A list of FOSS clap plugins that work for Linux. FOSS means "Free and Open Source Software", that basically means the source code is freely available to all so there will never be any payment or registration required (fuck iLok)
Please note, some of the below are experiencing GUI bugs and do not work perfectly! The vast majority do work, only AIDA-X. Cardinal, and Octasine are currently broken on Linux but function fine on Windows.
All of the below plugins also work for Windows. For Windows users, I would also advise looking at https://github.com/sdatkinson/NeuralAmpModelerPlugin https://github.com/DamRsn/NeuralNote and https://tonehunt.org (tonehunt is no longer FOSS but it's only a website)
Also, download this: https://github.com/ldrolez/free-midi-chords If you want realistic sounding instruments, look for .sfz samples and download sfizz. Synths will never get you realistic sounding instruments, you NEED samples.
Oh and by the way, just because it's free doesn't mean you shouldn't donate to support these creators! Your choice!!
Lastly, if any of you nerds want to make a GUI based MIDI chord generator plugin, https://github.com/Miserlou/chords2midi
(Bold are my recommended plugins)
- Actuate - Synthesizer, Sampler, Granulizer
- AIDA-X - AIDA-X, an Amp Model Player leveraging AI
- Airwindows Consolidated - Airwindows, Consolidated into a single Library, Rack Plugin and DAW Plugin
- B-Step - The MonoPlugs b-step sequencer
- BYOD - Build-your-own guitar distortion!
- Cardinal - Virtual modular synthesizer plugin
- ChowKick - Kick synthesizer based on old-school drum machine circuits
- ChowMultiTool - Multi-Tool Audio Plugin
- CHOWTapeModel - Physical modelling signal processing for analog tape recording
- crrshrr - A very simple bit crusher effect plugin
- dexed - DX7 FM multi plaform/multi format plugin
- Dragonfly Reverb - A set of reverb effects
- firefly-synth - Semi-modular synthesizer
- firefly-fx - Semi-modular FX plugin
- fluidsynth - A clap-plugin bridge to fluidsynth.
- HexoSynth - A hexagonal modular synthesizer plugin.
- JC303 - A Roland TB-303 Plugin for, a Juce port of Open303 engine.
- lamb - A lookahead compressor/limiter that's soft as a lamb.
- lsp-plugins - Linux Studio Plugins Project
- master_me - Automatic mastering plugin for live streaming, podcasts and internet radio.
- MoniqueMonosynth - Monique monosynth
- midi_transpose_rs - Midi Transposer
- nih-plug plugins - A collection of basic plugins
- OctaSine - Frequency modulation synthesizer plugin
- Odin 2 - Odin 2 Synthesizer Plugin
- PeakEater - A wave shaper plugin
- Penare - A wonky distortion plugin :3
- plugdata - Pure Data as a plugin, with a new GUI
- RoomReverb - A mono/stereo to stereo algorithmic reverb audio plugin with many presets that lets you add reverberation to your recordings in your DAW.
- Scrollscope - A simple scrolling oscilloscope
- Shortcircuit XT - Will be a sampler when its done!
- ShowMidi - Multi-platform GUI application to effortlessly visualize MIDI activity
- SpectMorph - Spectral Audio Morphing
- Stochas - The Stochas Sequencer
- StompTuner - Strobe Tuner
- Subhoofer - Sub and Bass Enhancement plugin
- Surge XT - Synthesizer plug-in (previously released as Vember Audio Surge)
- ToneTwistPlugs - Multi-format audio effect plugs
- Vital - Wavetable synth
- vitalium-verb - A Rust port of the reverb module from the Vital/Vitalium synthesizer
- wolf-shaper - Waveshaper plugin with a spline-based graph editor
- wstd-crshr - Simple bit reduction plugin
- wstd-dlay - Simple Delay Audio Plugin
- wstd-eq - Simple nasty EQ plugin.
- wstd-flangr - Simple flanger plugin.
- wstd-fldr - Simple wave folder plugin.
- wstd-smthr - Simple soft-clipping overdrive plugin.