Category — 7 modules
Free VST instruments you can write real music with: pianos, basses, strings and hybrid sounds that load in any modern DAW. Every entry below is the full instrument, not a stripped demo.
Instruments — every plugin below is free, with tested download links.
Instruments
by Spitfire Audio
Quick heads-up on LABS Electric Guitars: Spitfire Audio was acquired by Splice in 2025, and as of October that year, the entire LABS library moved into Splice INSTRUMENT, a new free plugin built…
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by Impact Soundworks
In October 2024, Impact Soundworks launched a separate free tier of their flagship Tokyo Scoring Strings library. It’s a pretty big change from earlier versions that were bundled in different ways.
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by Impact Soundworks
Shreddage 3 Precision FREE is the electric bass companion to Stratus, and Impact Soundworks made it compatible with Kontakt Player in August 2023. The instrument samples a classic P-bass (Precision)…
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by Sonokinetic
Sonokinetic Carousel is a sampled fairground organ, and it’s been free since December 2020. Sonokinetic remastered the library in 2020 from their original 2016 project, sampling 10 fairground organ…
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by Sonokinetic
Another niche Sonokinetic freebie, Hurdy Gurdy is a sampled Dutch-built DRAAILIER hurdy-gurdy. The instrument covers drone strings, melody strings, and the buzzing chien (the signature rhythmic buzz…
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by Embertone
Embertone Arcane is the most unusual free library on this list because you have to solve puzzles to unlock the sounds. It’s structured as a small adventure game inside Kontakt Player.
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by Cinesamples
Released in March 2023, Cinesamples Mister Rogers’ Celeste samples the actual celeste from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the one used for the iconic “Trolley” theme. The sound is immediately…