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Here are the 67 BEST FREE VST Instruments Plugins that I found in 2026! Over the past year, I tested 300 free sample instruments to pick the 67 best-sounding VSTs. I will help you save some time and skipp all the fluff :) In this video, we explore every major category: keys, guitars & basses, drums, synthesizers, creative, choir & orchestra. Let’s dive in!

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📚 HELPFUL RESOURCES
Here are some helpful resources you might like.

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🎹 MY GEAR LIST
Some links are affiliate.

My MIDI CC Controller →  https://link.leo-brennauer.com/mcceu
My DAW/Music Software →  https://link.leo-brennauer.com/cubase
Full Gear Overview → https://leo-brennauer.com/mygear

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My MIDI Keyboard → https://link.leo-brennauer.com/mkbeu
My Interface → https://link.leo-brennauer.com/itfeu
My Headphones → https://link.leo-brennauer.com/hpoeu
My Shortcut Controller → https://link.leo-brennauer.com/scceu

Links for  🇺🇸

My MIDI Keyboard → https://link.leo-brennauer.com/mkbus
My Interface → https://link.leo-brennauer.com/itfus
My Headphones → https://link.leo-brennauer.com/hpous
My Shortcut Controller → https://link.leo-brennauer.com/sccus

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All Instruments featured:

FULL List including all the links in my Free Resource Pack!!

Soft Imperial
Prototype Dust Felts
Blueprint Electric Keys
Lo-Fi Piano
COLLAB3 Version 2 - Organ
The Felt Seiler Free
Blueprint Wurli
Casio Slowed Tapes
Ample Guitar M Lite
The Deer, The Fox and the Guitar
Prototype Rubber Bridge Plucks
Shreddage 3 Stratus Free
Ambience Guitar
Blueprint Bass Guitar
Blueprint Drums
Devian Drums II
MT Power Drum Kit 2
Prototype Soft Drums Lite
Noctua
Analog Lab Play
Monolit
Cardinal
OB-Xd 3.1
Oi, Grandad
Pivot Lite
Triple Cheese
Vital
Blueprint Electric Strings
Infinite Collection
Whispering Woodwinds
Ethereal Pad
Dream Box
Thalir Consort
Organic Orchestra
Slinky Violin
Adastra Ambiences
Global Swarm
Prototype Gentle Vibes
Prototype Antiquarian Echoes
Blueprint Textural Cello
Venus Theory - Auras Volts
Spring Chimes
Pulse Box
World Colours Clar - Duduk
Blueprint - Feedback Guitar
Auras Eraphine
Tempest Brass
Aleatory
Foundations Emotive Choir
Angelic Choir
Prototype The Meyer Choir
The Spellsinger
Tutti Free
Berlin Free Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra Discover
Celestial Strings
Glade
Minimalist Violins Legato
Delicate Strings
Foundations Staccato Strings
Foundations Staccato Brass
TOKYO SCORING STRINGS
Emotive Brass
Blueprint Short Strings
Blueprint String Trio
The Orchestra Elements
Lux Elements

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📚 Chapters:
00:00 Free VST Instruments
00:50 Keys
02:49 Guitar & Basses
04:33 Drums
05:35 Synthesizers
08:55 Creative
15:14 Choirs
17:08 Orchestra

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💐 Sponsored, but honest:
This video is sponsored. Generally speaking, here is how I handle any sponsor requests (and yes, I get daily requests and decline most of them - especially the AI Stuff): Before I say yes to anything, I first want to check the product and see if either 1) I would use it or 2) I would recommend to a good friend. I also let the company know that I’ll have full creative control: no edits, no influence, they don't see the video before it goes live, and it might contain critique at their product. If they’re not okay with that, I don’t do it. Rest assured, everything I share, reflects 100% how I feel about it. If one day that kind of honesty can’t be combined with the financial side, I’ll stop making these videos and go back to my old "offline life". And hey... the fact that you’re watching this very video and reading this text is proof that it hasn’t come to that. :) Now enjoy the video!

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