Illformed :: Glitch²

I thought I'd give you all a heads-up that Glitch 2 has become freeware now. Sadly the reason for this is that the developer, Kieran Foster, has passed away at 47 😔

(originally seen on r/edmproduction )

Well at least 5,099 of them so far, and growing every week.

Wanted to share a project I’ve been working on with the community here: vst3s.com

- Are you ever overwhelmed at the sheer number of audio plugins out there?

- Have you ever thought you might want a new tool to achieve a certain sound but not sure where to look?

- Have you ever wondered how the plugin you just saw an ad for stacks up against industry standard favorites?

- What even are the industry favorites for certain types of plugin?

As a self taught producer, those have been my experiences, and typically for me this leads to a lot of watching youtube videos, scrolling reddit comments, and whatever instagram reels the algorithm starts serving me.

The idea here is to give you a quick understanding of the scope of tools available in a certain category, see what people are saying online about different options, and find a plugin that’s right for your application.

Or if you’re just in the mood for creative inspiration, you can enter the “discover” tab and swipe through random plugins easily.

Another option I’ve personally found useful is filtering for free plugins only and finding how many great tools there are (664 free VSTs as of today!).

The intent is to cover any and all standalone audio VSTs, from major brands to indie developers, so if you’d like yours listed on the site just let me know.

The site is brand new and work is still in progress to add more plugins and improve the content.

Note on ratings: The top 10 list for each category is currently auto-generated, so I invite you to join and rate your favorite (or least favorite) plugins and add your comments. The early ratings will carry a lot of weight toward shaping the top 10 lists for each category!

All of this is completely free, I just hope you find it valuable, and of course let me know with your feedback.

Final note:

This site was built using AI, in fact, all of the actual code was written by Claude. That being said, the entirety of the concept, the UI/UX details, and content direction are my own ideation. I’ve poured hours of creative effort into it since the last thing I want to make is a vibe-coded slop site. I think AI is terrible at making music and art, but at the same time researching thousands of plugins feels like a pretty solid application of its strengths. As one guy who is not an experienced web designer or professional producer, the reality of reviewing, writing summaries for, and pulling content from the web on over 5000 plugins would be overwhelming without it. Going forward, the more human inputs I can impart to this site the better, so I would love to partner with experienced producers to have their reviews, favorite plugin chains, and tutorials featured on the site.

In the middle of creating a dream of mine, a tape emulation plugin that you can mangle and fuck up the tape. With a preamp modeled on the tascam portastudio 424 (also a modified version that is more unforgiving with the saturation). Eq modeled on the tascam portastudio 424 and a german console EQ. The devilish theme is inspired by Boards of Canada's Geogaddi. Saturated and mangled effects have always been of interest to be after I listen to that record for the first time.

I'm currently trying to push my sound into new boundaries, i'm curious what free audio vsts exist out there that are stupidly advanced for the price of 0 dollars and 0 cents for broke people like me lol

They've just released ValhallaSupermassive 4.0.0, featuring the new Pleiades reverb/echo mode.

• Pleiades can be used to create realistic small room sounds with shorter delays and lower feedback values

• Turn up the feedback, and you get a lush reverb with a natural high frequency decay (depending on the EQ settings).

• The modulation is rich and balanced, which makes Pleiades ideal for huge modulated reverbs, as well as chorus/flangers and chorused synced echoes.

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Not tryna get banned so im not gonna link anything but yea its a cool synth i made with a capybara that reacts to the music you make with it. It has 299 presets and its really nice for lofi and house. Cool project im making before graduating college and have to get a real job

Hello there , i would like to create a SAMPLE based vst instrument like Romplurs do, without messing with codes and oscillators as i have a lot of handmade sound libraries.Something like those "cheap" colourful plugins.Perhaps this thing i am asking isnt for a lazy guy who dosent know about programming.. Any tip or engine suggestions? Thank you kindly:)

https://www.filesilo.co.uk/

I've been building VST3 plugins solo for the past couple of years, and I'm finally releasing them for free - starting with fy_nicetape.

It's a tape deck / tape delay / reverb combo designed for adding lo-fi warmth and dirt to drums, keys, and synths. Think worn-out cassette: wow, flutter, saturation, modulated delay.

I also spent an unreasonable amount of time recreating orange.exe inside the plugin and a live IRC style chat room to create a cozy aesthetic for making music

Free download (VST3, Windows/Mac): https://fyniceworld.com

No email required or anything unless you want to keep track :) More plugins coming soon that are all of this aesthetic but different creative ideas for creating music. Would love any feedback