Have you seen this?


I´m not saying it is a same thing, just wondering, i like how oldschool that FX2 looks like actually.

 

No I hadn't.

Right, FX 2.10 made an impression because I couldn't believe what could be done at the time.

And for sure the UI is nostalgic. Lots of things were better then, including limitations.

 

Last edited: Mar 14, 2026

KERN Audio Check (Beta)

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KERN Audio has released Check, a free real-time mono compatibility analyzer that shows exactly which frequencies collapse when summed to mono; grab it here (<- link | email needed)

 

Ultramaster KR-106: an open-source Roland Juno-106 Synthesizer emulation - März 19, 2026

Ultramaster KR-106 is a new open-source free Roland Juno-106 Synthesizer emulation for macOS, Linux, and Windows.

We are currently living in what is probably the best era for synthesizer plugins, especially considering the abundance of free and open-source options. Anyone can start producing music these days, with a huge free toolkit at their fingertips.

It doesn’t stop. Ultramaster today released the KR-106, an open-source Roland Juno emulation for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Intriguingly, the project started back in 2000 but has now been released 26 years later.



Ultramaster KR-106
Ultramaster was founded in Brooklyn in 2000 by two developers. The company broke up when both left to work for different companies, including Google. At the time, they were working on an authentic emulation of the Roland Juno, which was never finished.

26 years later, Ultramaster finally completed the KR-106 project, and it’s far superior in quality, thanks to computers being much more powerful than they were back then.

The KR-106 is a 6-voice polyphonic Roland Juno-106 emulation for macOS, Linux, and Windows. According to Ultramaster, they developed the engine through hardware reverse engineering to make the emulation as authentic as possible.

Like the original, the KR-106 has a per-voice single three-wave DCO with PWM, a VCF, a VCA, and an ADSR envelope. Plus, it has a shared LFO, HPF, chorus, and arpeggiator. There are also mono, poly I, and poly II keyboard modes with portamento.



Two Calibration Modes
Ultramaster went very deep in their modeling and even offers two distinct calibration modes, giving you different tone variations.

The 1984 mode is based on parameter calibration from the firmware analysis and factory schematics, while the 1982 mode is modeled on the analog CV path from circuit analysis and hardware measurements

Additionally, the developers go into more detail on the website, showing which components they’ve emulated. For example, the BBD chorus is modeled on the MN3009 with Hermite interpolation.

Ultramaster ships the KR-106 Synthesizer with all 128 original patches decoded from the factory SYSEX data. They say that they didn’t tweak them by hand.

This means if something doesn’t sound right, they will fix the model, not the patch. In total, you can explore 211 patches.

First Impression
This emulation came completely out of the blue. I installed it immediately, and it sounds very good in my opinion. At the time of writing, I can’t find a sound demo, so I will add one later.

Many thanks to the developers for releasing this fascinating emulation as an open-source project. The only thing that could be improved is the UI, which looks very much like a plugin from the late 90s. However, this may be intentional to maintain the retro aspect.

Ultramaster KR-106 is available for free download now. It runs as a standalone application and VST3, AU, and LV2 plugin on macOS (native Apple Silicon + Intel), Linux, and Windows. The code is open-source under the GPLv3 license.

More information here: Ultramaster

Source: https://synthanatomy.com/2026/03/ul...ce-roland-juno-106-synthesizer-emulation.html

 

The Roland Juno 106 was legendary. The look and feel of the KR106 is very nice.
At first glance it sounds very like the original.
Well done!

 

ANINA

https://crql.works/anina/

ANINA is a spectral (FFT) resonance suppresser that can also act as a sidechain ducker and as a vocoder.

Comes with low & highpass, low/high tilt, sidechain input, gate, attack, release, amount, number of FFT bins settings, ability to freeze current suppression and delta listening functionality, making it pretty flexible.

Worth checking out IMO.



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MDV II

https://www.temeculadsp.com/mdv-ii

MDV II is a MidiVerb II multi-fx unit emulation and comes with 99 programs for reverb, gated verb, reverse verb, flange, chorus, delay and special fx.

List of programs:

Spoiler

BANKS 0-2 REVERB
01 Small Bright .1 Sec
02 Small Bright .2 Sec
03 Small Bright .3 Sec
04 Medium Warm 1.1 Sec
05 Medium Bright .6 Sec
06 Large Bright 1.2 Sec
07 Large Dark 1.0 Sec
08 Medium Dark .6 Sec
09 Medium Dark .5 Sec
10 Medium Bright .6 Sec
11 Medium Bright .8 Sec
12 Large Warm 1.0 Sec
13 Large Warm 1.1 Sec
14 Medium Dark 1.0 Sec
15 Medium Bright 1.1 Sec
16 Medium Bright 1.15 Sec
17 Large Bright 1.6 Sec
18 Large Dark 1.7 Sec
19 Medum Bright 1.65 Sec
20 Medium Bright 1.9 Sec
21 Large Warm 2.2 Sec
22 Large Warm 1.75 Sec
23 Large Bright 1.45 Sec
24 Large Dark 2.2 Sec
25 Large Warm 2.3 Sec
26 Large Bright 2.4 Sec
27 Large Bright 2.5 Sec
28 Xlarge Warm 5.0 Sec
29 Xlarge Warm 15.0 Sec

BANK 3: GATED REVERB
30 Slow Gate 100 Msec
31 Slow Gate 200 Msec
32 Slow Gate 250 Msec
33 Slow Gate 400 Msec
34 Slow Gate 450 Msec
35 Fast Gate 150 Msec
36 Fast Gate 75 Msec
37 Fast Gate 200 Msec
38 Fast Gate 100 Msec
39 Fast Gate 175 Msec

BANK 4: REVERSE REVERB
40 Reverse 400 Msec
41 Reverse 450 Msec
42 Reverse 250 Msec
43 Reverse 200 Msec
44 Reverse 150 Msec
45 Bloom 1 8 Sec
46 Reverse 500 Msec
47 Reverse Regen. 2 Sec
48 Reverse Regen. 8 Sec
49 Bloom 2 7 Sec

BANK 5: FLANGE
50 Triggered Flange
51 Flange Pan 1
52 Flange Pan 2
53 Triggered Flange 2
54 Flange Pan 3
55 Flange Pan 4
56 Flange Pan 5
57 Triggered Flange 3
58 Flange Pan 6
59 Flange Pan 7

BANK 6: CHORUS
60 Light Chorus 1
61 Light Chorus 2
62 Medium Chorus 1
63 Medium Chorus 2
64 Medium Chorus 3
65 Deep Chorus 1
66 Deep Chorus 2
67 Deep Chorus 3
68 Fast Chorus 1
69 Fast Chorus 2

BANKS 7 & 8: DELAY
70 35 Msec
71 55 Msec
72 75 Msec
73 115 Msec
74 140 Msec
75 155 Msec
76 160 Msec
77 170 Msec
78 175 Msec
79 180 Msec
80 185 Msec
81 195 Msec
82 205 Msec
83 210 Msec
84 220 Msec
85 240 Msec
86 250 Msec
87 275 Msec
88 375 Msec
89 460 Msec

BANK 9: EFX
90 2 Tap Ambient
91 3 Tap Pan
92 Multitap
93 Multitap Reverse Pan
94 Thickener/frozen Flange
95 Stereo Generation
96 Stereo Generation Wide
97 Regenerated Delay 2 Sec
98 Regenerated Delay 3 Sec
99 Regenerated Delay 4 Sec

 

Best free plugins for 2026
Collection review 19.03.26

 

Last edited: Mar 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM

TubeOhm - Freeware, free to use, free download

Attention Freeware 32 Bit. Runs on 32 bit systems or with the J-Bridge. Installation at your own risk.

1. Alpha-Ray free VSTi
2. AT+ Stepper mono VST
3. Pure-Pten mono VSTi
4. Phasewave mono VSTi
5. Shruthi controller now freeware
6. Ambika Controller now freeware
7. Vocoder Vox P now freeware VSTi/VST
8. T-Xciter + N-Gate now freeware VST

Free Download https://www.tubeohm.com/page60.html#wa-anchor-m8czf9454z2eao

Spoiler: TubeOhm - Phasewave v1.22 VSTi - Win 32 Bit - Now Free

TubeOhm - Phasewave v1.22 VSTi - Win 32 Bit - Now Free

Phasewave works with phase distortion synthesis. The DCOs works in full stereo and gives you new sound impressions.
The PD sound is not to compare with FM or VA. Phasewave had its own sound.

Features:

- dual ARP mode.
- full stereo.
- three LFOs.
- six multistage envelopes in expert mode or six normal ADSR envelopes.
- panorama mode.
- ring modulation.
- audio DWC modulation.
- BPM control for LFOs, delay, ARPs.
- 128 sound templates.
- MIDI learn for all important parameters.
- Get a new sound and let you surprise.

www.kvraudio.com/product/phasewave-by-tubeohm

Spoiler: TubeOhm - VoxPopulus Pro v1.0.1 VSTi & VST - Win 32 Bit - Now Free

TubeOhm - VoxPopulus Pro v1.0.1 VSTi & VST - Win 32 Bit - Now Free

VoxPopulus Pro by TubeOhm is a Virtual Instrument and a Virtual Effect Audio Plugin for Windows.
It functions as a VST Plugin. VoxPopulus Pro is a VST Vocoder insert effect and instrument.

Features:
- Contains two Plugins: a VST insert effect plugin and a VST instrument.
- With the insert effect external audio signals/tracks can route into the vocoder.
- With the instrument you can use samples and generate new synthesizer sounds using the frequency spectrum from the samples.
- Filterbank with 17 filters, 12/24/dB and manual mode.
- Pitch shift +/-1 oct.
- Voice/unvoice detector.
- Master filter attack for all 17 filters.
- Filter release - can be switched for all or for a single filter.
- 1 analysis sampler, using *.wav 16/24 bit.
- 1 synthesis sampler, using *.wav 16/24 bit, synthesis synthesizer 6 voices polyphony, can produce super saw/ squ/tri signals.
- 2 over-tone modules, add more overtone-frequencies to the synthesis signal.
- 1 input matrix - select the input routing.
- 1 fine-tune matrix - tune each filter 30% up or down.
- 1 filter matrix - route analysis filter to different synthesis filter.
- 1 live matrix - XY matrix automate filter release, filter pitch and synth/sampler pitch.
- Dynamic mute original to vocoder signal.
- 1 stereo chorus 2/4 stages.
- 1 stereo reverb.
- 1 stereo delay, sync to host.

www.kvraudio.com/product/voxpopulus_pro_by_tubeohm

 

Has this been posted here yet?
This is a Gem, at least for me! Donation ware, so....
And seems like a decent and honest guy too.

RigBrowser brings thousands of free amplifier and Pedal profiles directly into your Desktop through an intuitive search-and-load interface. Powered by Neural Amp Modeler (NAM) technology and connected to the Tone3000 community library

Nice Stomps! Plugins – Gianni Chiarello
https://giannichiarello.com/product/nice-stomps-plugins/

 

Last edited: Mar 21, 2026 at 12:32 PM

https://www.temeculadsp.com/mdv-ii

 

I´m not complaining but more and more of these new plugins i´m unable to run on multiple systems, coders are running things optimised for most up to date stuff but i´m unable to run it on windows 10, whats the point... how crazy the "code" needs to be or dependencies for such a simple plugin, smh

There is like more than 10 plugs i tried recently that just wont run and i bet these guys don't get it reported.

Dumb it down so it can be run on like XP for fucks sake, why do i need to have RTX to run a fckn reverb

i guess this counts as complaining

 

i loved xp 10 years+ ago too but it might be time to let it go if you get new operating system then you probably dont need rtx to run reverbs that probably run fine on my oldish thinkbook with win11 and no fancy gpu