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JUGGLE by Yurt Rock
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) Turn any loop into a groove nobody played. JUGGLE is a loop re-sequencer that slices audio onto pads and rebuilds it in a new order on a step grid. Grab a part straight from your DAW, pull a loop from the Yurt Rock Vault catalog or drop in your own file, then write the flip by hand or let the generator find one. It isn't only for drums: guitar, keys, bass and vocals all flip just as well.
The Super Bundle
3 standalone apps - not plugins, no DAW required - for everything that happens after the music is written: finishing the mix, checking the master, getting the release out. Separately they're $147. In the bundle, $69. SUPERGLOW - SOUND LIKE A RECORD One-knob mix finishing. Drop your WAV in, turn the knob, save. Tape saturation, head bump, tape motion, a vintage converter stage and a little vinyl give your mix the weight of a released record in 30 seconds.
PSICOACUSTICA by Creature From The Black
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) PSICOACUSTICA is a free modular plugin built around auditory illusions. Every module is a real psychoacoustic phenomenon: a note that exists only between your two ears (Huggins pitch), a glissando that falls forever (Risset), a whisper a few centimetres from your ear (near field), a voice rebuilt from three sine waves, a bass that a phone speaker can't play but you still hear.
Mixroadie by Mixroadie - DAW Companion Application
Mixroadie is an AI mix and master assistant for REAPER on macOS and Windows. It runs as a panel docked inside REAPER and works alongside it, so it is not a VST or AU plugin. You press "Mix my track for me" or describe the sound you want. Mixroadie measures your tracks and the full mix, then returns a plan with a number and a reason for each move. You untick anything you disagree with and press Apply.
Drum Machine Plugin VST3 Audio Unit
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) Beta. The macOS and Windows installers are not signed: https://lemusdev.org/download#installing macOS 11 or later. Universal (Apple Silicon and Intel). AU, VST3 and standalone. ro-drums-909 emulates the Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer (1984), a drum machine with analog voices, sampled hi-hats and cymbals, and a step sequencer.
Harmonizer Plugin VST3 Audio Unit AAX
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Rice Cake Keys by George Ergemlidze
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) macOS 11 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel. AU / VST3 host (Logic Pro, Ableton Live, REAPER, GarageBand, etc.) or the included standalone app. Rice Cake Keys is a soft keys instrument for Mac made from George Ergemlidze's own audio recordings, played on a little glazed instrument with puffed-rice keys and rice cake knobs.
SQUELCRUDE by Tonecraft Tokyo
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) SQUELCRUDE is a free monophonic acid bass synthesizer specialized in squelchy, rolling acid basslines. It combines an aggressive resonant filter and acid envelope with slide and accent, plus a 16-step sequencer with key and scale quantization. Press SEQ ON, hit RANDOM, and hold down a key to generate rolling basslines within your chosen key and scale.
SENTEZ by Incredible Science
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) SENTEZ is a synthesizer for Windows VST3 hosts that builds organic instruments out of mathematics alone. Physical models of 72 acoustic instruments sit beside Wavetable, FM, Analog, Additive, Phase Dist and Granular engines. SENTEZ contains no samples or recordings: every partial, strike and breath is calculated as you play. A sound is made of three oscillators, a CLICK transient layer and three filters.
ACIDQUENCH by Tonecraft Tokyo
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) ACIDQUENCH puts an acid-style filter on the sounds you already have and lets you draw the cutoff across 16 steps, in time with your DAW. A plain drum loop, pad or bass turns into a moving pattern without writing a single line of automation. Press play and drag across the large lane at the bottom. Above the center line opens the filter, below it closes the filter, and the shape you draw is the movement you hear.
Ancient Synth by Tully EDM Vibe
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) macOS 12 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel (Universal 2) Ancient Synth brings the sound of the ancient world into modern production: lyres, reeds, flutes, bells, choirs and drones, played in historical scales and tunings: • 13 scales (including Phrygian Dominant, Double Harmonic, Hirajoshi, Maqam Rast and Maqam Nahawand) and six tuning systems (Equal, Just, Pythagorean, Sumerian Pentatonic, Egyptian Modal and Mesopotamian...
Analog Cinematic Soundscapes Creator VST3 Audio Unit
For related news items, downloads and more please see the full KVR product page for Supported on Apple Silicon (Native) and Intel Macs. Standalone App, VST3 and AU included. Works on OS X 10.7 or later. Host must support VSTi or AU plugins. 100 MB HDD. 4GB RAM. 64-bits Plugin and Standalone. Standalone 64-bits App and VST3 included. Windows 7 or later. Host must support VSTi plugins. 100 MB HDD. 4GB RAM. 64-bits Plugin and Standalone. What is it?
Knifolong - Knifonium
For related news items, downloads and more please see the full KVR product page for What is it? Knifolong contains 50 analog pads and long synths for Brainworx Knifonium synthesizer. As all of our Knifonium soundbanks the patches here are sounding very analog and warm exploiting the great sonic characteristics of this great synth emulation.
Tonal Atlas by Tonal Atlas
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) macOS 10.13 or later. Native Intel and Apple silicon support. Internet connection required for initial activation; works offline after activation. Tonal Atlas is a songwriting and harmonic exploration environment for developing chord progressions and turning them into musical arrangements.
Synth (Hybrid) Plugin VST3 Audio Unit CLAP
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BACKBAND by BACKBAND - Arranger Application
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit), 1280x720 screen or larger, about 700 MB of disk space. Stand-alone app, no internet connection or account needed. BACKBAND is a stand-alone backing band for guitarists. Pick a feel, press New Song and Play: it writes a 3-5 minute song on the spot - intro, verses, choruses, solo and ending - and drums, bass, keys and two rhythm guitars play it while you jam over the top. The songs are not AI-generated.
Dronevoice by UDI DSP
Apple Silicon: macOS 11 Big Sur or later Intel Mac: macOS 10.15 Catalina or later may work. Please try the free 14-day trial to verify compatibility. Speech in, a monster out. BODY takes a voice down two octaves with its throat following; FORMANT, RAGE, GROWL, LEGION, ECHO and HAUNT make it as big, angry and haunted as the scene needs, and a display shows what the voice is doing. • Size you can hear in the throat. BODY takes the voice down two octaves or up one, and its throat goes with it.
Discovery - Nord Lead inspired Synthesizer
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Dead Tape by Dead Signal Audio
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F-TransForm by Fazıl Irak
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) Linux x64. Use a compatible host for the formats in the release archive. See the release documentation for dependencies. macOS 11 or later. Universal binary for Intel and Apple Silicon. Ad-hoc signed, not Apple-notarized. Use a compatible plugin host or the standalone application. Windows x64. Use a compatible host for the plugin formats provided in the release. A standalone application is also included.
Jellybone by Fazıl Irak
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) Linux x64. See the release archive for included formats and platform-specific requirements. macOS 11.0 or later. Universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel. VST3/AU host required for plugin use. Ad-hoc signed; not Apple-notarized. Separate Intel Mac and DAW compatibility testing is not yet complete. 64-bit Windows. A VST3-compatible host is required for plugin use; a standalone application is also supplied.
Revolt Patchable Synth
64-bit x86_64 with glibc 2.35 or later (Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12), ALSA or JACK/PipeWire for standalone use, 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended), 200 MB of disk space for binaries, wavetables and presets, Formats: VST3, LV2 and Standalone, Graphics: X11 or XWayland, 1280x800 (1920x1080 recommended), WARNING: LINUX BUILD IS EXPERIMENTAL AND WE OFFER LIMITED SUPPORT FOR IT! macOS 12 Monterey or later, Apple Silicon (native) or Intel 64-bit, 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended), 200 MB of disk space for binaries,...
Gravitroid by M Media Audio
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Tonestatic Grains
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) macOS 11 Big Sur or later Universal: Apple Silicon (native) and Intel VST3 or Audio Unit host Internet connection to activate a licence or start the trial Windows 10 or later, 64-bit (x64) VST3 host Internet connection to activate a licence or start the trial Tonestatic Grains breaks your sound into short pieces and plays them back at new pitches, in either direction and at new places in the stereo image, with the pitches...
AMI-POLYRHYTHM CV
macOS 10.13 or later (11 or later on Apple Silicon), Intel or Apple Silicon (universal binary), signed and notarized by Apple. Installs an Audio Unit instrument with eight mono outputs and a VST3. Requires a DAW that hosts multi-output instruments (tested in Logic Pro) and an audio interface with DC-coupled outputs, such as the Expert Sleepers ES-8 or ES-9. Outputs control voltage as audio, not MIDI. Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit (x64). Installs a VST3 instrument with eight mono outputs.
DISCO COMPOSITORE
DISCO COMPOSITORE is a rotating-disc sequencer for Windows 10/11 (64-bit). Notes are drawn on discs that spin under a playhead, so each disc works as a rotating score. Discs can be grouped and played together: up to 23 simultaneous discs have been tested and run on a mid-range PC. The sequencer can be played and recorded from a MIDI keyboard or the on-screen keyboard, and can import MIDI.
MFX by MAP Audio
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) MFX is a modular multi-effects plugin with 33 built-in effects, a patcher-style routing system, modulation tools and randomization features. It is available for macOS and Windows in VST3, AU, CLAP and Standalone formats. A fully functioning web version of MFX is available to try on the MAP Audio MFX Page. MFX is built around four cells, and each cell can load any of the built-in effects.
Haeloc's Crook: Ambient Looper
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) macOS: macOS [11.0 Big Sur] or later. Universal binary, native on Intel and Apple Silicon. AU, VST3, AAX and Standalone. Signed and notarised. Haeloc's Crook is an intelligent ambient looper that continuously records the last 64 seconds of your playing. You can loop any moment from that memory and let the loop evolve a little more with each pass, or freeze a single moment into a sustained, shimmering drone.
The Spice Rack by Audio Spices
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) The Spice Rack is every Audio Spices plugin in one bundle, one licence each, yours forever, with one installer for all of them. Nine plugins as of 26 October 2026: • Ginger Morse Code, a gate that turns any text into rhythm. • Chat Sampler, a sampler you fill from your phone (new 26 October 2026). $159 for all nine (about $590 if bought one by one). AU, VST3 and AAX on macOS, VST3 and AAX on Windows.
Tern by BenDavis.IO - Sequencer Plugin VST3
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CentTune by Animus Vertex
CentTune is a free guitar tuner for your DAW. Instead of a bare needle it shows a guitar headstock: click a key to pick its string, or let AUTO follow what you play. The string lights up in the colour of the reading, an arc meter on the neck shows how many cents are left, and the key tells you which way to tune. A string held in tune gets a tick; when the last one does, the whole guitar is in tune.
Scour by DecimuLabs - Lo-Fi Plugin VST3
Scour is a six-module lo-fi effect to dirty and age any sound. Each module switches on and off separately: NOISE adds vinyl, tape, hum, static, VHS or dust noise that can follow your signal or hide when it plays. WOBBLE gives the flutter of a worn tape, with slow wow and fast flutter. DISTORT saturates with four shapes and a focus to keep the lows clean. DIGITAL lowers sample rate and bit depth. SPACE is a lo-fi reverb with predelay. MAGNETIC dulls the highs, makes the level tremble and adds dropouts.
HUMPIRE VST SUITE
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) HUMPIRE VST SUITE gathers all 7 HUMPIRE plugins by DJBILBOX BEATS (Toulouse) for one price: a complete beat-making toolkit with generators, instruments and mix effects. You get 6,142 factory presets across 36 genres, from Trap, Drill, Boom Bap and G-Funk to Afro, Raï, Chaâbi, House and Jazz. That saves 104 € compared with buying the 7 plugins separately.
Synth Plugin VST3 Audio Unit AAX
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Quadra by Sample Logic
Quadra is a multi-effect plugin from Sample Logic that allows users to blend between four independent effect chains using an XY Morph Pad. Designed for music production, mixing and sound design, it combines 22 effect processors with a motion system for creating evolving effects, rhythmic modulation and transitions. Each corner of the XY pad can contain a chain of up to four effects, allowing up to 16 effect instances across the four corners.
Choir by SXP Plugins
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semedo LIMITER by Semedo Audio
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) Semedo Limiter is an intelligent mastering limiter designed to help you reach the right loudness quickly while keeping your music clean, punchy and controlled. Choose your destination, press Analyze & Limit, and Semedo Limiter analyses your audio and automatically finds suitable limiter settings for the track.
CUTO by Sound Overflow
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Ghosty Spectrum by GhostBlock Studio - Synth Plugin VST3 Audio Unit
Ghosty Spectrum lets you paint sound. Place glowing notes on a ghostly spectrum: bells, piano strings, bowed pads and feedback tones that ring together, with harmony and dissonance drawn live as you play. Shape the pad with bloom, space, shimmer, tape, drive, strings and drift, then hold, freeze or stop it. Switch to loop mode to paint melodies on the spectrum, snap them to key or detect the key of your track, quantize, and drag the loop out. Sold together with Ghosty Beats.
JING FANG by SubverseLab
JING FANG is a synthesizer that plays between the keys. Out of the box every key plays its usual note, from any MIDI keyboard, your DAW or the computer keyboard. Switch on MICRO and the keyboard opens into three rows: the usual keys in the middle, each key one step higher above and one step lower below, on a 53-step grid (22.6 cents) by default or any other grid. A4 sets the reference pitch, and keyswitches move a note to its high or low row while you play.
Splitz by Rast Sound
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) Splitz lets you split any sound in four different ways and apply the included effects or your own plugins exactly where you want them. {See video at top of page} Add reverb to the tail without softening the hit. Bring quiet ghost notes forward without pushing the accents. Give the stereo sides their own echoes while keeping the centre dry. Process each part separately, then bring everything back together.
Super Duper Basses
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Boudoir by Platinum Samples
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K-TapeStop by Kojika Games
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) Recreate tape slowing down, stopping, and accelerating again. Set stop and start times independently, sync to tempo, and choose the restart behavior.
STREETLIGHT TRAP
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) STREETLIGHT TRAP, sold under the HUMPIRE brand by DJBILBOX BEATS, generates every sound in real time with no samples.
DZPOWER by Djbilbox Beats
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) DZPOWER, sold under the HUMPIRE brand by DJBILBOX BEATS, generates every sound in real time with no samples. Choose one of eight engines, shape it with five character controls (TONE, BODY, BRIGHT, WIDTH, TEXTURE), then run it through a resonant multimode filter with its own envelope, an amplitude envelope, an LFO, distortion, chorus, ping-pong delay and reverb. Windows: VST3. macOS: VST3 and Audio Unit (Apple Silicon and Intel).
HUMPIRE COMBO by Djbilbox Beats
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) HUMPIRE COMBO turns four one-shot effects into a game controller: STUTTER, TAPE STOP, SWEEP and REVERSE are buttons you hold, and two XY pads set their parameters. Windows: VST3. macOS: VST3 and Audio Unit (Apple Silicon and Intel). Royalty-free license. By DJBILBOX BEATS (Toulouse), HUMPIRE brand.
K2000 by Djbilbox Beats
Not In Your MY KVR Groups (or group limitation prevents versioning) K2000, sold under the HUMPIRE brand by DJBILBOX BEATS, generates every sound in real time with no samples. Choose one of six waveforms (Sawtooth, Square, Triangle, Sine, SuperSaw and 80s Brass), shape it with a filter that has five modes, including a 24 dB ladder and an Acid low pass, then add the master effects: distortion, chorus, ping-pong delay and reverb. Windows: VST3. macOS: VST3 and Audio Unit (Apple Silicon and Intel).
ROCKPUNK by Djbilbox Beats
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