Inear Display Free Plugin Bundle: 12 Experimental VST/AU Effects & Synths

Inear Display is giving away 12 of its plugins for free! In this article, we’ll walk through the details and an overview of this Inear Display giveaway.

1. Inear Display Free Plugin Lineup

Each Inear Display plugin is a VST/AU tool built around distinctive sound design — including FM drum synths, granular processing, delay, distortion, and multi-effects. Some are designed around randomization, modulation, and sequencer-like movement, making them a great fit whenever you want to expand your sound-design ideas.

Ephemere: An FM drum synth with a glitchy character.
Amalgame: A multi-effect that streamlines effect-chain building, with a parameter sequencer and extensive randomization.
Litote: A granular effect that turns a signal into atmospheric soundscapes.
Lancinantes: A drone synth that generates continuous tones through additive synthesis.
Gorgon: An extremely aggressive distortion.
Interstice: A dual-band delay focused on unconventional tones.
Incipit: A triple pitch-shifting delay with an extensive modulation section.
Cruelle: An aggressive distortion that combines feedback with audio-rate modulation.
Antagone: Two modulatable delay lines.
Bref: A generative FM percussion synth.
Regressif: An effect that turns a signal into digital chaos.

Danaides 2.0 Added!

Danaides 2.0 is a sequence-based sound-mangling plugin that combines three destructive effects with an advanced modulation system. The original Danaides debuted in 2013 as one of Inear Display’s most popular products, and this version 2.0 brings a major overhaul with a modern GUI and improved performance. The three built-in effects are “Driller,” which loops and re-pitches audio slices to add a glitchy texture; “Metalizer,” a delay that adds texture and movement; and “Reducer,” which lowers the sample rate to create lo-fi grit. It also includes a morphing Pre-Filter with Cutoff/Resonance controls, a morphing LFO with two independently rate-adjustable sub-LFOs, and two modulation sequencers — the “FX Sequencer” and the “Dry/Wet Sequencer.” The FX Sequencer lets you modulate specific effects on a per-step basis, with color-coded display making it easy to see the current state.