🎶 Native Linux Plugins – New & Upcoming (VST | CLAP | LV2 | Standalone)

[NWSM]

Actually i don't know if he released the Linux Version because its alpha.

In the Downloader Drop Down on KVR:

"To date only an alpha version is available for Linux. This will be replaced with a stable v8.1 in the near future. The current alpha r1100 can be considered equal to 8.0++ until 8.1 is released."

I am not happy with his Plugin Design.

[audiojunkie]

Actually i don't know if he released the Linux Version because its alpha.

In the Downloader Drop Down on KVR:

"To date only an alpha version is available for Linux. This will be replaced with a stable v8.1 in the near future. The current alpha r1100 can be considered equal to 8.0++ until 8.1 is released."

I am not happy with his Plugin Design.

Oh, ok. I'll tell you about Xhip and his effects. @Aciddose has been perfecting that synth and the effects for years (over a decade). Those tools magnificent! We need to get him to update his web page, and get it back on line. It is a great sounding plugin that has almost zero dependencies, because he has built everything he could from scratch. This means that it will probably work on Linux for forever, because there is almost nothing that can be depreciated on it. His plugins have been first rate citizens from the very, very early days. The sound and functionality of his tools are first rate as well--even if you are not a fan of the GUI, it all functions very smoothly. Let's all email him and ask him if he can make it available again for all of us.

[GaryG]

@Aciddose has been perfecting that synth and the effects for years (over a decade).

It seems like he's been at it forever... (easy to check gaz, just look for forum mentions...) ok, the oldest post mentioning xhip is in a freeware roundup from december 2004... that puts it into perspective for me, my (adult) daughter would have been just a few months old...

Remember the original(?) GUI? Tabbed pages with horizontal bars for the controls, think the newer one is better for sure.

[sprnva]

Found this over at linuxmusicians:

DrumCloud by Fuimadane is a Linux granular plugin built for reshaping drum loops, percussion, rhythm textures and chopped sample material into something more alive, unstable and expressive.

It was created with a very specific goal in mind: to work as a granular plugin for drum loops in all forms. From subtle motion and scan-based variation to more broken, smeared, rhythmic and experimental results, DrumCloud is designed for exploring the space between groove, texture and sound design.

DrumCloud lets you load your own samples directly from the plugin UI and work with them through waveform-based control, multiple scan modes, Sync X, and a custom interface built for fast experimentation. It supports CLAP, VST3 and LV2 on Linux.

Main features:
- Built for Linux
- Available as CLAP, VST3 and LV2
- Designed especially for drum loops, percussion and rhythmic material
- Granular playback engine
- Multiple scan modes
- Waveform view
- Sync X control
- Native sample loading from the UI
- Saves and recalls sample, mode and settings in the host
- Tested in Bitwig and REAPER


https://fuimadane.gumroad.com/l/drumcloud
https://github.com/Chmod666music/DPF/releases

[NWSM]

MUCAP

(spotted on linuxdaw)

This Midi Capture should be nice next to Rolling Sampler.
https://github.com/polygon/mucap

Features

Retrospective MIDI Recording
CLAP, VST3, Standalone
Sample accurate recording
Records all basic MIDI events on all channels
Bar markers used for selection snapping

Usage: By hold LMouse select a start point in the GUI and drag the mouse the range you want, release LMouse to finish the selection. Now A Copy is created in a temporary Folder. You should be able to Paste the MID in your DAW or Desktop.

No Charge*

[NWSM]

Well this isn't new but it seems bit out of Focus.
I was a bit hesitant to post it because of the political situation and because I don't know the person.
Seems he live in Amsterdam:

- https://github.com/zolotov

You maybe know SunVox, this guy created some Standalone Apps which run on Linux as well.

Because of the Politics about Russia - i do not offer any Weblink. You descide.
All Tools below are Free to use so you not support anything you may not like to.
But there are Donations, so watch out.

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SunVox - SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with a pattern-based sequencer (tracker).

Virtual ANS - Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic musical instrument created by Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958. The ANS made it possible to draw music in the form of a spectrogram (sonogram), without live instruments and performers.

Fractal Bits - Fractal Bits is a drum synth with over four billion unique sounds created by fractal algorithms. Each set of 12 drums corresponds to a code of 8 characters (you can save/copy/paste it as plain text).

PixiTracker - is a simple and fun tool to quickly create musical sketches, chiptunes and sound experiments. There are two versions of PixiTracker: 16Bit (high quality) and retro-style 1Bit (like on old computers).

PhonoPaper - PhonoPaper is a camera app for playing pictures with encoded sound (PhonoPaper-codes).
With this app, you can also create your own codes: 10 seconds of sound can be recorded from a microphone and converted into an image.

Quantum VJ HD - Quantum VJ HD is a simple glitch-style audio visualizer (video generator). It can receive sound from the microphone or from the Line-in port (depends on the system settings). Sound will be converted to the graphic elements byte by byte. The final video can be mixed with the camera stream in real time. Based on the algorithms from the Quantum VJ (pendant).

Nature Oscillator - The world around us is an endless source of visual information, the flow of the fractal code of life. Nature - Oscillator is one of the attempts to translate this code to sound, using spectral synthesis algorithm of the Virtual ANS engine (software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS). The program continuously reads the image from the camera and interprets it as the spectrum of the sound. And you can easily control the scanning curve: its amplitude, type and speed.

[audiojunkie]

People are people. It doesn’t matter where they’re from. Living there doesn’t mean they agree (or disagree, for that matter) with their leader. I’m a citizen of the USA, and I’d totally hate to be judged by the leader we currently have (which I didn’t vote for). I know good people on both sides of that conflict.

I know it was done out of respect. I would say, assume good intent until things are shown to be otherwise.

[sprnva]

Here's an interesting looking one I found on GitHub. According to the releases page, binaries are distributed via a mailing list, but the link to join it is broken. I built it from source anyway.

The UI elements are a bit small and low-contrast. A scaling option would be nice.



https://github.com/Spatial-Media-Lab/OpenSpatialDelay

OpenSpatialDelay is a spatial delay effect where each delay tap is positioned in 3D space. Think of a classic stereo ping-pong delay — but instead of bouncing between left and right, the echoes travel through up to 12 spatial positions around the listener.

Each tap reads from a shared delay line at sequential intervals: Tap 1 plays at 1× the delay time, Tap 2 at 2×, and so on. Every tap has its own position (azimuth, elevation, distance), trajectory animation, pitch shift, and Doppler amount.

The output is rendered through one of five rendering paths: direct binaural HRTF convolution for headphones, stereo mic simulation, discrete surround speaker panning, or Ambisonics spherical harmonics encoding.

[sprnva]

Another delay plugin but this time a nice simple stompbox style. Linux and Windows binaries are available.



Lupex is an analog BBD-style stereo delay VST3 plugin by Fauz Audio, built with JUCE and CMake.
Inspired by the character of classic analog delay pedals like the MXR Carbon Copy.
Features

BBD-style analog delay with warm, dark character
Dual-pole low-pass filter with accumulative darkening per repeat
Wow/Flutter modulation for organic tape-like movement
Stereo spread with symmetric offset
Ping-Pong mode with smooth real-time crossfade
Bypass footswitch with LED indicator
Adaptive time smoother — pitch shifts naturally when scrubbing delay time

https://github.com/maurocosentino/lupex-analog-delay

[TechHaus]

Noticed on the front page that apulSoft Opalilze now has "Experimental VST3 Linux support added".

https://www.kvraudio.com/news/apulsoft- ... -1-1-66519

More apulSoft!

https://www.kvraudio.com/news/apulsoft- ... -7-7-66733

[NWSM]

Audio Damage dropped

KOMBINAT4

KOMBINAT4 is Audio Damage's fourth-generation flagship distortion. Take any sound, split it into up to eight frequency bands, and assign one of 38 distortion engines to each band. Or flip to Serial mode and chain those eight engines end-to-end for stacked, cascading mayhem.

CLAP. VST3, LV2

€31,95

[NWSM]

Spotted on linuxdaw.org

https://mouseplugins.com/en

Mouse Plugins released

- GlassBreaker - EQ

GlassBreaker EQ is a measurement-fitted broad-stroke equalizer with five fixed bands and a signature Air Band. The filter bank is built for wide tonal lifts rather than surgical correction, with complementary behavior designed to keep broad moves controlled when bands are moved together. The Air Band adds presence and shimmer from 2.5 kHz to 40 kHz, while Break mode offers an alternative, more coloured voicing.

- 40kHz? -

-The Trick - EQ

The Trick is a free circuit-modeled passive program EQ. Its passive network runs as a Wave Digital Filter tree, with tube makeup gain and transformer voicing always in the signal path. The low-frequency boost-and-cut move emerges from the topology: two independent LC networks sharing one frequency selector. It is built as a proper production EQ, not a cut-down demo or a disposable freebie.

- Deep Fryer - Saturation

DeepFryer is a measurement-fitted tube saturation plugin built around the way harmonics change with drive. Low Drive emphasizes H2 for roundness, body, and even-harmonic density; as Drive increases, H3 rises and the tone flips into edge, bite, and grit. Three tube types, Bias, pre-saturation HPF, post-saturation Tilt, Auto-Gain, and oversampling modes make it useful from subtle bus thickening to obvious parallel crunch.

- Studio Hum - Hum Generator

StudioHum generates the 50/60 Hz hum layer of studio hardware: transformer bloom, power-supply buzz, ground-loop texture, drift, ripple, and mains-synchronous hash noise. It is not a sample loop or a generic noise generator; it synthesizes the hum layer so clean digital tracks can sit in a more believable physical space. Use it subtly on a mix bus, or per-track to make each channel feel like its own piece of hardware.

- Hysteresis Shaper (no picture below)

HysteresisShaper models magnetic saturation as a stateful process. Instead of applying a static waveshaping curve, it uses a Jiles-Atherton-inspired magnetic model where the current output depends on what happened moments before. At low drive it adds transient rounding, density, and subtle compression; at higher drive it opens into stronger colour, compression, and magnetic grain.

Mastino60 new* (no picture below)
- https://mouseplugins.com/en/products/mastino-60

Mastino 60 is a fast hard-knee VCA-style compressor built for material that needs grip: drums, bass, guitars, synths, and parallel buses.

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[audiojunkie]

You are doing awesome work keeping this Linux music software list fresh!

[stanlea]

https://github.com/ManasWolrd/GreenVoco ... tag/v0.2.3

there's a post recent from the author somewhere on KVR

[pekbro]

Very nice compressor suite available for linux, still on intro, worth checking out imo.

https://xeni-audio.com/