Free MIDI effect plugins for generating ideas and patterns

[PatrickMJ]

MIDI effects can be amazing creativity tools. What free MIDI effect plugins do you use for generating ideas, creating interesting patterns, or adding humanization? Some of these free sound design tools can completely transform simple MIDI sequences. Looking for arpeggiators, chord generators, randomizers, quantizers, etc. What are your go-to free utility plugins for DAWs when it comes to MIDI manipulation?

[OliverB]

For free MIDI effect plugins, the mda pack has some basics. For more advanced stuff, the free version of Scaler 2 is amazing for chord generation. These free utility plugins for DAWs can really spark creativity when you're stuck. Some free sound design tools also have MIDI capabilities that can generate interesting patterns.