Kine / MIDI instrument

Turn motion into MIDI.

Every bounce plays a note. Drag the MIDI into your track.

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  • Free
  • VST3, AU, AU MIDI FX
  • macOS 11+, Windows 10+
Kine running in Ableton Live on an aluminium laptop resting on a textured grey rock.

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A laptop on a rock showing Kine open in Ableton Live: balls in flight across the dark canvas, the capture lane below and the control strip at the bottom. The name Kine is set beside it.

Kine

A MIDI instrument built around moving objects.Free · macOS 11+ · Windows 10+VST3 · AU · AU MIDI FXExplore Kine
A laptop on a rock showing the Lapse window: the volume lane open, four pump shapes drawn across the envelope canvas and the preset list down the left. The name Lapse is set beside it.

Lapse

Turn incoming audio into stutters, tape stops and moving rhythms with three drawable lanes for time, volume and pan.Free · macOS 10.13+ · Windows 10+VST3 · AUExplore Lapse

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Free plugins for September 2026Four picks from our free-plugin list: IVGI for saturation, Cramit for drum textures, Ephemere for changing percussion and TetraOP for hands-on synthesis.The making of KineHow user feedback shaped Kine, from a bouncing-note experiment in the browser to a VST with its own synth engine.Free plugins for August 2026Four picks from our free-plugin list: rhythmic effects with BattleFX, movement with Curva, sampled strings with Runa Free, and dynamic EQ with ZL Equalizer 2.

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