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modulation

Varies a parameter over time, usually pitch or delay, usually periodically.

Also called chorus flanger lfo phaser tremolo vibrato

Part of effect

Elsewhere lv2:ModulatorPlugin

55 plugins in this category. Also as Turtle.

ADSR

ADSR— Florian Mrugalla

A plugin that transforms MIDI input into an ADSR modulator audio output, usable as a modulation source for other plugins.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 effect midi instrument modulation generator

ADT

ADT— Christopher Arndt

Automatic double tracking plugin (not only) for vocals

free open source MIT VST3 LV2 CLAP effect modulation

Airwindows

Airwindows— Chris Johnson

Huge collection of effects using simple UI controls.

free open source MIT effect modulation distortion eq reverb delay filter

B.Vibratr

B.Vibratr— sjaehn

Flavoured vibrato effect, played like an instrument, that modifies the sound of other instruments and samples

free open source GPL-3.0 LV2 effect instrument modulation

cFlanger

cFlanger— Cal Goheen

Flanger effect plugin

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit CLAP effect modulation

ChowPhaser

ChowPhaser— Chowdhury DSP

A phaser effect based loosely on the Schulte Compact Phasing 'A', with separate mono and stereo build variants.

free open source BSD-3-Clause VST3 AudioUnit Standalone VST2 effect modulation

Circulate

Circulate— Anis Dadou

An open source VST3 phase smearing audio effect based on a bank of 64 allpass filters. With sample accurate parameters / modulation

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 effect modulation

Conductor— danja

Bar-aligned intro/development/break/reprise/coda section generator.

free open source MIT VST3 midi modulation

cPhaser

cPhaser— Cal Goheen

Phaser effect plugin

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit CLAP effect modulation

Darvaza

Darvaza— Igor Zinken

Darvaza is a multichannel audio gate with a twist : whenever the gate closes on your input signal, you get a perversion of your source spat back at you.

free open source MIT VST3 VST2 effect modulation dynamics

Delirion

Delirion— Igor Zinken

A multiband Doppler-based chorusing/detune effect

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit effect modulation

Disflux

Disflux— Dimethoxy

Phase Dispersion Audio Plugin for Windows, MacOS and Linux

free open source AGPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 AudioUnit CLAP effect modulation

dm-LFO

dm-LFO— Dave Mollen

Low frequency oscillator modulation plugin

free open source GPL-3.0 LV2 effect modulation

dm-Vibrato

dm-Vibrato— Dave Mollen

Vibrato plugin

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 AudioUnit CLAP effect modulation

Drift— danja

Four-lane transport-synchronised MIDI CC modulator with LFO, sample-and-hold, random-walk, chaos, and envelope-follower modes.

free open source MIT VST3 effect midi modulation

Erode

Erode— Interspectral6

An audio effect inspired by Ableton's Erosion.

free open source MIT VST3 effect modulation

FILT-R

FILT-R— TiagoLr

Cross-platform filter modulator based on plugins like ShaperBox and FilterShaper.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 AudioUnit effect modulation filter

FlueSynthDriver— danja

MIDI CC driver for the Flues physical-model vocal synthesizer. Translates plugin parameters into MIDI CC messages covering the Disyn oscillator algorithm, noise/DC source mix, interface type, formants (F1–F4), vocal mode

free open source MIT VST3 midi modulation

Flutterbird

Flutterbird— tesselode

Add pitch and volume fluctuation to incoming audio. Create wow/flutter effects as well as more chaotic, extreme modulation.

free open source MIT effect modulation

Funky Moose Rootflow Synth

Funky Moose Rootflow Synth— Uwe Arthur Felchle

Organic synth with bio-sequencing, reactive visuals, and ambient modulation for evolving textures, pulses, and plant-like motion

free open source MIT VST3 AudioUnit Standalone effect instrument modulation

Glorious

Glorious— Christian Abbott

A stereo chorus plugin made with JUCE

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 effect modulation

GremlinDriver— danja

Transport-aware MIDI modulation and action sequencer designed to control Gremlin.

free open source MIT VST3 midi modulation

Helm

Helm— Matt Tytel

Polyphonic semi-modular synthesizer with a flexible modulation system.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 AudioUnit Standalone effect instrument modulation synth

LayerEngine

LayerEngine— samplaman

Quad-layer granular synthesizer for sound design and atmospheric textures, with per-layer position/pitch/density jitter, filters, spatialization, modulation and a global FX suite (chorus, delay, phaser, limiter).

free open source MIT VST3 AudioUnit CLAP Standalone effect instrument modulation synth granular

Lifeform— danja

Conway Game of Life sequencer mapping cellular generations to melodic or drum MIDI.

free open source MIT VST3 midi modulation

Luma— danja

Launchpad-oriented performance generator whose lit cells become bass, chord, melody, and drum agents.

free open source MIT VST3 midi modulation

Macro Oscillator

Macro Oscillator— Reece Mitchell

Compact synthesizer built around the Mutable Instruments Braids macro oscillator engine, with multi-stage MSEG modulation

free open source AGPL-3.0 VST3 effect instrument modulation synth

Maim

Maim— Arden Butterfield

Circuit bends MP3 and Opus encoders in real time to create distortion and digital glitches.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit effect modulation distortion

MDA RingMod— djshaji

Simple ring modulator with sine-wave oscillator.

GPL LV2 effect modulation

Mixgen— danja

Transport-synchronized automatic producer for the Transmission Producer Control Bus. Generates eight repeatable gain lanes (random, quasi-random, or Euclidean) and emits them as MIDI CC 20–27, one CC per channel (ch 1 →

free open source MIT VST3 effect midi modulation

modEQ

modEQ— Tobante Audio

EQ audio effects plugin with modulation.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit Standalone effect modulation eq

N5SS Chorus

N5SS Chorus— n5ssiva

Lofi dimension chorus plugin with vintage BBD emulation for warm, wobbly textures

free open source MIT VST3 AudioUnit Standalone effect modulation

OctaSine

OctaSine— Joakim Frostegård

Frequency modulation-based synthesizer plugin.

free open source AGPL-3.0 CLAP VST2 effect instrument modulation synth

Oracle— danja

Audio and MIDI listener that extracts bounded musical features and emits mapped CC values plus optional guarded response notes.

free open source MIT VST3 effect midi modulation

Otodesk Sampler

Otodesk Sampler— OTODESK

Multi-slot sampler with intelligent pitch detection, real-time RubberBand time-stretching, and a deep modulation engine

free open source AGPL-3.0 VST3 effect instrument modulation sampler

Panacea

Panacea— Consistent Interruption

Panacea is an autopan audio effect plugin with the possibility of humanization

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 effect modulation

Party Panda

Party Panda— Matt Anikiej

Party Panda emulates the classic Uni-Vibe pedal's phaser/vibrato modulation, popularized by guitarists like Jimi Hendrix, with controls for intensity, rate, throb, depth, and dry/wet mix.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit effect modulation

PeakEater

PeakEater— vvvar

Wave shaper plugin

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 AudioUnit CLAP effect modulation distortion

Perlin Noise Mod

Perlin Noise Mod— Florian Mrugalla

Synthesizes Perlin noise for use as a modulation source in DAWs that allow audio or MIDI CC signals to modulate other plugins' parameters, such as Bitwig and Reaper

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 effect instrument modulation generator

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction— Vivek Vijayan

A multi-FX rack plugin

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 effect modulation delay

Quad Morph Filter

Quad Morph Filter— OTODESK

A real-time XY morphing filter with 28 premium filter models, equal-power blending of up to 4 filters, and 19 LFO waveforms

free open source AGPL-3.0 VST3 effect modulation filter

Reach

Reach— Sinuslabs

Extraterrestrial Reverb with a unique Sound

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit effect modulation reverb

REEV-R

REEV-R— TiagoLr

Convolution reverb with modulation for pre/send and post/volume signals.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 AudioUnit effect modulation reverb

Scannervibrato— Jakob Dübel

A LV2 plug-in for tonewheel organ Chorus/Vibrato modulation.

open source MIT LV2 effect modulation

Steep Flanger

Steep Flanger— ManasWolrd

FIR/IIR flanger plugin with barberpole flanging

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 AudioUnit effect modulation

Stone Mistress

Stone Mistress— NaviCisco

Lush stereo chorus and phaser inspired by the Electro-Harmonix Small Stone and Stereo Electric Mistress pedals

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit effect modulation

Stone Phaser

Stone Phaser— JP Cimalando

A classic analog phaser effect, made with DPF and Faust

free open source BSL-1.0 LV2 VST2 effect modulation

Surge XT

Surge XT— Surge Synth Team

Hybrid synthesizer featuring many synthesis techniques, a great selection of filters, a flexible modulation engine, a smorgasbord of effects, and modern features like MPE and microtuning.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 AudioUnit CLAP Standalone effect instrument modulation synth

Synister

Synister— TU Berlin

A substractive software synthesizer.

free open source GPL-3.0 Standalone VST2 effect instrument modulation synth

TIME-12

TIME-12— TiagoLr

Delay modulator similar to plugins like GrossBeat or TimeShaper. Can be used for stutter effects, tape stop, glitch, scratch, reverse, pitch shift and more.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 AudioUnit effect modulation delay

Vibrato Plugin

Vibrato Plugin— Speechrezz

A simple vibrato effects plugin

free open source MIT VST3 effect modulation

WSTD FLANGR

WSTD FLANGR— Wasted Audio

Simple flanger plugin

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 CLAP VST2 effect modulation

YK Chorus

YK Chorus— Christopher Arndt

A chorus audio effect plugin based on DSP code by Togu Audio Line (TAL).

free open source GPL-2.0 VST3 LV2 CLAP effect modulation