As discussed in many online forums, Audio Gridder is a free and open-source VST/AU plugin that allows you to load instruments and effects on another computer on your network. It’s a fantastic zero-cost solution for offloading processing from your main DAW. One user reported, “Well now, with Audio Gridder (which is FREE by the way) I just loaded about thirty instances of Kontakt with instruments and the hit to my Mac Studio’s RAM was about 1 GB”. A major difference is that Audio Gridder does not have a “Preserve” mode, meaning all your instruments must be reloaded every time you change projects.