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The KVR Audio product database contains 35770 products: 7999 instruments; 12660 effects; 670 plugin hosts; 13749 soundware; (some are both or all) (7958 are free!). 25240 run on Windows; 20568 on macOS; 1515 on Linux; 1265 on iOS; 216 on Android.

The plugins and hosts are ranked by their popularity below - this is derived from how many times the product's KVR page has been viewed. A plugin's KVR Rank, which is displayed on its page at KVR, is calculated from a 3 month average (updated daily).

KVR Rank

Commercial All Products

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3
Zebra Legacy (Zebra2) by u-he
Synth (Modular)
4
Diva by u-he
Synth
5
Bitwig Studio 6 by Bitwig
Sequencer / Multitrack
6
Zebra 3 by u-he
Synth Instruments
7
Hive 2 by u-he
Lead Synth
8
9
REAPER by Cockos
Sequencer / Multitrack
11
Pianoteq Standard 9 by Modartt
Physical Modeled Piano
12
Renoise by Renoise
Tracker
13
Bazille by u-he
Synthesizer
14
Pianoteq Pro 9 by Modartt
Physical Modeled Piano
15
16
ACE (Any Cable Everywhere) by u-he
Synth (Modular)
17
DeeQ by Venomode
Dynamic EQ
18
Glitch by Illformed
FSU
19
Touched by Warmth.dev
Shoegaze Multi-FX
20
TAL-J-8X by TAL Software
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)

Free All Products

2
NeuralNote by Dr. Audio
Audio to MIDI
3
TurboAlexis by ArtV
Reverb
4
LoudMax by Thomas Mundt
Dynamics (Compressor / Limiter)
5
Surge XT by Surge Synth Team
Synth (Hybrid)
7
Vital by Matt Tytel
Wavetable Synth
8
GClip by GVST
Lo-Fi
10
Tyrell Nexus 6 by u-he
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
11
Touched Lite by Warmth.dev
Shoegaze Multi-FX
12
Sirial by Tilr
Delay
14
ANINA by CRQL
Spectral Resonance Suppression
15
TAL-NoiseMaker by TAL Software
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
17
TIME-12 by Tilr
Modulation FX
18
TapeStop by EAS Audio
Tape Stop/Start Pitch Modulator

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Commercial Instruments

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3
Zebra Legacy (Zebra2) by u-he
Synth (Modular)
4
Diva by u-he
Synth
5
Zebra 3 by u-he
Synth Instruments
6
Hive 2 by u-he
Lead Synth
7
8
Pianoteq Standard 9 by Modartt
Physical Modeled Piano
9
Bazille by u-he
Synthesizer
10
Pianoteq Pro 9 by Modartt
Physical Modeled Piano
11
ACE (Any Cable Everywhere) by u-he
Synth (Modular)
12
TAL-J-8X by TAL Software
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
13
Bliss by discoDSP
Sampler
14
OPL by discoDSP
FM Synthesizer
15
Phrasebox 2 by Venomode
MIDI Arpeggiator
16
Discovery by discoDSP
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
18
Repro by u-he
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
19
Discovery Pro by discoDSP
Synthesizer

Free Instruments

2
Surge XT by Surge Synth Team
Synth (Hybrid)
4
Vital by Matt Tytel
Wavetable Synth
5
Tyrell Nexus 6 by u-he
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
6
TAL-NoiseMaker by TAL Software
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
9
11
MT Power Drum Kit by Manda Audio
Drum Sampler
13
Vaporizer2 by VAST Dynamics
Wavetable Synth
14
Shortcircuit XT by Surge Synth Team
Sampler/Sample Player
15
TX16Wx Software Sampler by CWITEC
Sampler/Sample Player
16
sforzando by Plogue
SFZ Player
18
Charlatan by BlauKraut Engineering
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
19
HY-POLY by HY-Plugins
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)

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Commercial Effects

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DeeQ by Venomode
Dynamic EQ
3
Glitch by Illformed
FSU
4
Touched by Warmth.dev
Shoegaze Multi-FX
5
Spectrus by Morphulus
Modular Multi-Effects System
7
ToneLib GFX by Tonelib
Guitar Amp and FX Modeling
9
apShaper by apulSoft
Harmonic Distortion
10
Colour Copy by u-he
Delay
11
MPC Spectral Compressor by Harrison
Multi Band Compressor
12
TB Equalizer v4 by ToneBoosters
Dynamic Equalizer
13
Akira-Lead by smaolab
Distortion
14
Presswerk by u-he
Dynamics (Compressor / Limiter)
15
16
Grid-909 by Kreuzberg Audio
Drum Generator
17
TDR Arbiter by Tokyo Dawn Labs
Automatic Spectral Balancer
18
TAL-Dub-X by TAL Software
Delay / Echo
19
Denoiser Pro by Bertom Audio
Noise Reduction
20
MPC Channel Strip by Harrison
Channel Strip

Free Effects

1
NeuralNote by Dr. Audio
Audio to MIDI
2
TurboAlexis by ArtV
Reverb
3
LoudMax by Thomas Mundt
Dynamics (Compressor / Limiter)
4
GClip by GVST
Lo-Fi
6
Touched Lite by Warmth.dev
Shoegaze Multi-FX
7
Sirial by Tilr
Delay
8
ANINA by CRQL
Spectral Resonance Suppression
10
TIME-12 by Tilr
Modulation FX
11
TapeStop by EAS Audio
Tape Stop/Start Pitch Modulator
13
QDelay by Tilr
Delay / Echo
14
GTune by GVST
Tuner
15
Scyllascope by DsgDnB
Oscilloscope
17
Maim by Wildergarden Audio
Distortion
18
TheMasker by LIM
Dynamic Equalizer
19
Rough Rider 3 by Audio Damage
Dynamics (Compressor / Limiter)
20
Chow Tape Model by Chowdhury DSP
Tape Distortion

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Commercial Hosts

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Bitwig Studio 6 by Bitwig
Sequencer / Multitrack
2
REAPER by Cockos
Sequencer / Multitrack
4
Renoise by Renoise
Tracker
5
Bliss by discoDSP
Sampler
6
Bitwig Studio Essentials by Bitwig
Sequencer / Multitrack
7
Mixbus 11 by Harrison
Sequencer / Multitrack
8
LingStation by LingLin.Art
Digital Audio Workstation
9
VCV Rack Pro by VCV
Synth
10
Entonal Studio by Node Audio
Microtonal
11
Mixbus32C by Harrison
Sequencer / Multitrack
13
Litmus by Candela Audio
Mix Assistance
15
Radium by Radium Audio
Music Composing
16
Bitwig Studio Producer by Bitwig
Sequencer / Multitrack
17
ToneLib Jam by Tonelib
Jam and practice software for guitar players
18
Qtractor by rncbc.org
Sequencer / Multitrack
19

Free Hosts

4
AudioGridder by Andreas Pohl
DSP Server
6
Guitarix by brummer
Amp Simulator
7
Ultradaw by MaksaNet
Sequencer / Multitrack / Tracker / Plugin host
8
ocenaudio by ocenaudio
Audio Editor
9
Helio Sequencer by Peter Rudenko
MIDI Editor / Pattern Sequencer
10
11
Ardour by Ardour
Sequencer / Multitrack
12
13
Keppy's MIDI Converter by KaleidonKep99
MIDI Conversion Tool
14
MusE Sequencer by MusE Development Team
Sequencer / Multitrack
15
OwlPlug by OwlPlug
File Manager
16
Audacity by Muse Group
Audio Editor
17
19
ossia score by ossia.io
Intermedia sequencer
20
Rosegarden by Rosegarden Project
Sequencer / Multitrack

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Dynamic EQ
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