This was first developed and introduced to the market by Steinberg with their DAW Cubase in 1996, it was a game changer for sure and gave huge flexibility and opportunity for software development and huge benefits to the music creators.
VSTs give you various audio FX (effects) and virtual instruments as plugins inside your DAW. It allows the person using a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) to install software from 3rd party companies. Virtual Studio Technology VST Plugins for short. There are hundreds of free VST effects or music producers in this list, so take your time, you are going to need a large mug of coffee to after receiving a large volume of these beauties!įor ease, I’ve split up the list of free VST Plugins into categories in the following order: Classic Synths, VST Instrument Bundles, EQ & Compressors, Channel Strips, Amp Simulators, Reverb, Delay and finally FX. I’ve included every effect you could ever need from vintage style EQ, Compressors, Classic Synths, Amp Simulators, Delays, Drum Kit, Reverbs, Autotune alternatives, Limiters, Bit Crushers, Nexus VST, Lo-fi FX and a ton more.
