I launched BPB in 2009, and I can testify that free reverb plugins have improved a lot in recent years. Not long ago, free reverbs were significantly less capable than their| Bedroom Producers Blog
Stone Voices now offers the Ambient Reverb 7 plugin as a free download for Windows and macOS, previously priced at $52.28. This isn’t the developer’s first foray into freeware reverbs. DReverb 2.0 is another excellent reverb from Stone Voices, widely regarded as one of the best algorithmic reverbs you can get without spending a cent.| Bedroom Producers Blog
I tested hundreds of free music production applications and reviewed the best ones in this article. This is all you’ll need to start making music on a computer, even if you’re an absolute beginner. For more free software, read our article about the best free digital audio workstations and download free VST plugins. The best| Bedroom Producers Blog
Convolution reverbs are reverb effects that use impulse responses (IRs) to simulate an acoustic space. I tested dozens of free convolution reverb VST plugins and listed the best ones in this article. For more software categories, return to our free VST plugins page. An impulse response captures the sound of an acoustic or artificially simulated| Bedroom Producers Blog
This article features the best free music production software of the year, based on votes from Bedroom Producers Blog readers. If you’re following our newsletter, you already know that 2024 was an incredible year for music producers on a budget. We’ve seen hundreds of new freeware plugins and tools, and the quality on offer was,| Bedroom Producers Blog
Wave Alchemy recently debuted Triaz Player, a free drum plugin and sample player for macOS and Windows. The plugin is available in VST3, AU, and AAX formats and has native support for Apple Silicon chips. Triaz Player is the freeware version of Wave Alchemy’s Triaz drum plugin, currently priced at £79, down from a list| Bedroom Producers Blog
HyperspaceCore originates from JMG Sound’s flagship reverb plugin, Hyperspace, and serves as a successor to the discontinued Hyperspace CM (Computer Magazine Edition). Hyperspace has been around for years now, but a free version will be welcome news to anyone put off by the hefty price tag. Hyperspace developed a reputation as a reverb plugin that| Bedroom Producers Blog
Beat and Erica Synths have teamed up to create NOCTURNA, a collection of 66 free impulse responses crafted from their Echolocator and Nightverb hardware units. This is a cool set of unusual reverb impulses, especially if you’re interested in exploring convolution reverb beyond the basic bread and butter sounds. If you’ve ever used reverb impulse| Bedroom Producers Blog
You can now get Wave Alchemy’s Pulse PCM60 Reverb (normally $61) for free with any paid Plugin Boutique purchase until June 30, 2025. The monthly freebie allows you to buy Wave Alchemy’s emulation of the Lexicon PCM60 digital reverb hardware unit, which debuted in 1984. Wave Alchemy already has a pedigree with reverb plugins –| Bedroom Producers Blog
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Adam Szabo releases Solaris, a free shimmer reverb effect for Windows. The ninth edition of the KVR Developer challenge is now live. As we have just announced in this article, there are 21 plugins submitted for this competition, all of which are free to download for anyone in the audio community. One entry that stands| Bedroom Producers Blog
Bedroom Producers Blog is proud to release BPB Dirty Filter, a freeware tube distortion effect in VST, VST3, AU, and AAX plugin formats for digital audio workstations on PC and Mac. BPB Dirty Filter is our little gift to Bedroom Producers Blog readers and the music production community as a whole. I launched BPB a| Bedroom Producers Blog
The best free DAW applications for use on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Download a free digital audio workstation for your music production studio.| Bedroom Producers Blog
iZotope offers the Audiolens reference app as a free download for a limited time. Keep in mind that you will also need iZotope Ozone or Neuron to use Audiolens. The only thing better than a cheap product is a free product, or so they tell me at least. If you’ve been wondering where the next| Bedroom Producers Blog
Developer Waves has announced a new plugin for Black Friday with 10,000 FREE copies available. Those of you who were suitably unimpressed by the recent Air Music Tech Black Friday plugin news are going to love this one! Before I continue, anyone who likes free plugin offers with information like, you know, what it does,| Bedroom Producers Blog
BPB Dirty LA is a freeware compressor plugin inspired by vintage limited amplifiers. Download it for free via Bedroom Producers Blog.| Bedroom Producers Blog