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MONSTER Drums
A genre-spanning drum ROMpler packed with Pop, Rock, Metal, Jazz, Cajon, 8-bit and more.
Free tools for loud ideas
Make music.
Make monsters.
Free MONSTER Virtual Instrument plugins by Agus Hardiman. Colourful instruments, unusual sounds, and serious inspiration for producers everywhere.
16free plugins
∞creative energy
The collection
Pick your monster.
16 free instruments and creative tools to help you find the sound hiding in your next idea.
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MONSTER Ethnica
Authentic instruments and textures from around the globe for instantly evocative productions.
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MONSTER Strings
Lush acoustic string sections for orchestral arrangements and cinematic moments.
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MONSTER Synth
Hundreds of leads, pads, basses, plucks, brass and retro keys in one playful synth.
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MONSTER Bass
Electric, acoustic, synth and distorted sub-basses ready to lock into your mix.
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MONSTER Guitar
Acoustic and electric tones with dedicated chord and strumming modes.
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MONSTER Keyz
Mix acoustic pianos, electric pianos, organs and synth keys into hybrid voices.
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MONSTER OctaChord
An instant chord progression generator and library. KVR Developer Challenge 2023 winner.
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MONSTER Piano
Characterful acoustic pianos, from concert grands to warm uprights and felt pianos.
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Golden Piano
Warm, chorus-laden digital and acoustic piano sounds inspired by the 80s and 90s.
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MONSTER Sax
Expressive solo saxophone with multiple real-time articulations.
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MONSTER Soundscapes
Ambient textures, field recordings and cinematic layers for atmosphere on demand.
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MONSTER Toys
Sampled toy instruments, music boxes, melodicas and playful percussion.
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MONSTER Ukulele
Authentic plucks, velocity layers and built-in strum and pattern capabilities.
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MONSTER Voxana
Vocal chops, pads, choral textures, spoken word and beatbox sounds.
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MONSTER Whistle
Human whistle articulations, glides and vibratos captured as an instrument.
Meet the maker
Tools with
a human touch.
Agus Hardiman is a musician/keyboardist, a music producer, audio educator, Steinberg Certified Trainer, and the creator behind MonsterDAW. Since the early 2000s, he has been making free, high-quality Monster VST plugins for curious producers around the world.
The mission is simple: give musicians more doors to walk through, more sounds to explore, and more reasons to finish the song.
Email him at agushardiman@artsonica.com
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