New lo-fi and vinyl plugins of 2026, compared

Crackle, wow and flutter, bit crushing and tape grime from this season’s releases, side by side.

32 plugins · 9 free · 3 on an intro deal right now

Top picks from this list

Every plugin is in the table below.

Instrument

Hetki

IdealismIndie

1908 Steinway piano1908 Steinway Model O with its mechanical noises

€24.99

Win · Mac

Effect

Kaset

SubverseLabIndie

Cassette dub tapeCassette dubbing deck for the mix bus

Win · Mac

Instrument

VOIKS

StageBox SoftwareIndie

Free lo-fi samplerLo-fi 8-bit sampler

Free

Mac · Win

Effect

SL Radio Mini

Sfoor LabsIndie

Neural radio and phoneNeural radio, telephone and transmission effect

Free

Mac · Win

All 32, cheapest first

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Plugin	Price	VST3	AU	AAX	CLAP	LV2	Standalone	Copy protection	Buy
Evil FX Xain Jaya	Free	✓	✓	—	✓	✓	✓	?	Get Evil FX at GitHub
VOIKS StageBox Software	Free	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—	?	Get VOIKS at stageboxsoftware.com
Casetera Carbon Fiber Plugins	Free	✓	✓	—	✓	—	—	?	Get Casetera at cfplugins.io
VinylNoize Noizefield	Free	✓	✓	—	—	✓	—	?	Get VinylNoize at Gumroad
HAZE AI DTM LAB	Free	✓	—	—	—	—	—	?	Get HAZE at itch.io
ENS-86 Hivetune	Free ~~$4.99~~	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓	?	Get ENS-86 at hivetune.com
Bit Layer RiverFlux Audio	Free	✓	✓	—	✓	—	—	?	Get Bit Layer at riverfluxaudio.com
SL Radio Mini Sfoor Labs	Free	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓	?	Get SL Radio Mini at itch.io
Broken Record Leit Audio	Free	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	?	Get Broken Record at leitaudio.com
Kaset SubverseLab	$9	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	?	Buy Kaset at subverselab.com
Microsampler 85' Brownie Digital	$10	✓	✓	—	—	✓	✓	?	Buy Microsampler 85' at Gumroad
VYBZ 2 Thenatan	$10 ~~$89~~	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	Key file	Buy VYBZ 2 at pluginboutique.com
SL OW Sfoor Labs	$19	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓		Buy SL OW at sfoorlabs.com
BarkerBox FORGE Multimedia Group	$19	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓	None	Buy BarkerBox at Gumroad
Groove Console FORGE Multimedia Group	$19	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓	None	Buy Groove Console at Gumroad
TALLBOY Carbonated Audio	$20	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—	Account	Buy TALLBOY at carbonatedaudio.com
Wild Thing Fat Berry DSP	$24.99 ~~$49.99~~	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	?	Buy Wild Thing at fatberrydsp.com
Hetki Idealism	€24.99	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓	?	Buy Hetki at hetki.idealism.co
Bent Spool Plastic Factory	$29 ~~$39~~	✓	✓	✓	—	—	✓	?	Buy Bent Spool at plasticfactory.com
Bloom Bass Lofi Sounds	€34	✓	✓	✓	—	—	✓	?	Buy Bloom Bass at lofi-sounds.com
SL Tape Pro Sfoor Labs	$39	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓	?	Buy SL Tape Pro at itch.io
Harsher Reality Piruz Labs	$39.95	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓	?	Buy Harsher Reality at piruzlabs.com
UNUA Lofi Sounds	€44	✓	✓	✓	—	—	✓	?	Buy UNUA at lofi-sounds.com
PTF SM-1 Sampler Past To Future	€44	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	?	Buy PTF SM-1 Sampler at pasttofutureplugins.com
Kruszyna MKSREC	£49.99	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	?	Buy Kruszyna at mksrec.com
DIAL Thenatan	$50	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	?	Buy DIAL at thenatan.store
PTF S950 Sampler Past To Future	$59	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	?	Buy PTF S950 Sampler at pasttofutureplugins.com
Pentaphonic Cherry Audio	$59	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—	?	Buy Pentaphonic at cherryaudio.com
Vinyl Sim Past To Future	€62	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	?	Buy Vinyl Sim at pasttofutureplugins.com
Telecom Tapechild	$69	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓	?	Buy Telecom at tapechild.com
PTF SP-12 Sampler Past To Future	€80	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓	?	Buy PTF SP-12 Sampler at pasttofutureplugins.com
Tone King Imperial MKII X Neural DSP	€99	✓	✓	✓	—	—	✓	iLok	Buy Tone King Imperial MKII X at neuraldsp.com

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