121 MB

Are you curious about how sound really works? Meet Praat – the ultimate tool for music makers, audio enthusiasts, and sound nerds!

What Exactly is Praat?

Praat is a free, powerful software that lets you dive deep into audio files. Think of it as a microscope for sound. Whether you’re a beginner musician, a podcast creator, or just someone who loves understanding how audio works, Praat has something for you.

What Can You Do with Praat?

1. Sound Exploration

• Analyze any audio file in incredible detail
• See sound waves like never before
• Understand how your music or voice really looks

2. Audio Transformation

• Convert audio between different formats (WAV, AIFF, FLAC, and more)
• Switch between mono and stereo
• Work with individual audio channels

3. Advanced Sound Tools

• Extract specific sound parameters
• Analyze and synthesize voices
• Mark and filter audio with precision

Is Praat Easy to Use?

Honest truth: Praat has a simple, no-frills interface. It’s not the prettiest software, but it’s super functional. You’ll need some basic understanding of sound waves to get the most out of it.

Tip for Beginners

• Don’t get scared by the technical look
• Use the detailed help documentation
• Experiment and learn step by step

Who Should Use Praat?

• Music producers
• Sound engineers
• Podcast creators

Compatible Everywhere

Works on:

• Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
• MacOS 10.11-10.15
• MacOS 11/12/13/14
• Linux (Intel and ARM)

Want to Learn More?

Check out the official changelog for the latest updates: https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/manual/What_s_new_.html

Ready to explore the world of sound? Praat is your new best friend!

https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/

praat 6.4.13  ( 121 MB )

VST

We’re audio producers and sound designers with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Our team has lived through the entire evolution of digital audio production.

Our mission? To filter out the junk and bring you only the studio-ready free VSTs that actually compete with paid gear. We do the digging so you can focus on creating.

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Win/Mac | 28Mb

PauXStretch is a application/plugin is based on the algorithm (Paul’s Extreme Time Stretch, originally developed by Nasca Octavian Paul), and specifically the PaulX Stretch version from Xenakios. The UI has been updated, adapted for various screen sizes, and built for the latest platforms.
Linux has no prebuilds, but you can get the source code with git.

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PauXStretch  ( 28 MB )

VST

We’re audio producers and sound designers with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Our team has lived through the entire evolution of digital audio production.

Our mission? To filter out the junk and bring you only the studio-ready free VSTs that actually compete with paid gear. We do the digging so you can focus on creating.

freevstplugins.net

size 22 MB

LoopToGo is a looper capable of hosting VST3 plugins.

Though it looks a bit like a DAW and have some similar functionalities, it’s not a DAW. It’s a looper designed for live performance.

• Very intuitive « Scripted » looping (standard looping also possible via Jam mode).
• Midi in/out support.
• Synchronized partition (lyrics and chords).
• Free Tempo Mode (tempo computed from first loop).
• Unlimited number of record and play loops.
• Unlimited tracks for Pro Version.
• Support of VST3 plugins.
• Designed for live performance.
• Support for automation.

looptogo.com/

download  ( 25 MB )

VST

We’re audio producers and sound designers with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Our team has lived through the entire evolution of digital audio production.

Our mission? To filter out the junk and bring you only the studio-ready free VSTs that actually compete with paid gear. We do the digging so you can focus on creating.

freevstplugins.net

size 3.52 MB

AirRack is a rack environment for live performance.
AirRack provide you the following racks:

• Amplifier: the component to connect with the audio interface
• Mixer: route other devices to the amplifier
• Effects: dual effects which load VST effect plug-ins
• VSTi: allow you to give real-time performance
• MP3 player: play MP3 audio file
• CD player: play the CD track with your CD-ROM
• Loop player: play an audio file as a loop
• Sound FX: a simple sampler to trigger sound effects
• Graphic EQ: 31 band graphic EQ

http://www.maizesoft.cn/

 

airrack ( 3.52 MB )

VST

We’re audio producers and sound designers with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Our team has lived through the entire evolution of digital audio production.

Our mission? To filter out the junk and bring you only the studio-ready free VSTs that actually compete with paid gear. We do the digging so you can focus on creating.

freevstplugins.net

size 1.58 MB

WaveSurfer (for windows) is an Open Source tool for sound visualization and manipulation. It has been designed to suit both novice and advanced users. Wave Surfer has a simple and logical user interface that provides functionality in an intuitive way and which can be adapted to different tasks. It can be used as a stand-alone tool for a wide range of tasks in speech research and education. Typical applications are speech/sound analysis and sound annotation/transcription.

Wave Surfer can also serve as a platform for more advanced/specialized applications. This is accomplished either through extending the application with new custom plug-ins or by embedding visualization components in other applications.

Changes in Wave Surfer version 1.8.5

• Mouse- and key binding updates:
  shortcuts keys for recording
  support for multiple popup events (shift-left-button and right-button are now the default on all platforms)
• Misc. bug fixes including zoom in/out mixup

Wave Surfer released as open source, under aBSD style license.

http://www.speech.kth.se/wavesurfer/

wavesurfer-185-win  ( 1.58 MB )

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We’re audio producers and sound designers with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Our team has lived through the entire evolution of digital audio production.

Our mission? To filter out the junk and bring you only the studio-ready free VSTs that actually compete with paid gear. We do the digging so you can focus on creating.

freevstplugins.net

size 17.5 MB

AV Audio Editor is a simple but powerful & FREE audio editor that will suit both beginners and professionals for editing and morphing audio.

It can import recordings from AV Audio & Sound Recorder, which is a free Windows audio recorder for editing, and then save the output in various formats including AAC, MP4, MP3, FLAC, APE, MPC, OGG, SPX, WV, TTA, WMA, etc.

Features

– Quick-edit audio files with common actions, such as copy, cut, paste and merge

– Advanced audio editing with powerful audio effects and filters.

– Save the edited file in one of over 10 different common file formats.

– Allows editing multiple files at the same time.

– Includes a basic player to review the editing.

https://www.audio4fun.com/player/audio-editor.htm

audio-editor-mpm  ( 17.5 MB )

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We’re audio producers and sound designers with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Our team has lived through the entire evolution of digital audio production.

Our mission? To filter out the junk and bring you only the studio-ready free VSTs that actually compete with paid gear. We do the digging so you can focus on creating.

freevstplugins.net

size 2.79 MB

LiveProfessor is designed to be a effect rack of VST-plugins designed specifically for live.

The concept is very simple. Using a ASIO audio card you can route inputs and outputs through your VST-plugins.  The program supports snapshots, MIDI and both VST-effects and VST-instrument. LiveProfessor is still at the beta stage so it’s not at all consider to be finished. We are adding new features and improvements all the time.

http://ifoundasound.com/

LiveProfessor ( 2.79 MB )

VST

We’re audio producers and sound designers with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Our team has lived through the entire evolution of digital audio production.

Our mission? To filter out the junk and bring you only the studio-ready free VSTs that actually compete with paid gear. We do the digging so you can focus on creating.

freevstplugins.net

size 3.21 MB / 2.87 MB

VSTHost is a VST-compatible host that’s capable of:

• loading VST effects.
• parameterizing / editing them.
• sound output for VSTis.
• MIDI input and output.
• loading / saving .fxb / .fxp files.
• I/O through either Windows MME or ASIO drivers.
• Wave Player / Recorder.
• MIDI Player.

http://www.hermannseib.com/

vsthostx64  ( 3.21 MB )

vsthostx86  ( 2.87 MB )

VST

We’re audio producers and sound designers with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Our team has lived through the entire evolution of digital audio production.

Our mission? To filter out the junk and bring you only the studio-ready free VSTs that actually compete with paid gear. We do the digging so you can focus on creating.

freevstplugins.net

size 1.74 MB / 1.81 MB / 444 KB 

Giada is a minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians.
How does it work? Just pick up your channel, fill it with samples or MIDI events and start the show by using this tiny piece of software as a loop machine, drum machine, sequencer, live sampler or yet as a plugin/effect host. Giada aims to be a compact and portable virtual device for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows for production use and live sets.

• Ultra-lightweight internal design.
• Multi-thread/multi-core support.
• 32-bit floating point audio engine.
• ALSA, JACK + Transport, CoreAudio, ASIO and DirectSound full support.
• Unlimited number of channels controlled via computer keyboard.
• Different playback modes and combinations.
• BPM and beat sync with sample-accurate loop engine.
• Built-in wave editor.
• VST and VSTi (instrument) plugin support.
• MIDI input and output support.
• Live sampler from external inputs.
• Live quantizer.
• Piano Roll editor.
• Action recorder.
• Patch-based system.
• Support for all major uncompressed file formats.
• A constant stage of development.
• 100% open-source GPL.

https://www.monocasual.com/

giada-0.11.1-win-i386 ( 1.74 MB )

giada-0.11.1-osx-i386 ( 1.81 MB )

giada-0.11.1-lin-i386 ( 444 kB )

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We’re audio producers and sound designers with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Our team has lived through the entire evolution of digital audio production.

Our mission? To filter out the junk and bring you only the studio-ready free VSTs that actually compete with paid gear. We do the digging so you can focus on creating.

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size 13.2 MB / 10.4 MB

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio.

• Record from microphone, line input, or other sources.
• Dub over existing tracks to create multi-track recordings.
• Record up to 16 channels at once (requires multi-channel hardware).
• Level meters can monitor volume levels before, during, and after recording.

Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats.

• Import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, and Ogg Vorbis files.
• Import MPEG audio (including MP2 and MP3 files) with libmad.
• Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library.
• Create WAV or AIFF files suitable for burning to CD.
• Import and export all file formats supported by libsndfile.
• Open raw (headerless) audio files using the “Import Raw” command.

EDITION

• Easy editing with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete.
• Use unlimited Undo (and Redo) to go back any number of steps.
• Very fast editing of large files.
• Edit and mix an unlimited number of tracks.
• Use the Drawing tool to alter individual sample points.
• Fade the volume up or down smoothly with the Envelope tool.
• Change the pitch without altering the tempo, or vice-versa.
• Remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises.
• Alter frequencies with Equalization, FFT Filter, and Bass Boost effects.
• Adjust volumes with Compressor, Amplify, and Normalize effects.
• Other built-in effects include: Echo, Phaser, Wahwah, Reverse.

QUALITY

• Record and edit 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit (floating point) samples.
• Record at up to 96 kHz.
• Sample rates and formats are converted using high-quality resampling and dithering.
• Mix tracks with different sample rates or formats, and Audacity will convert them automatically in realtime.

PLUG-INS

• Add new effects with LADSPA plug-ins.
• Audacity includes some sample plug-ins by Steve Harris.
• Load VST plug-ins for Windows and Mac, with the optional VST Enabler.
• Write new effects with the built-in Nyquist programming language.

ANALYSIS

• Spectrogram mode for visualizing frequencies.
• “Plot Spectrum” command for detailed frequency analysis.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/

 

audacity-win-2.1.2  ( 10.4 MB )

audacity-macosx-ub-2.1.2  ( 13.2 MB )

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We’re audio producers and sound designers with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Our team has lived through the entire evolution of digital audio production.

Our mission? To filter out the junk and bring you only the studio-ready free VSTs that actually compete with paid gear. We do the digging so you can focus on creating.

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