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Free VST and AU plugins for any DAW*Ten experimental effects and synths, free for good

Tape doublers, granular reverbs, spectral freezes and drone synths from the Puremagnetik studio. Complete devices, not demos, in VST3, VST2 and AU for Mac and Windows. They run in Ableton Live, Logic, Bitwig, Reaper, FL Studio, Cubase and any other plugin host.

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10 devices7 effects, 3 synths, no time limit
VST3 · VST2 · AUMac + Windows · Apple silicon native
Free packsAbleton Live packs, drum kits and samples

* Pro Tools loads AAX only. Run Studies inside an AAX plugin host such as Blue Cat Audio's PatchWork or DDMF Metaplugin.

Free in Studies

Ten free effects and synthesizers

Studies is the Puremagnetik plugin library: two plugins, Studies Effects for audio tracks and Studies Instruments for MIDI. The free tier opens these ten devices with full controls and presets, no sign-in needed.

Olden

Tape chorus
Worn tape doubler

Two drifting delay voices, like tape machines slightly out of step. Subtle width or seasick chorus.

Driftmaker

Granular delay
Delay disintegration device

A grain looper through tape warble and chopped delay, with presets by BlankFor.ms.

Auras

Ambient reverb
Ambient texture shaper

A reverb with a spectral sub-octave, frozen, distorted or dialled down to lo-fi.

Barber

Octaver · tremolo
Harmonic animation slicer

Octaver, fuzz, tremolo and arpeggiator in one, every rate locked to your host tempo.

Tensol

Resonator
Tension resonator repeater

A string resonator, recorded and chopped into grains. Drum loops come out pitched and metallic.

Vanisher

Granular reverb
Granular sound transcendence machine

A reverb tail broken into particles: 3D motion, blur and glitch over your intact source.

Phanes

Spectral freeze
Spectral grain reflector

Freeze a chord into a spectral cloud and play over it. New in Studies, never sold alone.

Verv

Tape loop synth
Sunbaked tape loop synthesizer

A 1970s string machine, recorded to a loop and left in the sun all summer.

Expanse

Drone generator
Texture generator

Blurred noise and low drones that sound the moment it loads. No MIDI needed.

Darklands

FM synth
Dystopian soundscape synthesizer

Hybrid FM for tense washes, bowed atmospheres and atonal synth-scapes.

Ableton Live

Free Ableton Live packs

Instrument and Drum Racks, loops and samples, built in Live for Live. The Studies devices above run in Live as VST3 or AU plugins; these packs open straight into your browser.

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With a record

Plugins that come with an album

Each of these was made with an artist for a release and comes with that record on Bandcamp. Buy the album and the download includes the plugin.

  • KristallSound echo prism · with Arovane, GestaltBandcamp
  • CoilArtifact anomaly generator · with Arovane, WirkungBandcamp
  • FragmentDual fluctuation looper · with An Moku, LessBandcamp
  • StagesDual golden ratio delay · with An Moku, Shapes (for a Name)Bandcamp
  • CanvasTexture microsampler · with Boris Salchow, StarsBandcamp
  • Small WintersGranular splice multitrack · with Taylor Deupree, Small WintersBandcamp
  • AperuitMystical drone synthesizer · with Larum, Live at Public RecordsBandcamp
  • LeemsSupernatural lo-fi portal · with Petteril, The Leems BoysteBandcamp
  • WeaveBuffer drone and space machine · with Micah Frank and Chet Doxas, All the RoadsBandcamp
  • StrataParticle tape loop device · with Chris Child and Micah Frank, Tape Pieces Vol. 2Bandcamp
  • LoomFM microtexture machine · with Chris Child and Micah Frank, Tape Pieces Vol. 3Bandcamp
  • InnerveltDark haze machine · with Micah Frank, NoontideBandcamp
Questions

Free plugin questions

Do they work in Ableton Live?

Yes. Studies loads as a VST3, VST2 or Audio Unit plugin, so it runs in Live on Mac and Windows. Put Studies Effects on an audio track and Studies Instruments on a MIDI track.

Which other DAWs?

Any AU or VST host: Logic Pro, Bitwig, Reaper, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live and more. In Pro Tools, which loads AAX only, open Studies inside a wrapper such as Blue Cat Audio's PatchWork or DDMF Metaplugin.

Are they demos?

No. The ten free devices are complete, with every control and preset, and no time limit.

How do I download them?

Check out Studies for $0 with your email. The installer comes with your order. No credit card, no sign-in.

Mac and Windows?

Current macOS, native on Apple silicon, and Windows 10/11 x64.

What does a subscription add?

All 60 Studies devices, with new ones as they are released, for $9/month or $85/year. See Studies.

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Ten free plugins, one download

Studies Effects and Studies Instruments, with the ten free devices ready the moment they load.

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