- Virtual instruments
Best guitar amp plugins in 2026 (free and paid)
The best guitar amp plugins for real amp tones without a mic’d cab — how amp sims model the head, cab IR and mic, plus pro and free picks you install in one click on MuseHub.
- Virtual instruments
- Loops & samples
Best sampler plugins in 2026 (free and paid)
The best sampler plugins for slicing loops, building multisampled instruments and granular textures — pro staples and standout free picks you can install in one click on MuseHub.
- AI tools
Best AI plugins in 2026 (free and paid)
The best AI plugins for music — smart mixing and mastering assistants, stem separation, vocal cloning, noise removal and beat generation, with free-tier picks you can try in one click on MuseHub.
- Audacity
- AI tools
How to edit audio with AI in Audacity
Audacity gets five AI tools — noise suppression, stem separation, transcription, music generation and audio upscaling — through the free OpenVINO AI Tools plugin. Here is what each one does, where to find it, and how to install it from MuseHub.
- Podcasting
- Loops & samples
Podcast sound effects: the five types and how to use them
Stingers, transitions, ambience, foley and emphasis hits — what each type of podcast sound effect signals, how long it should be, where to place it, and what royalty-free actually means when you license one.