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Free Plugin of the Week – A1 TriggerGate

August 23, 2023July 3, 2026 a1 trigger, ableton, analog, audio, console, daw, digital, electronic, fx, music, plugins, production, synth, vst

A1-TriggerGate is a unique free VST plugin created by Alex Hilton. The plugin allows you to use a sequencer in combination with a gate to chop up audio signals for a variety of rhythmic effects. These gated effects are common in modern electronic music but with additional features like swing and and intuitive FX controls ; the applications can transcend your standard fare of electronic music.

Primary features:

Sequenced Gate
8 patterns, 4 Beats
Triplet mode
Additional internal FX
All parameters automatable
All parameters full undoable
No latency
Resizable GUI

Furthermore, the plugin is extremely user friendly with a GUI that offers a detailed explanation of what each parameter does. Making this a solid plugin for those new to producing in a Digital Audio Workstation.

Click here to download the plugin and if you enjoyed this plugin do consider supporting the developer with a donation.

Free Plugin of the Week – VK-1 Viking Synthesizer

May 9, 2023July 3, 2026 analog, daw, digital, electronic, plugins, production, software, synth, vst

For this week’s plugin, we have the VK-1 Viking synthesizer from the developers at blamsoft. They claim that it is an authentic emulation of a classic monophonic analog synth and through the use of the plugin we feel the same. The VST features three continuously variable wave oscillators, two ladder filters with a low pass and high pass, a multi-wave LFO and two modulation busses.

The synth is perfect for creating thick bass sounds and rich leads with that old school feel which many analog enthusiasts crave.

Here a few features which make the VK-1 stand out from the other hardware emulators on the internet:
– VK-1’s oscillators have been measured from hardware
– VK-1’s oscillators have drift and jitter
– VK-1’s oscillators use advanced techniques to avoid aliasing
– VK-1’s filters are nonlinear ZDF with carefully tuned self-oscillation
– VK-1’s envelopes have been matched to hardware

Click here to download the plugin and do support the developers with a donation if you enjoy this plugin.

Free Plugin of the Week – Helm

May 3, 2023July 3, 2026 daw, digital, electronic, free, music, plugins, production, software, synth, vst

Helm is a low cpu free polyphonic synthesizer created by Matt Tytel, it is completely open source and specialises in modulation with several envelopes and LFOS available for mapping. Sounds can be created efficiently with a simple waveform selector, sub module, filter and a mixer. The open source nature of the VST allows for savvy users to completely customise their Helm experience.

Helm is released as VST, AU, LV2 and standalone.
OS Requirements:

Windows 7 or later
MacOS 10.7 or later
Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 or later
Debian Jessie or later

Click here to the download the plugin and do support the developer with a donation if you enjoy it.

Free Plugin of the Week : ChowMatrix

April 10, 2023July 3, 2026 analog, daw, delay, digital, effect, electronic, fx, music, plugins, software, vst

Chowmatrix is a free delay plugin by the developer at ChowDSP with the basic principle of creating delays using a “Tree” of delay lines. Each of these delay lines have its own properties like time, feedback and pan. The flexibility can allow users to create basic delays that producers are familiar with but also has the capacity to create large reverbs for soundscapes.

The plugin has various nodes from you usual array of filters like HPF and LPF to Distortion and Pitch. This nodes have their own parameters which can be tweaked to process your signal. The most unique aspect of the VST is that the nodes can be physically drawn using the intuitive GUI for a seamless user experience. This might be one of the best alternatives to the Valhalla suite which has taken the internet by storm for good reason.

The plugin is currently available for Windows,Linux, Mac, and iOS, in the following formats: VST/VST3, AU,LV2, AUv3, AAX, and Standalone.

Click here to download the plugin and do support the developer with a donation if you enjoyed it.

Plugins of the week: Fracture & Hysteresis

March 15, 2023July 3, 2026 analog, daw, digital, glitch, plugins, production, software, synth, vst

For our plugin showcase of the week, we have two free plugins from the developers at Glitchmachines; Fracture and Hysteresis. These plugins are perfect for adding glitched out artefacts using Delay and Buffer controls.

Here is an overview of the feature set in each plugin:

Fracture:

Buffer, Delay & Filter FX
3 Flexible LFOs
Effects Chain Configuration
Scalable User Interface
100 Factory Presets
Win/Mac VST3/AU 64bit

Hysteresis

Feedback-Based Delay
Stutter Effect
Lowpass Filter
Modulation FX
60 Factory Presets
Scalable User Interface
Win/Mac VST3/AU 64bit

With Fracture, one can expect to create extremely robotic and sci-fi sounding articulations and textures. On the other hand, Hysteresis offers a more traditional combination of delay effects which can be pushed to extreme lengths but one can control the output with more ease. These two plugins are more than sufficient to liven up anything in your productions from drum loops to pads, if this sound is what you’re looking for.

Click here to download the plugins and if you like what’s on offer, do check out the comprehensive Glitchmachines vst libraries.

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