Instruments, effects, and hidden gems

Free plugins: MIDI

Browse 42 reviewed free midi plugins for Windows, with compatibility and installation details.

Install IndiePlugins
2140reviewed plugins
79%install-ready
Top 5category ranks
40sound categories

Filtered catalog

42 plugins

Every reviewed plugin matching the current filters.

Chordit plugin interface
CodeFN42

Chordit

Chordit by CodeFN42 is a free VST2 plugin for Windows that lets you play chords with a single note. Use one octave to switch between chords and play them across the keyboard.

VST2MIDI tools
CCStepper plugin interface
CodeFN42

CCStepper

CCStepper is a free MIDI CC step sequencer by CodeFN42 that sends MIDI CC data to control softsynths, effects, or external hardware with up to 8 sequences and 64 steps each.

VST2MIDI effects
DvnMIDIMeter plugin interface
Davi Santos

DvnMIDIMeter

DvnMIDIMeter is a free MIDI plugin for Windows that adjusts note velocity based on metric accents across common time signatures. It offers per beat accent control and uses input velocity to shape the effect depth.

VST2MIDI effects
Dodo MIDI plugin interface
Dodo Bird

Dodo MIDI

Dodo MIDI converts live voice or instrument audio into MIDI data to control synthesizers or samplers with pitch and volume information.

VST2Pitch
Cales plugin interface
CodeFN42

Cales

Cales by CodeFN42 is a free VST2 plugin for Windows that maps your keyboard keys to a musical scale, ensuring you stay in key and never hit a wrong note.

VST2Piano & keys
Apollo plugin interface
Meesha

Apollo

Apollo is a dual channel 16-step MIDI sequencer and arpeggiator with pitch, velocity, and random controls, offering flexible MIDI output.

VST2MIDI effects
Agr plugin interface
Max Brezhestovski

Agr

Agr is a free MIDI sequence generator for Windows featuring a variable number of steps, randomizer, and curve generator.

VST2MIDI generators
999gen2 plugin interface
Fanan Team

999gen2

999gen2 by Fanan Team is a free rhythmic MIDI arpeggiator for Windows that generates up to 999 seeded arpeggios driven by chords, controlling external VST instruments with customizable speed, note length, octave range, and note diversity.

VST2MIDI effects
999 plugin interface
Fanan Team

999

999 is a free MIDI VSTi arpeggiator for Windows that triggers other VSTis with up to 999 unique seeded arpeggios driven by chords. Customize speed, note length, octave range, and diversity for each arpeggio and switch between them easily.

VST2MIDI effects
MultiJoy 16 plugin interface
Acousmodules

MultiJoy 16

MultiJoy 16 by Acousmodules is a free VST2 plugin for Windows featuring sixteen bidimensional joysticks providing 32 MIDI messages. Ideal for complex multi-surround MIDI setups in DAWs like Nuendo and Cubase SX.

VST2MIDI controllers
MIDIMUS plugin interface
Quilcom

MIDIMUS

MIDIMUS by Quilcom is a free Windows VST2 plugin that offers mouse-over MIDI control based on the mouse interaction feature of the TERRORMIN plugin.

VST2MIDI effects
MIDI Style ORGAN plugin interface
VisareTone

MIDI Style ORGAN

MIDI Style ORGAN by VisareTone is a MIDI keyboard plugin designed to control organ instruments via MIDI.

VST2MIDI generators
Armchair Guitarist plugin interface
Mike Norrish

Armchair Guitarist

Armchair Guitarist is a free VST plugin that enables MIDI input from console guitar controllers on Windows. It transmits MIDI data, allowing guitar controllers to function as MIDI instruments in your DAW.

VST2MIDI tools
kawaChord2 free plugin interface
kawa

kawaChord2 free

kawaChord2 free is a MIDI chorder plugin that sends triad chords as MIDI notes with four editing modes. It supports placing chords on tracks in some DAWs and is available as a free VST2 plugin for both 32- and 64-bit Windows.

VST2MIDI effects
Nova3 plugin interface
ToneCarver

Nova3

Nova3 by ToneCarver is a free generative sequencer plugin where rovers navigate a matrix to generate MIDI notes upon encountering obstacles, producing dynamic patterns.

VST2Sequencers
tonespace 2 plugin interface
mucoder

tonespace 2

tonespace 2 by mucoder is a MIDI chorder plug-in offering an intuitive music keyboard interface with extensive chord, scale, and key options. It supports over 50 grids, 14 scales, 18 keys, 30+ chord types, and 25 chord voicings.

VST2MIDI generators
Stochas plugin interface
Surge Synth Team

Stochas

Stochas by Surge Synth Team is a free probabilistic polyrhythmic step sequencer and chord generator plugin that outputs MIDI to sequence other instruments.

VST2Sequencers
Mini Ringo plugin interface
Fanan Team

Mini Ringo

Mini Ringo is a free MIDI groove machine plugin that controls other VST instruments by playing groove styles divided into variations, modeled after hardware arrangers.

VST2MIDI tools
The free-plugin pulseUpdated Oct 16, 2026

1696 plugins are ready to install in one click.