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Free for musicians
Every tool on this site is free and in public beta. No accounts, license keys, or activation. Commercial use is allowed. No warranty.

NDR-9000 - Nihilus Drum Recorder

Free to use for music production, including commercial releases. Do not resell or re-host the binaries as your own product. Public beta, provided as-is. See LICENSE inside the download.

Nihilus MB Comp

Free to use for music production, including commercial releases. CLAP / VST3 / standalone. VST3 is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH; the VST3 build is provided under the applicable VST3 license terms. Public beta, provided as-is. See LICENSE inside the download.

Nihilus Multi-ROT Distortion

Free to use for music production, including commercial releases. CLAP / VST3 / standalone. VST3 is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH; the VST3 build is provided under the applicable VST3 license terms. Public beta, provided as-is. See LICENSE inside the download.

Nihilus (pitch pedal)

Free to use for music production, including commercial releases. CLAP / VST3 / standalone. VST3 is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH; the VST3 build is provided under the applicable VST3 license terms. Public beta, provided as-is. See LICENSE inside the download.

Nihilus Simple

Thirty Simple pedals: Multi-Band EQ, Signature Graphic EQ, Distortion, Signature Extreme Amp, Fuzz, Compression, Saturation, Cab, Exciter, CAT-DSP, Pig-Squealer, Human, Death Whistle, Fart, Amphibian, Limiter, Gate, Wah, Auto-Wah, Tremolo, Vibrato, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Delay, Reverb, Whammy, Sub, Crush, and Ring. Each is a separate download. Free to use for music production, including commercial releases. CLAP / VST3 / standalone. VST3 is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH; the VST3 build is provided under the applicable VST3 license terms. Public beta, provided as-is. See LICENSE inside the download.

NMP-080826

The Nihilus Music Player on this site is a public-beta browser tool. Catalog streams and local files stay in your browser. Provided as-is. Vault downloads are a donor courtesy, not part of the player license.

Music

Music downloaded with a donor token is for personal listening. The recordings remain © Nihilus. Do not redistribute the files or share your token publicly.