Hello all,
Here is my lightweight plugin test app, Plugin//Playa. I was tired of having to reload/rescan DAWs when developing. Currently only for MacOS 12 and up. Utilizes Midi 1.0, 2.0, OSC, and Ableton Link.

Full Description of features on Github.

https://github.com/TEAMBANZAI/PluginPlaya

Noteable Features:

- No scanning of plugins on each app load, just lists whats in the default folders or you can drag and drop.

- Can refresh/reload a plugin when a version is changed out without needing to reload the app or lose the patch you are working on

- Full diagnostic exporting for development

- No frills or crazy GUI, just works

Looking for a plugin that sounds like pre 2000's choral midi. Like, not very realistic or good.
A good example of the type I'm going for is at 3:35 of this song https://youtu.be/0QN-kSxwzUw?is=-UGEmp54NOGWVBXL
It doesn't sound very good but it has character/vibe. Not interested in ultra realism or anything like that.
Trying to find something free or cheap, have not been pleased with anything I've found on youtube or google so far.

Hey all, full transparency first: I'm the developer, and the instrument is paid. But the picture part has a free and quite capable browser version you can try right now with your mouse, no install, no signup.

VG Windscape is a sound instrument and a live picture in one. The picture runs in Chrome next to your DAW and listens to the same MIDI you play: the notes place and colour the brush, and breath, mod wheel or expression move it. In the video it's a keyboard with a TEControl breath controller, nothing edited afterwards.

I made it because most of our track videos look the same. This gives you a moving picture for a track video, a Reel, or the screen behind you on stage, without a video editor. You can also record the MIDI and play it back later, and the picture is drawn again.

The sound side is a full instrument with wind sounds and long evolving pads. Plugin or standalone, Windows and Mac.

Free picture demo (Chrome, mouse or MIDI keyboard):

https://vgtrumpet.com/demo/

The instrument:

https://vgtrumpet.com/windscape/?from=reddit-vsti

Curious whether something like this would be useful for your own track videos.

Looking to pickup something new. What’s everyone’s favorites right now?

Anyone own this? Looks like a great idea I just worry about long term support. Wondering how it sounds too.

First off, yes, i know...i should learn to make my own patches. It's on my "to do" list. I've already started tweaking presets, and I'll do a deep dive down the road. For now, I'd like to expand what comes stock with Pigments. Looking for Future Bass/Synthwave leaning sounds. Any reccomended websites for soundbanks?

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About 7 months ago I saw those videos where people wave their hands at a camera and the music reacts, almost all of them built in TouchDesigner. Then I opened TouchDesigner, stared at the node graph for a while, and closed it.

So, being a C++ dev, I spent months writing a plugin that does it inside Live instead. It tracks your hand through the laptop webcam, and you can use it in two ways: play MIDI notes or map it to any effect parameter in any DAW.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVXLf-pgdNY

Honestly, I started making this plugin for myself, but then decided I could publish it as Hand Link. This plugin would be difficult to use for live performance in dynamic music, I see it more as a tool to help promote tunes online through short videos (TikTok, Reels) and also as an experiment, since a new workflow can create a new unexpected sound. So I’m curious, would something like this actually be interesting or useful? or you treat it more as tool for fun?

Growing up I spent a lot of time looking at plugins I could not have. The ones with the good panels, the ones everyone used. I did not have the money, and for a long while I did not have the skill either. At some point I stopped waiting and learned to write them.

I am the author of Retroexx, a free character, noise and space processor. It is version 0.1, AU and VST3, macOS on Apple Silicon only. It runs six modules in series: noise, wow and flutter, tape wear, saturation, bit crush and a resonator space.

Link in the first comment. Next on my list is Kickexx, a sidechain, transient and panning processor.

Download and source: https://github.com/VexxPlugins/retroexx

I wanted to see exactly how the bass comes back in around a kick, so I've been

working on Kick Air, a free sidechain ducking plugin for Windows and macOS.

It shows the external kick in red and the processed bass in blue on the same

timeline. You can move and edit the ducking curve, change the amount with Depth,

and adjust the return with Flow.

Audio mode responds to actual sidechain hits, including irregular rhythms. The

note division controls how long the response lasts. When the kick stops, the bass

returns to full level instead of continuing to pulse. It also has host BPM sync,

manual tempo and optional low-band ducking.

Downloads and instructions: https://github.com/kikk-i/kick-air

- Windows 10/11: 64-bit VST3 installer.

- macOS 11+: universal AU and VST3 for Apple Silicon and Intel.

- No account, activation or time limit.

This is a beta. The installers are unsigned and the Mac package is not notarized.

macOS has passed native plugin validation. The Windows build has passed runtime,

GUI and installer checks through Wine, but I still need feedback from real

Windows DAW setups because i cannot even test it, got only macbook.

If you try it, please share your DAW version, OS and plugin format. I'm especially

interested in sidechain routing, clicks, project recall and GUI scaling. Bug

reports and successful compatibility reports can go in GitHub Issues.

If you'd like to support development, you can buy me a coffee:

https://buycoffee.to/kikk-i

It's completely optional.

Hey everyone! I made a browser-based chord app with the help of AI, inspired by the Juno-106. It’s not an emulation—just a fun way to play with Juno-inspired sounds and chord sequences.
It works on your phone and runs offline too. I’ve been having a lot of fun messing with it on the subway.
Features:
• Scale-aware step sequencer
• Juno-inspired sounds
• Delay, reverb, flanger, and two choruses :)
• Auto-mapping for 15 popular MIDI keyboards
• Sidechain pumping to an “invisible” kick
• Arpeggiator
• Loop recorder with up to 4 layers and stem export
• Sample pack maker
A note on MIDI: use Chrome on desktop for MIDI mode. I haven’t figured out mobile MIDI support on iPhone or Android yet—if anyone knows a way to get it working, I’d love to hear it. You can still play the app on your phone without a MIDI keyboard.
Try it here: https://dub-chords-106.vercel.app/
Would love to hear what you think, what you make with it, and any bugs or suggestions!

Hi. I've been working on a wavetable SID plugin to replace a bunch of bespoke scripts and emulation frameworks for the last 18 months and now it's here. You have surgical control over every register of the 6581/850 SID chip. You can numberwang the tables or draw your soundscape on the graph editors. It comes with a tool that can dissect .sid files and create instruments. https://residuesynth.com

Hello! I've been making a plugin that will allow you to generate loops(clips) from the samples you have.
There is no AI - I just using some math methods and music theory and many different things combined.
Can you share your thought about it? Do you see it useful for you?

General idea: plugin creates you a loot of loops with selected instruments and you combine it for your track. Like "Lego bricks" later you have to construct track from it.
Here is some demo:

https://youtu.be/Fcn6on4-vlQ?si=gklAiL6Lg33dPD5F&t=39

What do you think? Do you see value in it?

Currently in the midst of trying to expand my VST arsenal. Right now I’ve got Purity, Hive, Nexus, Zenology, and Surge. But I can’t decide if I should bother picking up ElectraX or Icarus first as I want to make stuff that sounds like this:

- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAqyUvT/
- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAqAhLP/
- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAqD2FF/
- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAqhD6q/
- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAq2Rvw/
- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAqkLj4/

Just like that whole Hyperpop era with Oogie Mane, Loesoe, Starboy, Outtatown, Brandon Finessin, etc. Just watch only 1 or 2 of these to get a general idea and lmk which of the Tone2 Synths and Nexus expansions I should get.

Please and thank you.

SeedEngine is a generative MIDI sequencer VST3 / AU plugin for Windows and macOS, inspired by hardware sequencers such as the Vermona Melodicer and Sequentix Cirklon.

Technical information: VST3 / AU - Windows 10+ - macOS 10.15+ (Intel & Apple Silicon)

More information: www.egowaves.com

Youtube Demo: https://youtu.be/seo068pktys?si=4dwMnzwq4hn3zMEq

Enjoy making music!

Reddit, we know you love cats. Heck, everyone loves cats. And all the best studios need a cat. So we made a cat plugin.

It's a cat. That's it. Is it silly? Absolutely. Is it adorable and something that will brighten your day time and again? Try it and decide for yourself.

Free to play around with for 7 days, less than the price of a coffee to be yours forever, and there's a lite model that's completely free as well. Enjoy.

Hey everyone! We've just released another free plugin at MTHRBORD.STUDIO, this time a transistor-based EQ inspired by the API 5500.

Built using real hardware recordings and measurements, EQ5500 aims to capture more than just the EQ curves, focusing on the unit's response, control interactions, and analog character.

A few details:

• Based on real hardware: Recorded and analyzed using an actual API 5500 EQ.
• Beyond the curves: Focuses on the API 5500’s distinctive EQ character, with its proportional-Q response, stepped frequency selection, and interactive boost and cut controls.
• Flexible workflow: Stepped frequency selection with continuous gain controls.
• Completely free: Available for macOS and Windows in VST3, AU, and standalone formats.

We're trying to build a collection of audio tools that go beyond the usual clean, clinical approach to plugin development. The aim is to recreate the character and behavior of real equipment, including some of its imperfections, rather than just chasing a matching frequency response.

We're interested in hearing what you'd like us to build next. We've already released a few free tools that might appeal to the vaporwave crowd, including a Pultec EQP-1A emulation, a VHS simulator, and a slushwave-inspired phaser.

If there are particular pieces of hardware, effects, or weird audio tools you'd like to see recreated, let us know. Feedback is genuinely appreciated, and we'd love to keep putting more free plugins out there.

Give it a try and let us know what you think!

Download it free here:
https://mthrbord.studio/plugins/eq5500/