Many useful free plug-ins are pre-installed on Receptor. They are listed here, with downloads available in case you've accidentally deleted the version that was pre-installed on your Receptor.
| Developer |
Plug-in |
Description |
| OdO |
A-Sine |
A-Sine is a simple synth that uses only sinewaves to create its sound. |
| mda |
Bandisto |
Multi-band (3 band) distortion. Creates the sound of torn bass bins and other subtle effects! |
| 4Front |
Bass |
4Front Bass Module is a FREE load 'n' play VSTi software bass synthesizer that generates a "high quality bass sound".
With the proprietary 4Front hybrid synthesis technology, 4Front modules take generally smaller space than the sampled versions of the same quality, and the CPU usage is optimal. |
| Smart Electronix |
Bouncy |
Bouncy is Bouncing Ball Delay plug-in by Bram @ Smart Electronix. |
| Destroy FX |
Buffer Override |
Buffer Override can overcome your host app's audio processing buffer size and then (unsuccessfully) override that new buffer size to be a smaller buffer size. It makes a lot more sense if you just try it out and hear what it does. It can sound like a stuttery vocoder or a stuck beat shuffler or many other delightful things. In certain hosts, you can also "play" Buffer Override via MIDI notes and even sync it to song tempo. |
| Camel Audio |
CamelCrusher |
CamelCrusher is a free 'colouring' multi-effect plugin. It offers two characteristically different distortion sounds which can be blended together to create a wide variety of tones and textures. Great for guitars, drums and plenty more! |
| Big Tick |
Cheeze Machine |
Cheeze Machine emulates the classic string ensemble sound, made popular by such classic synths as the Crumar Performer or the Arp Solina. It generates sound by feeding a simple, saw-like waveform, into a chorus ensemble emulator, a 6-stages phaser, and a Reverb. |
| Kjaerhus Audio |
Classic Chorus |
Classic Chorus is a great sounding and easy to use Chorus VST Plugin. Nice for adding Depth, Fatness and Stereo perspective to almost any electrical instrument or vocal. |
| Kjaerhus Audio |
Classic EQ |
Classic EQ is a 7 Band Stereo Equaliser with a warm analog sound, well suited to make non-surgical tonal corrections on all instruments, vocals and final mixes. The passive and additive structure, together with unique "Warm" and "Saturation" algorithms, produces warm and pleasant sound, just like some of the most expensive vintage gear. The left and right channels can be adjusted individually or linked together. |
| Kjaerhus Audio |
Classic Flanger |
Take a trip back to the mid 80's with Kjaerhus Audio's Classic Flanger. It will give you that subtle (or massive) swirling effect that sounds good on guitars, but can be used for many other instruments as well. Due to a tightly controlled feedback path, it is possible to boost the flanging effect to maximum without getting unwanted side effects. |
| Kjaerhus Audio |
Classic Master Limiter |
The Classic Master Limiter plug-in is specially designed to boost the overall level of your final mixes, but can also be used on very dynamic instruments. With just one control on the front panel, operating the Classic Master Limiter could not be easier! Just turn the threshold down and hear how your mixes get louder and louder. Very high compression ratios can be obtained without changing the balance of the mix. |
| Kjaerhus Audio |
Classic Phaser |
The Classic Phaser emulates analog phasers from the 70's and 80's. These vintage phasers got their characteristic sound from the analog phase shifting filters used, unlike the delay lines used in most modern digital phasers. To get a deeper and fatter phasing effect, more filter stages were cascaded. The Classic Phaser works just like an analog phaser, and with selectable filter stages from 4 to 12, it can resemble anything from phaser pedals to expensive studio phasers from that time period. |
| Kjaerhus Audio |
Classic Reverb |
Classic Reverb is a nice and smooth reverb that does a good job on almost any instrument. It can be adjusted to sound like most any acoustic space, ranging from a small shower to a large concert hall. With the "Hi-Damping" control, it is possible to change the sound from bright and sibilant to a more natural / warmer sound. |
| reFX |
Claw |
Energy, strength and power. Claw is a weapon. You cannot restrain Claw. But that should not prevent you from working with Claw! |
| mda |
Combo |
Amp simulator with several speaker models. |
| PQN Audio |
Cooly |
Cooly combines a classic analog style oscillator with a SoundFont oscillator to produce cool pads and more. |
| Elogoxa |
Cosmogirl II |
Cosmo Girl II is a 2 oscillator analog style synth, specially geared to the creation of spatial FX, ambient textures and experimental music. |
| Tobybear |
Cow Delay |
CowDelay is a simple delay plugin with internal multi-mode filter and other gimmicks like ducking (delay only audible when input is below certain threshold). |
| Green Oak |
Crystal |
Crystal is a semi-modular software synthesizer featuring both subtractive synthesis and frequency modulation (FM) synthesis. It offers abundant modulation control with over 90 parameters which may be modulated, multi-stage envelopes with graphical editors, extensive tempo sync of envelopes/LFO rates/delay times, built-in effects for chorus/flanging/comb filtering/echoes, and a band splitter for effects processing by frequency band. |
| mda |
De-ess |
High frequency dynamics processor. |
| Tobybear |
Decimator |
Decimator is a little effect plugin that consists of a bit quantizer and sample rate reducer followed by a LP/HP filter. |
| mda |
Delay |
Simple stereo delay with feedback tone control. |
| AudioNerdz |
Delay Lama |
Delay Lama is a singing Tibetan monk and features both vocal synthesis and a real-time 3D animated interface, which dynamically reacts to musical gestures from the user. |
| mda |
Dither |
Apply all the standard dither types with fine adjustment of dither level and noise noise shaping, and a "zoom" function for auditioning the result. |
| GTG Synths |
Drawbar |
Drawbar is an Organ plug-in with six drawbars, two chorus circuits, a swirl (pan) effect and a filter with adjustable key tracking. |
| GTG Synths |
Drum Kid 4 |
DrumKid 4 is an Electronic Drum Synth with adjustable pan, pitch, decay and filter settings. |
| Big Tick |
DualDelay |
DualDelay from Big Tick is a stereo dual delay with a low-pass resonant filter. |
| mda |
DubDelay |
Delay with feedback saturation and time/pitch modulation. |
| Image Line |
DX10 |
DX10 is a simple, GUI-less, low CPU usage, FM Synth. |
| mda |
Dynamics |
Compressor / Limiter / Gate. |
| GTG Synths |
E-Flex |
E-Flex is a warm sounding polysynth featuring two oscillators with Analog Pitch Modulation, adjustable filters, Stereo Chorus and 16 voice polyphony. |
| 4Front |
E-piano |
4Front E-Piano module is a Single Preset Electric Piano module with extremely low CPU usage. |
| Image Line |
E-piano |
mda E-Piano is a simple Electric Piano module based around 12 carefully sampled and mastered Rhodes Piano samples. |
| FXpansion |
Enigmatron |
Enigmatron is an experimental instrument plug-in based on FXpansion's Mysteron "Theremin" plug-in and the Mysterizer VST plug-in they developed for Steinberg, but takes the concept somewhat further. |
| mda |
Envelope |
Envelope follower / VCA. |
| Destroy FX |
EQ Sync |
EQ Sync is a ridiculous equalizer. You have no control over the EQ curve, if you try to adjust the faders they will escape, and the EQ parameters don't make any sense anyway. The EQ setting changes on its own according to your song's tempo. |
| GTG Synths |
Express 3 |
Express 3 is a fat sounding synth with two oscillators, Analog Pitch Modulation, Moog-like Filter, Separate Pitch Envelope, Oscillator Sync and Pulse width modulation. |
| LinPlug |
Free Alpha |
FreeAlpha from LinPlug features a subtractive design with special attention being paid to recreating the warmth and feel typically found in early-1980s analog synthesizers within the most modern music production environment. |
| Ohm Force |
Frohmage |
Frohmage is a free multi-band resonant filter! This plug-in can offer some unique sounds, from slow and deep filter sweeps to the most savage tones with high resonance setting and heavy distortion. |
| Destroy FX |
Geometer |
Geometer is a visually oriented waveform geometry plugin. It works by generating some "points" or "landmarks" on the waveform, moving them around and messing them up, and then reassembling the wave from the points. Each of these three stages can be done in a variety of ways, combining to make millions of different effects. However, Geometer has a real-time display of what your settings are doing to the sound, and a prominent built-in help system to explain what each setting does. |
| Wurr Audio |
Green Gate |
Green Gate is a "smooth" noise gate plug-in. |
| Wurr Audio |
Green Wah |
Green Wah is a simple Wah Wah pedal emulation. |
| GTG Synths |
GTG 7 |
GTG 7 is a warm analog sounding synth featuring two oscillators, analog pitch modulation, Pulse Width Modulation, LP/BP/HP and Band Reject Filters and assignable modulation. |
| GTG Synths |
GTG Micro |
GTG Micro is a synth with two syncable oscillators and a sub oscillator, a Dual delay unit, mono mode and portamento. It's 8 voice polyphonic and is very good for deep bass and wide synth pads. |
| Smart Electronix |
H2O |
H2O is a simple compressor plug-in by Bram @ Smart Electron:x. |
| Big Tick |
Hexaline |
Hexaline is an Ambient chorus / enhancer / stereo expander plug-in that can can immediately add warmth and complexity to the simplest sounds. With extreme settings, this effect can also generate special ambiences and bizarre sounds. |
| mda |
Image |
Stereo image adjustment and M-S encoder/decoder. |
| Elogoxa |
JG-3 |
JG-3 is a simple 3 Oscillator Polyphonic analogue style synth with a single ADSR and resonant 4-pole filter. |
| Steinberg |
Karlette |
Karlette is a "tape-loop" echo emulation. Each of the four replay "tape heads" has separate pan and high-frequency roll-off controls. |
| mda |
Leslie |
Rotary speaker simulator. |
| mda |
Limiter |
Opto-electronic-style limiter. |
| Wurr Audio |
Little Booster |
Little Booster is a simple tube pre-amp plug-in. Oh, and it's free! |
| Wurr Audio |
Little GreenAmp II |
Little Green Amp II is a virtual Guitar amplifier / distortion / overdrive / speaker simulation, based on Wurr Audio's GreenMachine Amp II. |
| GTG Synths |
LOG Synth |
LOG Synth is a virtual analog style synth featuring two oscillators with Analog Pitch Modulation, one Pulse Mod control, a Sub Oscillator, Vibrato speed and depth control and Glide (portamento). |
| mda |
Loudness |
Equal loudness contours for bass EQ, Also useful for mix correction. |
| Smart Electronix |
MadShifta |
MadShifta is a mad contraption that does lo-fi pitch-shifting and mental feedback effects! It even has MIDI control over the pitch shifting.
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| EVM Synths |
Microsynth |
MicroSynth is a creative sound design synth with 2 oscillators, a multi-mode filter and a modulation section. |
| Destroy FX |
MIDI Gater |
MIDI Gater is a simple, handy, MIDI-controlled gate. When you play a MIDI note, audio turns on. When you release the note, audio turns off. |
| Destroy FX |
Monomaker |
Monomaker is a simple mono-merging and stereo-recentering utility. You can use it to progressively mix down a stereo signal to mono and you can use it for equal power, center-shifting pans. |
| PQN Audio |
Mopar |
Mopar is a synth that combines a phase distortion oscillator with a SoundFont oscillator to produce, amongst other sounds, cool pads. |
| Tobybear |
Morphone |
Morphone is a plug-in that "morphs" between 2 states. A state is defined by current volume, panorama position, filter cutoff and resonance values.
It allows long morph times, an additional fat mode for the filter, stereo mode and features 6 different filter types, 5 LFO shapes, a wide range of sync-to-host options and much more. |
| GTG Synths |
MP 5.1 |
MP 5.1 is a warm sounding synth with three oscillators, Analog Pitch Modulation, two Pulse Mod controls, Oscillator Sync, and Filter modulation. |
| mda |
Multi-Band |
Multi-Band is a three-band soft-knee compressor with switchable M or S component processing. As well as just "squashing everything" this plug-in can be used to "overcook" the mid-frequencies while leaving the low end unprocessed, enhancing playback over small speakers without affecting the overall sound too much. |
| FXpansion |
Mysteron |
Mysteron is a virtual Theremin plug-in by FXpansion featuring a simple X-Y interface allowing you to take full control with just your mouse! |
| Big Tick |
Nastyshaper |
NastyShaper is an experimental waveshaping distortion effect plug-in that can provide anything from subtle warming to wild distortion. |
| Nomad Factory |
Nomad Free Bundle |
The Nomad Free Bundle includes three free plugins: Nomad Phaser , Nomad Sweeper and Nomad Tremolo |
| Smart Electronix |
OnePingOnly |
OnePingOnly is a very unusual plug-in instrument by Bram @ Smart Electron:x that uses tuned filters to create a "ping". 16 pings can be played simultaneously and each ping is mapped to a different key, like in a drum-layout. Each ping has a parameter for frequency, duration, panning, distortion and amplitude. |
| mda |
Overdrive |
Soft distortion. |
| Psychic Modulation |
Pandemonium |
Pandemonium is a hybrid synth that can create bizarre arpeggiated rhythms and alien soundscapes. |
| GTG Synths |
PD Poly |
PD Poly is a simple 2 oscillator Phase Distortion synth. |
| 4Front |
Piano |
4Front Piano Module is a Single Preset Piano module with extremely low CPU usage. |
| Image Line |
Piano |
mda Piano is a simple Piano module with Decay, Release and Stereo Width controls, stretch and random tuning and a polyphony limiter. |
| PSPaudioware |
PianoVerb |
PSP PianoVerb reproduces a special kind of reverberation originally provided by piano strings. It generates reverberation using twelve string operators with adjustable damping and decay time. Each of them is tuned to a particular note starting from A(55Hz) to a G#(103.8Hz). |
| Ultimate Sound Bank (USB) |
Plugsound Free |
Plugsound Free is officially the demo version of the full Plugsound modules, but is in fact a fully functioning plug-in in its own right. Included with the plug-in is a specially programmed 64MB selection of sounds from the 6 Plugsound volumes. |
| mda |
RePsycho! |
Drum loop pitch changer - Roughly slices the incoming audio and changes the playback speed of the slices. |
| mda |
RezFilter |
Resonant filter with LFO and envelope follower. |
| 4Front |
Rhode |
4Front Rhode is a vintage Rhodes/Wurly typed piano module with gentle overdrive. |
| mda |
RingMod |
Simple ring modulator with sine-wave oscillator. Can be used as a high-frequency enhancer for drum sounds (when mixed with the original), adding dissonance to pitched material, and severe tremolo (at low frequency settings). |
| Destroy FX |
RMS Buddy |
RMS Buddy is a handy tool for tracking RMS and peak volume information. It provides a cumulative, running average RMS of the audio signal, momentary RMS values, and it keeps track of the peak volume levels.
It is very useful when mastering. |
| Tobybear |
RoboBear |
RoboBear X is a unique granular sonic decomposer that lets you manipulate the incoming audio data stream in realtime. You can create some really unusual sounds with it, ranging from stuttering vocoders to high-pitched space-echo effects.
Create sounds that are way beyond recognition of the original source just by moving a few sliders! |
| mda |
RoundPan |
Autopan that pans the signal in a circle around your head, if you sit in the right place in front of the speakers! |
| Smart Electronix |
s(M)exoscope |
s(M)exoscope is a Waveform Visualization / Oscilloscope plug-in which you can use to visually monitor audio wave forms. |
| Destroy FX |
Scrubby |
Scrubby goes zipping around through time. Speeding up or slowing down playback, moving backwards or forwards, Scrubby does whatever it takes to reach its destinations on time.
If necessary, you can discipline Scrubby by using pitch constraint control, and of course you have a choice between robot mode and DJ mode. |
| Cakewalk |
sfz |
sfz features a high quality sample-playback engine packed in to a inconspicuous looking freeware Sample Player. Endless sample-arranging capabilities, outstanding sound quality, built-in effects, adjustable CPU/quality settings, fully multi-timbral operation and several loading modes (including direct-from-disk streaming for SoundFonts) make sfz the perfect choice for sample enthusiasts and composers.
As well as supporting SoundFonts, sfz also reads rgc:audio's sfz format sample definition files, allowing you to create complex performance arrangements in a simple text file. |
| Tobybear |
SilverBox |
SilverBox is a very strange effect plugin to create unusual sounds take can hardly be described. A SilverBox user said this effect is"perfectly suited for underwater-space-rock"!
There is also the additional option to convert the amplitude of the incoming audio stream into MIDI CCs, which you might find useful. |
| Destroy FX |
Skidder |
Skidder turns your sound on and off. While that may not sound very rewarding, you have a great deal of control over the rate, pulsewidth, on/off slope, panning width, etc. You can also relinquish some control to randomization. Skidder can also sync with your song tempo and can be triggered by MIDI notes. |
| mda |
Splitter |
Frequency and Level crossover for setting up dynamic processing. |
| mda |
Stereo |
Synthesizes a mono signal into stereo, using comb filtering or "Haas effect" delay. |
| Gallo Engineering |
Studio Devil BVC (British Valve Custom) |
Studio Devil BVC (British Valve Custom) is a guitar tube amplifier modeling plug-in that is designed to mimic the character of "British"-style vacuum tube heads. |
| mda |
SubSynth |
Several low frequency enhancement methods to add a sub octave to bass or drums. |
| Smart Electronix |
Supa Phaser |
SupaPhaser is a great phaser plug-in by Bram @ Smart Electronix. SupaPhaser is actually donationware, so if you use it a lot and fancy showing your appreciation to the author, you can do so by making a donation here . |
| XOXOS |
Synger |
Synger is a monophonic voice synthesizer comprising a basic 2 oscillator 'analog' model and three band filters. The lower keyboard controls pitch and the upper portion sets the phoneme. It sounds like an 80's home computer speech synthesizer thru a vocoder. |
| mda |
TestTone |
Signal generator with pink and white noise, impulses and swept sines. |
| Elogoxa |
The Devil Inside |
The Devil Inside is a Distortion + Feedback Synth! |
| mda |
ThruZero |
Classic tape-flanging simulation - the sound disappears as playback positions of the two "tape machines" cross each other. |
| Big Tick |
Ticky Clav |
Ticky Clav attempts to emulate the ultra-funky sound of the Hohner Clavinet, forever associated with Stevie Wonder's "Superstition", we think it achieves this aim! |
| GTG Synths |
Tranzister |
Tranzister is a simple FM Synth which is ideal for digital bass sounds and electronic percussion. |
| Cakewalk |
Triangle I |
Triangle I is a superb monophonic analogue style synthesizer oriented to performance playing. It features one of the best legato implementations of all synthesizers of any time. |
| Cakewalk |
Triangle II |
Triangle II is the successor to rgc:audio's near legendary Triangle I Monophonic Synthesizer. Capable of a broad range of sounds, from warm to aggressive, Triangle II packs the perfect feature set for a mono synthesizer for uncompromising playability. |
| Virtual Creations |
UltraPhazer |
VCS UltraPhazer is a multi oscillated phaser plug-in. It sounds very cool on guitar tracks and on raw saw sounds. It can also be used as a stereo enhancer, auto panner or multi-notch filter.
There are 14 controllable sliders - Resonance, Min Filter, Max Filter, LFO Freq, LFO Add 1-3, Filter 1-4, Num Filter, Stereo Phaz and Mix. |
| PSPaudioware |
Vintage Meter |
PSP VintageMeter provides professional VU and PPM metering for mono and stereo tracks. All parameters like integration times and reference levels are widely adjustable to make this free plug-in suitable for any application. |
| GTG Synths |
WAVE 2.1 |
Wave is a Digital Waveshaping synth with two oscillators, two click-and-drag windows for individual wave drawing, two shape mixers, detune, Moog-like filter with modulation control and Glide (portamento). |
| Klang Labs |
WNM-1 fx |
WNM-1fx is an effect based on the same principles as the WNM-1 synth but this time you can modulate anything you feed in. |
| Klang Labs |
WoW! |
WoW! is an SV filter with peak follower, there's also a "sample and hold" module that makes peaks sound steppy, plus you can sequence the filter frequency via MIDI keyboard messages. |
| Klang Labs |
WOW!ST |
WoW! is an SV filter with peak follower, there's also a "sample and hold" module that makes peaks sound steppy, plus you can sequence the filter frequency via MIDI keyboard messages.
WoWST is the Stereo version of "WoW!" with double everything. |
| GTG Synths |
YUNO 2 |
Yuno 2 is a remake of the Yuno 1, now with Chorus / Ensemble, more modulations, Mono/Retrigger Mode, Keyboard playable by mouse and 8 voice polyphony. |
| Rumpelrausch Taips |
ZR-3 |
ZR-3 is a three-channel drawbar organ instrument with the features of the vintage originals. ZR-3 is the evolutionary next step after ZR-1. It's much warmer and richer in sound. |
