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ReaPlugs VST FX Suite

Want to use some of the comprehensive FX plug-ins that REAPER provides, but stuck in another host? Haven't made the switch yet? Fear not -- you can download ReaPlugs, a package of FX that includes many of the plug-ins that come with REAPER, for free!

Download: ReaPlugs VST v2.1 (last updated January 15 2013)

Changes in v2.1:

ReaStream: local broadcast support for local machine use
ReaJS: updated to latest JS, amazing new functionality
ReaControlMIDI: updates/improvements
Fix for Cubase 6 hangs
Improved denormal reduction

General features of ReaPlugs:

Support for Windows 98/ME/2K/XP/Vista/W7, WINE
Fast, usable UIs with good metering
Low CPU and RAM use
Highly configurable
No copy protection
Portable (copy installed files and run)
Freely usable

A Tour of ReaPlugs

ReaComp

Ultra-configurable compressor
Soft knee support
Sidechain filters, sidechain inputs
Feedback compression mode
Program dependent auto-release mode
Variable RMS size
Oversampling antialias modes (with optional limiting)
Optional make-up gain
Optional lookahead
Wet/dry mix
Low CPU use
Useful metering

ReaXcomp

Unlimited band compressor
Great metering per band
Fantastic sounding filters
Solo current band mode
Tons of controls per band (ratio, threshold, knee, attack, release, makeup, program dependent release, feedback detector, RMS size)
Adjusting bands in graph is easy (modifiers to change ratio, gain, etc)

ReaDelay

Multi-tap delay, no practical limit on tap count
Up to 10 second delay per tap
Tap lengths can be in time (s/ms) or quarter notes
Feedback, LPF/HPF, resolution reduction per tap
Stereo width per tap
Volume/pan per tap

ReaEQ

Unlimited band IIR based equalizer
Support for any number of many types of filters (shelfs, bands, LPF, HPF, notch, bandpass, allpass)
Frequency response and phase response display
Display of approximate note+octave for frequencies
Per-band bypass control
Full-view of graph optional for precise editing
Mouse modifiers/mousewheel usable for editing bandwidth of points in graph

ReaFIR

FFT based dynamics processor
Supports FFT sizes of 128-32768
Useful in/out frequency response display
Supports defining response curves both using any number of points, or freehand mouse
EQ - can be used as a linear phase mastering EQ, or as a super-effective surgical EQ
Compressor - can compress at a fixed ratio with a per-band threshold
Gate - can gate with per-band threshold
Subtract - can build noise profiles and subtract noise from the signal

ReaGate

Ultra-configurable gate
Sidechain filters, sidechain input
Lookahead for pre-open
Hold control
Hysteresis control
Variable RMS size
Can send MIDI events on gate open/close
Wet/dry mix, noise mix (can add noise when gate is open)

ReaStream

Supports streaming from host to host of audio and/or MIDI over a LAN segment
Supports streaming from different host software on each end
Supports UDP broadcast for streaming one to many (if local network can keep up)

ReaJS

Realtime user-editable effect processor

64-bit internal audio processing, MIDI support, full PDC support, multichannel I/O support, graphics display support.

Hundreds of included effects, including: delays, compressors, limiters, convolution, distortion, spectral noise editors, analyzers, loop samplers, creative effects.

Create new effects from scratch, or modify existing effects to meet your needs

JS editor and debugger included, opens automatically when you edit a plug-in

ReaControlMIDI

Flexible MIDI controls in VST format

Automate CC envelopes and bank/program selection, as FX parameters

Full SysEx support