Free Vst Effects For Audacity
Info from Trebor, triaged by Gale, that can be incorporated into this page (add those plugins not already listed).
In addition to the below list, the following plug-ins do not have functioning sliders in Audacity 2.1.0 or later and so will only apply at default settings. See Bug 1083.
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In the Audacity beta folder there will be a sub-folder called 'plug-ins'. Put the dll files in there. Open Audacity and go to 'Edit menu Preferences Effects' and put a tick in the box that says 'Rescan VST Effects next time Audacity is started'. Close Audacity and then open it again. The VST effect will now be listed in the Audacity 'Effect. Audacity - How to Install and Use VST Effect PluginsDownload Audacity here: ReaPlugs VST here: http://reaper.f.
- The JS series & MDA series of VST plugins, (which are old) , wouldn't work properly with Audacity 2.1.0 , see https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1083 for status, it is DEVEL-FIX MADE now.
- The “Antress modern” series of plugins, http://antress.blogspot.co.uk/ do work , but since implementation of real-time-adjustment , you have to stop then start playback for any adjustments to the controls to take effect. This is not on Bugzilla, so needs testing but it could have already been fixed by the fix for https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1084 .
- Free VST effects I have on my machine right now, which I use regularly, so I know are working OK on Audacity 2.1.0:
- Marvel GEQ.dll http://www.voxengo.com/product/marvelgeq/https://forum.audacityteam.org/download/file.php?id=13343]A graphic equalizer
- ANWIDA Soft DX Reverb Light.dll http://www.anwida.com/product.asp?pid=7, http://www.anwida.com/dc.asp?file=http://www.anwida.com/progs/asdxrl20.zip&pid=7
- BC Chorus 4 VST(Stereo).dll http://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_Chorus/
- Gmulti.dll , Ggate.dll , Gsnap.dll http://www.gvst.co.uk/downloads.htm [ compressor, gate, autotune ].
- SPITFISH.dll http://www.digitalfishphones.com/main.php?item=2&subItem=5 [ a basic de-esser ].
- TB_Sibalance_v3.dll http://www.toneboosters.com/tb-sibalance/ [ a sophisticated de-esser ].
- DtBlkFx.dll http://rekkerd.org/dtblkfx/ A spectral-processor [ capable of weirdness like nothing else ].
- 'Acon Multiply' https://acondigital.com/products/multiply/ It does chorus & stereo effects . It has presets, so is simple to operate : ideal for newbies who wants to add effects to vocal / guitar recordings.
This page describes support for VST (Virtual Studio Technology) effect plug-ins in Audacity; VST instrument plug-ins that generate audio are not supported. A list of VST effects known to process correctly in Audacity on Windows is given here.
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- 3List of functional VST Plug-ins
VST support in Audacity
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VST effects are displayed with full GUI interface (where provided by the plug-in), and without need of the VST Enabler. This has been made possible by use of an open source VST header.
For instructions on how to load new VST effects into Audacity please see this page in the Manual.
The overwhelming majority of VST effect plug-ins should display and process correctly. If an incompatible VST plug-in does cause a problem, click the Manage button in the effect's dialog then choose 'Options..'. In the dialog that appears, try reducing Buffer Size, disabling Latency Compensation or disabling graphical display. See VST Effect Options in the Manual for more information on these choices.- To report a plug-in that is problematic in current Audacity, please report it on the Audacity Forum.
Installing VST plug-ins in Audacity
The process and file location is different for each operating system. See the following pages in the Audacity Manual:
List of functional VST Plug-ins
Instructions for adding plug-ins to the list:
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- The majority of plug-ins will be for Windows only unless OS 9 or OS X is stated.
- Classic Mac OS plug-ins will only work under OS 9 and previous. Mac OS X plug-ins with a .component file marked as 'PowerPC' will only work on PPC Macs (they might work on Intel Macs with slow performance under Rosetta but Rosetta cannot be used on OS X 10.7 or later).
List of Plug-ins with download links
- Antares AutoTune Evo - Mostly works with current Audacity. Automatic pitch correction works, but to be able to draw pitch curves clock must be set to 'internal' and not 'host'. (commercial)
- Antress Modern Plug-ins including a number of compressors, a limiter, an expander, an exciter and a 'spacer' which could be used for creating 'fake stereo'
- ANWIDA Soft DX Reverb Light.dll for Windows and Mac (PowerPC only)
- Bo Johansen Plug-ins
- Bluecat Plug-ins
- bs2b.dll stereo to binaural
- Buzzroom CL 201 (Vintage Maximiser) - now shareware
- Gale 18Nov15: The Classic plugins below are discontinued. The links were pointing to Brothersoft which is a dubious site and now point to VST4free which is much less bad. Also you can get the complete bundle from http://acoustica1.cachefly.net/other/Classic-Effects-Installer.exe. The installer puts the plugins in %PROGRAMFILES%VST where (according to the Manual and VSTEffect.cpp) Audacity should not see them unless a registry key or VST_PATH environment variable points there. But Audacity does see them (on Win 10).
- Classic Chorus.dll
- Classic Compressor.dll
- Classic Delay.dll
- Classic EQ.dll
- Classic Flanger.dll
- Classic Master Limiter.dll
- Classic Phaser.dll
- Classic Reverb.dll
- Gale 17Nov15: Any other plugins are not listed because presumably no-one tested them. Yes, show a landing page with detail for the plugin if there is one. But if we have a table like I suggest we can link to the publisher and the plugin in a less confusing way.
- digitalfishphones plug-ins
- dominion v1.2.dll - a tool to shape the envelope of a signal, giving you total control of the signal's attack & sustain phase
- endorphin - dual-band stereo compressor
- BLOCKFISH - compressor for Windows and OS X (PPC only)
- FLOORFISH.dll - expander/noise gate for Windows and OS X (PPC only)
- SPITFISH.dll - de-esser for Windows and OS X (PPC only)
- normalizer.dll - a denormalization tool
- THD.dll - analog-style saturator
- DtBlkFx (FFT-based frequency and harmonics manipulation). Also supports OS X (Universal binary) but only Windows version tested.
- Extra Boy Pro removal and isolation of audio components (commercial, paid for)
- EZmix (commercial, time limited demo available). Also supports OS X but only Windows version tested.
- Freeverb Plug-ins
- Freeverb for OS X
- Freeverb2.dll for Windows
- FreeverbToo.dll for Windows
- GMulti Multi-band compressor
- iZotope vinyl for Windows and OS X
- JS plug-in pack - contains plug-ins listed below.
- JS 6 equalizer V1.0.dll
- JS Band Cut V1.0.dll
- JS Compresseur V1.1.dll
- JS Disto V1.0.dll
- JS equalizer V1.0.dll
- Humanizer v1.0.dll
- JS Limiteur V1.0.dll
- JS Magneto V1.1.dll
- JS Mini-sample V1.0.dll
- JS Noise Attenu V1.0 .dll
- JS Noise Filtre V1.0.dll
- JS Oscil resonne V2.0 .dll
- JS Oscil resonne V3.0.dll
- JS PanDelay .dll
- JS Resonnateur V1.0.dll
- JS Vibrato V1.0.dll
- jVSTwRapper-based plug-ins (on Windows, Mac OSX PPC/Intel and Linux).
- jVSTwRapper is a way of writing Java plug-ins using VST-based technology, enclosed in a wrapper that makes them compatible for use in VST, Audio Units and LADSPA hosts. Thus jVSTwRapper plug-ins can be run on all three platforms.
- Lisp level-independent sibilance processor
- Smartelectronix Plug-ins
- Ambience - reverb plug-in for Windows, OS 9/X (PPC only)
- MjCompressor.dll for Windows and OS XWindows version only has a tabular interface even in Audacity 1.3.8+
- REFLEX free - a regenerating delay plug-in, a mixture of stereo delays followed by a dense
- Robotizer for Windows and Mac OS X (PPC only)
- TAL-Reverb-2 - popular GPL licensed plate reverb
- TB Compressor (working demo) in Tone Boosters plug-in bundle - supports 'New York' or 'parallel' compression
- UpStereo.dll - stereo widener
- UpStereo for OS X(not tested)
- VOX_DoctorDemo.dll - De-Esser
- Voxengo - free VST plug-ins from Voxengo
List of Plug-ins with known problems
Instructions for adding VST effect plug-ins to the list:
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- JS plug-ins
- MDA VST's
- stereoizer.dll
| Plug-in | OS | Date | Audacity version | Symptoms |
| Auto-Tune | Windows | Dec.2012 | Audacity 2.0.1 | Tuning by MIDI input is not supported. |
| BlueCat | OS X | Sep.2014 | Audacity 2.0.5, 2.0.6 | In 2.0.5, the plug-in interface does not work, so you can only use default settings. The interface works in 2.0.6, but in both versions, saving a preset will lock out the main Audacity window, requiring to close Audacity from the Dock. |
| CM Vocoder | Windows/OS X | Sep.08 | Audacity 1.3.8+ | Does not appear |
| Effect Chainer DX and VST wrapper | Windows | Jan.08 | All | can't host any plug-ins |
| FFX-4 DX and VST Wrapper | Windows | Jan.08 | All | can't host any plug-ins |
| Freeverb2 | Windows 7 | Oct.11 | Audacity 1.3.13 | Only tabular interface, no preset support |
| GRM Tools | OS X | May 2014 | Audacity 2.0.6-alpha | Interface cannot be used (so the effects can only be used at default settings) or interface disappears completely when loading preset. The interface is likely to be available in 2.0.6 release, but attempting to save a preset in any Audacity version could lock out the main Audacity window. |
| GRM Tools | Windows | Sep.08 | Audacity 1.3.8+ | unspecified |
| GSnap | Windows | Jan.2014 | Audacity 2.0.6 | Tuning by MIDI input is not supported. |
| keFIR | Windows | Apr.08 | VST-Bridge 1.1 | has no effect on audio |
| kn0ck0ut | Windows | Sep.2014 | Audacity 2.0.6-alpha | Despite Audacity 2.0.6 or later supporting buffer delay compensation, the start of the processed audio has silence inserted and a corresponding length is removed from the end of the processed audio. This also occurs in Goldwave and Wavosaur so is probably a bug in Kn0ck0ut, but the VST version is no longer being developed, only an LV2 version. |
| Sonic Maximizer | Windows | Sep.2007 | VST-Bridge 1.1 | not in Effect menu |
| SoundSoap2 (discontinued) (see also SoundSoap3) | Windows, OS X | 2007 (various) | All | Audacity won't launch |
| Spectro | Windows | Nov.2014 | 2.0.7-alpha | No spectrum visible in plug-in window |
| String Studio | Windows | 2007 (various) | VST-Bridge 1.1 | Audacity won't launch |
| T RackS 3 | OS X | Dec.2009 | All | Audacity won't launch |
| VisualVOX VST | Windows | Jan.2008 | VST-Bridge 1.1 | No interface, just silences audio |
| Waves V5 | Windows | Dec.2012 | Audacity 2.0.2 | Hangs Audacity on launch |
| Waves V8 | OS X | Feb.2013 | Audacity 2.0.3 | Only tabular interface. Two entries (m) and (s) for each effect. GarageBand does not have either problem.(1) |
- (1) Audio Unit versions of Waves may cause Audacity 2.0.4 or earlier to freeze or crash on launch. In 2.0.5 or later, Waves Audio Units may cause a freeze or crash when the effect is chosen from the Effect Menu.
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