Audio Damage offers 35 legacy VST plugins as free downloads from their website.
The collection includes all previously freeware and discontinued audio plugins developed by Audio Damage. You’ll find free compressors, reverbs, distortions, modulation effects, drum synths, a subtractive synthesizer, and more.
I still use some of these as go-to mixing and sound design tools. RoughRider3 is one of my favorite compressors, and FuzzPluss 3 is a fantastic distortion.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the included freebies.
FuzzPlus 3
FuzzPlus 3 is a versatile distortion effect. It features an analog-style distortion algorithm and a filter module based on the one found in the Korg MS-20 analog synthesizer.
It’s one of the best filter/distortion combos on the market. The distortion algorithm is superb, and the filter screams just like the MS-20 filter.
If you’re looking for something relatively similar, check out our free BPB Dirty Filter plugin.
ADverb
ADverb is a vintage-style plate reverb effect. It’s easy to use but offers plenty of control over the reverb algorithm.
“ADverb is a model of a vintage digital plate reverberator. It faithfully recreates the thick sonic character and easy-to-use interface of those early units, while providing the low noise floor and big headroom inherent in modern software-based reverb.”
You can fine-tune the reverb length and size, pre-delay, diffusion, and tone. It also features a mix slider and an input level control.
Tattoo
Tattoo is an old-school drum machine by Audio Damage. It features all the bells and whistles you’d expect from a virtual analog synth.
“Audio Damage’s first instrument, Tattoo, is a drum synthesizer where everything old is new again. Featuring 12 independent “voice-tuned” synthesizer topologies loosely based on the X0X series, and a sophisticated step/mod sequencer, Tattoo is at home in all forms of electronic music production.”
There are twelve drum channels (kick, snare, toms, hats, etc.), each featuring a set of controls to fully customize the sound. Tattoo’s most remarkable feature, though, is the built-in sequencer. It lets you build drum loops from scratch while applying randomization and modulation to come up with unexpected results.
Download
The plugins are available for free download from the Audio Damage website. You don’t need to sign up. Simply visit the download page linked below to get the plugins for free.
Most plugins are available in 32-bit and 64-bit VST2 and AU plugin formats for Windows and macOS (although some come in different formats).
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29 Comments
Adam
onThat is generous from them. Most companies just replace old with new versions by update (mostly paid) or by just deleting old ones.
Great gift from Audio Damage :)
Thanks for sharing Tomislav :D
Adam
onAhh two of the bunch I counted most (dubstation and r.r. pro) don’t include reg keys inside package :/
But still great pack :)
Bob
onThey do now. Those packages have been updated :)
James R Beavers
onThat Roughridere compressor was The first VST, I got when I first got into DAWS, and it floored me that there were good free plugins. I didn’t know that when I was new to this. and that Rough Rider compressor is right up there with any paid ones.
R
onThis is awesome!!
Tomislav Zlatic
onThanks to BPB readers Wing Yee and yzcoruhT for the info about this epic freebie!
Adam Road
onThanks to you kings
Michal Ochedowski
onThis developer doesn’t respond to genuine bug reports about current plugins. For me it’s a hard pass on this one. Generous, yes, but not reliable.
MRG
onI can only hope they read them but can’t find the time to respond to everyone, and will fix your troubles one day. But since those are unsupported anyway… :/
Numanoid
onAudio Damage is a bit quirky, but many of these legacy plugins now set free have been superseded by newer version that still is payware. What is included here is for example Replicant V1 and Phosphor V1. To get the latest version Replicant V2 and Phosphor V3 one still has to buy them.
MRG
onAh, I reckon my answer was a bit ambiguous. By “those”, I meant the ones released as freewares now, so his remark was a bit off-topic for “those”.
Hopefully they’ll fix Michael’s (and/or others) problems with the current versions.
Numanoid
onIt would be nice, but I doubt very much that will happen. The reason these plugins have been set free now and made legacy is that Audio Damage will not touch them again. If a user wants updates, will have to buy and upgrade into the plugs that are currently available.
Michal Ochedowski
onMy bug report was sent in September 2021. I’d stopped waiting for any answer a long time ago.
James R Beavers
onThat Roughridere compressor was The first VST, I got when I first got into DAWS, and it floored me that there were good free plugins. I didn’t know that when I was new to this. and that Rough Rider compressor is right up there with any paid ones.
bmovie
onWhat what what? That’s amazing!
Numanoid
onLou Reed said there is no christmas in February, but he was wrong! I bought a couple of these plugs in the past, but this is SO great, all of them now free and available again :-)
MRG
onSure, it’s hard to invest yourself in tools you know won’t be supported or updated. I get that. But if you’re like me and still use 32bit oldies made in SynthEdit or SynthMaker/FlowStone from 10, 15 or even 20 years ago, some of those are very nice 64bit replacements or alternatives. And some are truly unique.
Basic is just a Minimoog? Well, first, why not, also no. It’s got two filters and a LFO. Far from ‘basic’.
Phosphor is a perfect oddity, instant 90s electronica/ambient. Think early Autechre or Boards of Canada. Axon is FM percussion madness o_O;. Tattoo is a basic analog-type drum machine, but fully featured.
And so many effects to play with. Thank you AD for this. The phrase “oldie but goldie” fits so perfectly.
Numanoid
onAutomaton is one of the plugs I bought back in the day. I ended up being a bit disappointed with it, it didn’t produce enough random enough results for my liking. So I ended up leaving it in the “plugin drawer”. Maybe I should check it out again now.
Pisces
onThis is very generous from Audio Damage, there are some real gems here. Thank you Audio Damage and Tom for posting this.
[aˈtoːm] [aːl] [ˈa(ː)tonaːl]
onthis is beyond generous :D
though i dont need all 35, i took 5 of em, which i still consider a huge present. thx!
Hazy J
onBig shout homie
ambedo
onI found a bunch of manuals if anyone is having some issues figuring out any of these cool plugins – they dont have any manuals listed on their site so i had to do some digging to find these. Maybe BPB could add this link to their article so all can see?
https://www.manualsdir.com/brands/audio-damage.html#models
Tomislav Zlatic
onThat’s useful, thanks!
ambedo
onNo worries haha. Some of these old plugins really give me a new appreciation for the improved UI and intuitiveness that modern plugins offer. These older Audio Damage plugins are super useful/powerful – but they deffs arent as easy to quickly learn.
ex-brahma
onI was growing up on these in the early 2000s. Nice to see them again.
interview with AD founder: youtube.com/watch?v=Jwiv81LPsPk
raf
onamwesome!
dayzru
onTHANKS <3
I already love AudioDamage. Been used some of that plugins, but that's A LOT of free ones!
andrew
onwhat do i do when some plugin (ex. rough rider pro) ask me for registration code?
MRG
onThe code is in the RRP_REG_CODE.rtf file. If you don’t have that file in the archive, re-download it, it was included later.