The 10 Best FREE Plugins for 2026

Get Splice's FREE Plugin "INSTRUMENT" Today: https://on.splice.com/4p6gN2U In this video Splice video creator and music producer ‪@Kirkmpeter‬ walks through the must have best 10 plugins for 2026, and they're all FREE. It's amazing what kinds of incredibly powerful instruments, reverbs, filters, and fx are available 100% free. From household names like Izotope, and Valhalla, to lesser known deep-cuts like Voxengo SPAN, Kilohearts Essentials, and Vital, this video is your go-to guide to level up your plugin game this year. Splice INSTRUMENT gives music makers instant access to expressive, high-quality sounds that feel like their own: from legendary artist tones to one-of-a-kind real world instruments. Whether you're sketching ideas or producing your next release, INSTRUMENT is the most accessible, creator-first virtual instrument on the market. Chapters: 0:52 -Vital (Wavetable Synth) 2:09 - Surge XT (Open-source Hybrid Synth) 3:50 - Splice INSTRUMENT (Main Workstation/Sampler) 5:20 - iZotope Trash Lite (Distortion) 6:21- iZotope Vinyl (Lo-fi & Character) 7:09 - Valhalla Supermassive (Reverb & Delay) 8:46 - Graillon 3 Free Edition (Vocal Tuning & FX) 9:34 - Kilohearts Essentials (Full FX Toolbox - 30+ plugins) 10:23 - (Bonus) TAL - Filter 2 11:13 - TDR Nova (Dynamic EQ) 13:18 - Voxengo SPAN (Spectrum Analyzer)