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The KVR Audio product database contains 26112 products: 5952 instruments; 8203 effects; 573 plugin hosts; 10855 soundware; (some are both or all) (5852 are free!). 18381 run on Windows; 14030 on macOS; 680 on Linux; 899 on iOS; 185 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

1
Purity by Sonic Cat
Sound Module
2
DUNE 3 by Synapse Audio
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
3
Serum by Xfer Records
Synth
4
Arcade by Output
Instruments
5
Nexus by reFX
Synth (Hybrid)
6
Sylenth1 by LennarDigital
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
7
El Rey by Acustica Audio
Compressor
9
M1 by Korg
Synth (Sample Based)
10
Electra3 by Tone2 Audiosoftware
Synth (Hybrid)

Free All Products

1
2
Synth1 by Daichi Laboratory (Ichiro Toda)
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
3
Luftikus by lkjb
EQ
5
PTEq-X by Ignite Amps
Tube EQ
6
Delay Lama by AudioNerdz
Singing Monk
7
Surge XT by Surge Synth Team
Synth (Hybrid)
8
NadIR by Ignite Amps
Convolver
9
pg-8x by ML-VST
Synthesizer
10
OTT by Xfer Records
Compressor

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Commercial Instruments

1
Purity by Sonic Cat
Sound Module
2
DUNE 3 by Synapse Audio
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
3
Serum by Xfer Records
Synth
4
Arcade by Output
Instruments
5
Nexus by reFX
Synth (Hybrid)
6
Sylenth1 by LennarDigital
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
8
M1 by Korg
Synth (Sample Based)
9
Electra3 by Tone2 Audiosoftware
Synth (Hybrid)

Free Instruments

1
Synth1 by Daichi Laboratory (Ichiro Toda)
Synth (Analogue / Subtractive)
3
Delay Lama by AudioNerdz
Singing Monk
4
Surge XT by Surge Synth Team
Synth (Hybrid)
5
pg-8x by ML-VST
Synthesizer
6
Keyzone Classic by Bitsonic
Sample Based Instrument
9
Beat DRMR by Beat
Drum Sampler
10
Vital by Matt Tytel
Wavetable Synth

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Commercial Effects

1
El Rey by Acustica Audio
Compressor
2
Fresh Air by Slate Digital
Dynamic High Frequency Processor
4
Waves Harmony by Waves
Harmonizer
5
DSEQ3 by TBProAudio
Dynamic Spectral Equlaizer
6
Waves Tune Real-Time by Waves
Pitch Correction / Auto-tuning
7
SoundToys 5 by Soundtoys
Multi-Effect Rack
8
Flex Beat by AKAI
Rhythm Manipulation

Free Effects

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2
Luftikus by lkjb
EQ
3
PTEq-X by Ignite Amps
Tube EQ
4
NadIR by Ignite Amps
Convolver
5
OTT by Xfer Records
Compressor
6
7
LoudMax by Thomas Mundt
Dynamics (Compressor / Limiter)
8
TapeStop by EAS Audio
Tape Stop/Start Pitch Modulator
9
Emissary by Ignite Amps
Amp Simulator
10
QRange by lkjb
Linear Phase EQ

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Commercial Hosts

3
Bitwig Studio by Bitwig
Sequencer / Multitrack
5
REAPER by Cockos
Sequencer / Multitrack
7
Metaplugin by DDMF
Plug-in Chainer / Rack
8
Renoise by Renoise
Tracker
9
RapidComposer by MusicDevelopments
Music Prototyping
10
Live by Ableton
Sequencer / Multitrack

Free Hosts

2
Giada by Monocasual Laboratories
Loop/Drum Machine
3
Independence Free by MAGIX
Sampler/Sample Player
4
AudioGridder by Andreas Pohl
DSP Server
5
Pedalboard 2 by Niall Moody
Plug-in Chainer / Rack
6
StudioRack Plugin Chainer by Waves
Plug-in Chainer / Rack
7
MPC Beats by AKAI
MPC
9
MuLab App by MUTOOLS
Sequencer / Multitrack
10
LiveProfessor by audiostrom
Plug-in Chainer / Rack

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