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Surge XT
by Surge Synth Team
Surge XT is the best free synthesizer VST plugin right now. If I could only recommend one synth from this list, this would be it.
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Vital
by Matt Tytel
Vital Basic is the freeware version of Matt Tytel’s wavetable synthesizer Vital. Feature-wise, the free synth is just as powerful as the paid editions.
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Compressors
Limiter №6
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Saturation
FerricTDS mkII
Variety Of Sound releases FerricTDS mkII, the updated 64-bit edition of the tape saturation effect in VST2 plugin format for Windows. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again.
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