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Looking to set the mood this Halloween? Create your own creepy, scary soundtracks with these 5 plugins that are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine with each note.

It’s that time of year again – Halloween, when we rejoice to try and be the most ridiculously dressed, give children a year’s supply of sweets in one night, and drink far too much. These are staples of Halloween but what would the celebration of the dead be without some spooky, atmospheric music.

We’ve collected together 5 plugins that should give you enough fuel to inspire some dark moody pieces, whether it be for a Halloween party or just to scare away trick or treaters.

The Hands Of Darkness by NOVUZEIT

The Hands Of Darkness has one purpose – to create dark, unsettling organic/metallic ambient textures.

The Hands Of Darkness is a synthesizer with three layered oscillators using abstract mathematics to form waveforms that allow you to create “subtly warbly puddles of mercury, harsh abrasive fields of rust, or even robotic cascades of binary dementia; ghostly drones, or morphing dissonant calvacades”.

Download here (Windows only)

Gargoyle by Krakli

“Inspired by a request for a VST that could be used for a horror film soundtrack. This synth is dedicated to it’s namesake.”

Gargoyle is a bizarre synth which can create a multitude of varying but always unsettling sounds. We featured the first Gargoyle in our Top 10 Weird and Wonderful plugins list. Whilst Krakli have come out with Gargoyle 2 we recommend giving them both a go and seeing which one you find easier to control/sounds better if not keeping them both for layered creepiness.

Download here (Windows only)

Emily the Strange Organ by Killapluggies

Emily the Strange Organ is a bizarre synth organ plugin that honestly sounds quite normally. But rest assured, play around with the parameters and slam down some discordant minor chords and you have your own house of horror theme.

Blood Bucket by Insert Piz Here

Blood Bucket is a unique noisemaking plugin that doesn’t really adhere to tonal norms or melodic standards. With it’s crazy glitched out, static-y weirdness Blood Bucket could easily make for some unsettling ambience.

It’s been described by it’s creators as “another pointless experiment in synthetic stupidity”.

VL-122 by AM Music Technology

What would Halloween be without a distinct organ playing in the background.

For a cost you can get incredible organ synths and simulators but when it comes to free synths the VL-122 is a treat. There are enough controls to create massively different organ sounds from the cheery, to the jazzy, and of course most importantly to the downright frightening.

Download here (Windows only)

We hope you enjoy the list and find something to help you create your own personalised soundtrack to Halloween this year.

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If there are any creepy plugins that you love and we missed out share them below in the comments!

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Kawai K1v Free VST Plugin - Mack Beats Studio
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'Nils‘ K1v is a rompler that emulates a famous japanese classic from 1988.
Features:
Very accurate emulation of all parameters
Includes 768 presets with search capability, the original factory bank + all ROM cards
Full editing support
Can import & export SysEx presets & banks from/to the original device
Transmits & receives parameter changes via SysEx to act as an editor for the hardware or to be edited with external editors

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Resize-able user interface
Full automation support
All 768 presets can be edited and are stored as part of a project
Available for Windows as VST2 plugin, 32-bit & 64-bit
Furthermore, the plugin features a fully fledged MIDI implementation:
Understands SysEx messages like the original hardware which allows to update & edit presets while running and even sends responses to the following SysEx requests: One block data request, All block data request & Device ID request
Program Changes are supported including Bank Select.
Hold Pedal, Volume, Pan, Velocity, Aftertouch, Modulation Wheel & Pitch Bend
Synthesizer Engine:
8-bit synthesis engine
Four sources per voice
256 waveforms, 204 additive waveforms with 128 harmonics + 52 PCM wave forms
DADSR envelope

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8 velocity curves
Coarse & Fine tune, adjustable key tracking, lots of modulation options
AM (Ring Modulation) between Source 1&2 and 3&4
Autobend
5 Key Scaling Curves
One LFO with triangle, square, saw & random shape support
Joystick for real-time control

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The download of the plugin is free! But feel free to donate if you find this plugin useful'
Nils‘ K1v is available at https://www.nilsschneider.de/wp/nils-k1v/