Below you will find our list of the best free VST plugins for Windows and MAC (AU) released this year (2017), all are available for download free of charge.

You will find many useful plugins, tools and plugin effects released by popular companies or some new debuts.

Let’s start with:

PHASIS FREE Phaser Plugin

by Native Instruments

PHASIS is a free phaser effect plugin released these holidays by Native Instruments, the well known audio company. This plugin offers timeless phasing sounds adding soul, movement adding some magic to any sound. You can change the spacing of the phaser’s notches to get some great vocal effects using its Spread control.

Phasis is available for free ion VST, AU, AAX plugin format via Native Instruments Website.

Download Link: Phasis

SynthTrack FREE Rhythmic VST Effect

by 2Rule

SynthTrack plugin is a free rhythmic effect VST plugin that uses your track audio as the source where you can then apply Filter/Amp ADSR and LFO effects triggered by a 16 step sequencer.

This plugin is great to create chopping effects, rhythmic gated pad sounds and so more. SynthTrack plugin also includes 26 presets from the factory.

Read More: SynthTrack Effect Plugin

VK-1 Viking FREE Synthesizer Plugin

by Blamsoft

Initially launched as a virtual replica of the Moog Voyager in the form of a rack extension for Propellerhead Reason, VK-1 Viking Synthesizer is now also available as a VST plug-in for all DAWs on PC and Mac.

It features Three adjustable wave oscillators, Infinitely adjustable waveform controller, Noise oscillator for three types of noise, Two modulation buses and one LFO, Transistor ladder filter and 228 presets.

Read More: VK-1 Viking Synthesizer

mvMeter FREE Metering VST Plugin

by TBProAudio

MvMeter is free multivariable metering plugin capable to simulate the behavior of conventional level meters such as VU or PPM meters offering several measurement methods such as Peak, RMS, EBU R128.

Read More: mvMeter Metering Plugin

Ozone Imager FREE Stereo Plugin

by iZotope

Ozone Imager is an FREE stereo imaging effect plug-in part of iZotope’s Ozone 8 mastering plugin.

This plugin can narrow or widen your stereo image with simple controls, stunning visuals, and incredible sound. Ozone Imager is available for Windows and MAC ion VST2, VST3, AudioUnit, RTAS plugin format for both Windows and PC.

Download Link: Ozone Imager

MScontrol FREE Mid/Side Plugin

by Tek’it Audio

MScontrol is a professional Mid/Side control plug-in available in VST and AU for Windows and MAC users.

With this utility free plugin, you can encode or decode the Mid/Side stereo signal featuring an “Onboard” mode and Mid-Side gaind and panning control.

It supports any sample rate with zero processing latency and comes with 16 pre-made presets for instant use.

Read More: MScontrol Utility Plugin

Rivera FREE VST Plugin

by NuSpace Audio

Riviera free plugin is a hybrid algorithmic-convolution reverb effect available for Windows.

Using Riviera you can easily add some spacing effects to your sounds using its algorithmic calculation in conjunction with impulse response technology. In addition, you can control the delay, stretch, and linearity.

Read More: Riviera Reverb Plugin

OSL Chorus Free Chorus Plugin

by Oblivion Soundlab

OSL Chorus is based on the chorus effect module of Roland Juno 60 hardware synthesizer. You can apply the Juno’s effect to any of you favorite software synthesizer.

This effect plugin is available for free and works with any 32 or 64-bit hosts (Windows & MAC).

Read More: OSL Chorus Effect Plugin

N6 Paragraphic FREE Equalizer Plugin

by RAZ Audio

If you’re looking for an equalizer, well, RazAudio offers the N6 free plug-in for anyone looking for an easy-to-use equalizer plugin.

The N6 free EQ plugin is a high precision EQ tool offering standard curve shapes with ±18 dB per band, various shapes like low / high pass, peak, low / high self, zero latency and more cool features.

Download Link: N6 FREE EQ Plug-in



Also see: Best Free EQ Plugins

MAX-1 FREE Auto-Compressor Plugin

by BeatSkillz

MAX-1 by BeatSkillz is a free auto-compressor plugin which also can work as a maximizer effect inside your mix. This plugin is simple to use and does its job very well in any situation.

MAX-1 is available for Windows and MAC in VST, AU, AAX 64-bit/32-bit plugin formats.

Read More: MAX-1 Free Compressor Plugin

Spectrum FREE Plugin

by BEN/SCHULZ

Spectrum is great analyzer plugin developed by Benjamin Schulz. Featuring controllers for block size, refresh rate, max/min dB and an intuitive graph, Spectrum is a great tool to inspect the frequency of your mix.

Read More: Spectrum Free Analyzer Plugin

Loudness FREE Meter Plugin

by Youlean

Loudness Meter free plugin gives you complete details for loudness control.It is known that “Loudness” is a very important aspect for any music producer. Using this plug-in, you’ll be sure that your music will sound as good on any online platform such as Soundcloud, Spotify, Youtube and so on.

Read More: Youlean Loudness Meter Plugin

FB-3100 FREE Synth Plugin

by Full Bucket Music

FB-3100 free synthesizer plugin emulates the sound of Korg’s PS-3100 polyphonic analog synthesizer.

It features two-pole lowpass filters, band-limited oscillators, resonators section, two modulation generators, sample and hold controls, additional ‘paraphonic’ Envelope, MIDI learn and much more.

FB-3100 is available for free for Windows and MAC.

Read More: FB-3100 Free Synth Plugin

FB-3200 FREE Synthesizer Plugin

by Full Bucket Music

FB-3200 by Full Bucket Music is another free synth software that emulates the sound of Korg PS-3200 vintage analog synthesizer from 1978, available in VST and AU plugin for PC and Mac.

This plugin is very close to the original sound of the 70’s synthesizer including all the controls from the original unit.

It features Band-limited oscillators, classic lowpass filters, Equalizer section, Two Modulation Generators, Sample & Hold, Paraphonic Envelope Generator, MIDI learn and more.

Download Link: FB-3200 Free Synthesizer Plugin

FreeMod FREE VST Effect

by Audiority

FreeMod is the first Audiority free plugin. It’s a free phase free modulation effect capable to twist your sound in unimaginable ways. The modulation source of this plugin is an LFO with 11 different waveforms and a modulating oscillator with 10 waveforms.

FreeMod is available for both Windows and MAC hosted DAWs, being provided in VST, AAX, AU format (32-bit or 64-bit).

Read More: FreeMod Free Effect Plugin

Unlimited FREE Stereo Limiter Plugin

by Sonic Anomaly

Unlimited is a free plugin to control the loudness of your mix with 5.1 support. Unlimited free limiter plugin is great to monitor the signal loudness on the output and makes the right adjustments on your final mix without overload your CPU.

Read More: Unlimited Free Limiter Plugin

HOFA SYSTEM Basic FREE Effect Plugin

by HOFA SYSTEM

HOFA SYSTEM Basic is the free version of the HOFA SYSTEM commercial plugin.

HOFA SYSTEM Basic is a modular effect that lets you add a chain of effects as you want.

It offers 21 modules like the full version but not all the functions.

Read More: HOFA SYSTEM Basic Free Plugin

This is our list of the best free plugins this year. There are definitely many more, so we leave the comments section open to any reader who has any recommendation to complete the list.

Happy Holidays!