Best plug-ins on Reddit
135 reviews from r/FL_Studio, r/jazzguitar, r/musicproduction and 26 more subreddits
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#1
Vital
4.9
(7)
"Vital - very similar to serum"
"Vital is powerful."
"Vital is free and sounds as good as serum."
"Try something free firstly. Vital is a great synth that is almost like Serum."
"Just get Vital (free) or Serum and then learn how to synthesize the sounds."
"Serum is good, vital also! Misstortion is good for that sweet distortion."
"Vital is a pretty good, free synth that I use often. It’s really similar to serum."
#2
Serum
4.7
(7)
"Definitely serum is one of them."
"Serum can do all of what you mentionned."
"You can do mostly everything in Serum, if you don't want to learn sound design."
"Serum can basically make every sound you'd ever need for Hardcore."
"Serum was a huge game changer for me"
"Serum free trial. Just make melodies quick then consolidate pattern lol."
"You can do that with Serum."
#3
Neural DSP
4.2
(6)
"You may want to look into the neural dsp parallax plugin. Alot of times that's all I use."
"The Cory Wong definitely sounded great, though seemed like you’d be paying for a lot of extra stuff you don’t need."
"Corey Wong probably gets the best cleans."
"The Morgan amps suite models after VOX AC30, Fender tweed and a JC120."
"Neural DSP Plini for me, but this depends on how you play and your instrument."
"Only played 15 min so far but really impressed with the sounds"
#4
Native Instruments
4.6
(5)
"Guitar rig 6 is amazing"
"Guitar rig, whichever version is the latest"
"Do not buy anything from start. go get free stuff from top devs."
"Native instruments has free stuff."
"But if you need virtual instruments you might look at Native Instruments, Spitfire, Arturia, or the many many amp Sims."
#5
Arturia
4.5
(4)
"Pigments is a fantastic synth that offers great sound design capabilities."
"I just make basically everything on Pigments. That shit has virtual analogue, wavetable, additive, sample and a granular synth for that sweet ambient."
"Analog lab v, morphine, flex."
#6
Soundtoys
5.0
(3)
"Maybe Soundtoys Decapitator and Devil-Loc Deluxe, considering you’re mostly making hip-hop."
"Maybe Soundtoys Decapitator and Devil-Loc Deluxe, considering you’re mostly making hip-hop."
"Great way to get drums to hit a little harder."
#7
Waves
5.0
(3)
"3 plugins from waves can change your life: ClarityVX."
"3 plugins from waves can change your life: ClarityVX DeVerb."
"3 plugins from waves can change your life: Vocal rider."
#8
OTT
4.7
(3)
"I use OTT in like every beat I make."
"The one and only ott"
"OTT is always nice."
#9
FabFilter
4.7
(3)
"FabFilter Pro-Q 3 is one of the best EQs."
"Great for heavier intention."
"Fab filter saturn."
#10
Helix
4.0
(3)
"Helix with the “Clarity” amp model into to cali 1x12 and 1x12 ext."
"Helix and Tonex are what I use and are largely interchangeable."
"I now use my helix as my main audio interface and record both wet and dry signals."
#11
Gojira
4.0
(3)
"Gojira x, nolly, Fortin cali, mesa amp suite. Covers most bases."
"Gojira, Soldano, or Fortin Cali or Nameless."
"Gojira X, Nolly."
#12
Kilohearts
5.0
(2)
"PhasePlant and basically everything by Kilohearts"
"Kilohearts provides everything you need."
#13
Helicon Focus
5.0
(2)
"Pretty sure Helicon Focus is the only decent option for focus stacking"
"Take a look at Helicon Focus for stacking."
#14
Decapitator
5.0
(2)
"Decapitator adds warmth."
"Decapitator just does the job well."
#15
Apple
5.0
(2)
"Logic comes with what you need to get started. Alchemy is great. The stock synths are powerful."
"Logic comes stock with pretty much everything you need and they're often going to be better than most free options out there."
#16
Spitfire Audio
5.0
(2)
"100% Spitfire LABS"
"Im a big fan of Spitfire Audio Labs. They've got a whole library of sounds."
#17
Neural Amp Modeler
5.0
(2)
"Neural amp modeler was the best for me."
"I like Neural Amp Modeler. There are some great fender twin and bassman captures that sound amazing."
#18
Rift
4.5
(2)
"Rift offers unique sound manipulation features."
"Although rift is fucking cracked I also sometimes like to use the older trash 2."
#19
Tracktion
4.0
(2)
"Tracktion waveform"
"Daw: waveform free"
#20
Boss
4.0
(2)
"A cheap but quality amp to start with."
"Nolly’s a pretty good all-rounder, but I’d recommend a Katana combo for better sound and ease of use."
#21
Cymatics
4.0
(2)
"Cymatics has a couple."
"Cymatics has a couple"
#22
FL Studio
4.0
(2)
"The stock Plugins are underrated. With 3xOSC and Sytrus you will be able to make every sound imaginable."
"With the exception of a clear limiter, the stock plugins should be good enough to learn."
#23
M
5.0
(1)
"Mfreqshifter is a must, throw in MComb for good measure, KHS Resonator, OTT, Spectral Gate, Spectral Compressor."
#24
TDR
5.0
(1)
"TDR NOVA."
#25
Valhalla
5.0
(1)
"Valhalla VintageVerb is a go-to for lush reverb."
#26
u-he
5.0
(1)
"U-he bazille"
#27
Szechuan
5.0
(1)
"Szechuan Saturator. Free but amazing."
#28
XLN Audio
5.0
(1)
"XO by XLN Audio, Battery 4, RC-20 Retro Color, and iZotope Vinyl are solid choices."
#29
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
5.0
(1)
"Omnisphere. They have some great sounding strings too."
#30
Omnisphere
5.0
(1)
"Some of the best and most popular VSTs and plugins include synths like Omnisphere."
#31
Soundtheory
5.0
(1)
"Have a look at Gullfoss it’s an auto EQ that aims for intelligibility."
#32
Fortin
5.0
(1)
"I might say to give the Fortin Cali a try."
#33
Flavor Pro
5.0
(1)
"Flavor Pro and the expansion for it. It's on sale currently on Airs website."
#34
Jura
5.0
(1)
"You can't go wrong with Jura. Getting some classic 80s synth patches and the ability to make your own."
#35
Pro-L 2
5.0
(1)
"Pro-l 2 should be all you need for a while."
#36
Mixwave
5.0
(1)
"Get the new Mixwave Two Rock Bloomfield Drive. The clean channel on it is incredible."
#37
Neural
5.0
(1)
"For Neural, the pink amp and compressor pedal in the Mateus Asato Archetype gets me excellent jazz-usable cleans."
#38
Stupid Raisins
5.0
(1)
"I made a plugin you might find helpful"
#39
Godot
5.0
(1)
"For data related addons: Edit Resources as Table 2 - lets you view your resources as a spreadsheet"
#40
iZotope
5.0
(1)
"Ozone 10 is great for mastering."
#41
Beautitab
5.0
(1)
"[Beautitab] creates a custom new tab page in Obsidian with customizable elective elements."
#42
S-Gear
5.0
(1)
"I ended up with my trusted S-Gear. Give it a try."
#43
Ultimate Guitar
5.0
(1)
"Tonebridge app just makes it so easy because it's got so many tones dialed in."
#44
Soothe
5.0
(1)
"Soothe 2 helps tame harsh frequencies."
#45
Heroic
5.0
(1)
"You can do all this with one plugin. Heroic Knowledge Base does all that stuff."
#46
Bedroom Producers Blog
5.0
(1)
"Check out Bedroom Producers Blog. They find the best free stuff and have a newsletter to keep you updated."
#47
Textformat
5.0
(1)
"Hands down, Textformat. 😁"
#48
Analog Obsession
5.0
(1)
"Free and good quality. Enjoy!"
#49
Line 6 Helix Native
5.0
(1)
"The stomp is a fantastic device to use along with a real amp or real pedals, or as a standalone model."
#50
Vital Audio Vital
5.0
(1)
"Vital is all you need."
#51
MeldaProduction Multiband
5.0
(1)
"The Melda Multiband stuff is sick if you spend a few minutes watching their tutorial videos."
#52
Nolly Gojira Tone King
5.0
(1)
"Nolly/Gojira/Tone King pretty much hits everything I ever need."
#53
Waves Metafilter VST
5.0
(1)
"I just got the waves metafilter vst for free... It has a built in distortion knob that is actually DOPE."
#54
VladG TDR Limiter No.6
5.0
(1)
"VladG/TDR Limiter no.6 is free and incredible."
#55
Izotope RX Standard
5.0
(1)
"Izotope RX standard for us, it’s made Post Production simpler & much quicker!"
#56
NoteGPT
4.0
(1)
"Our plugin for AI content summarization of YouTube videos is called NoteGPT, and it provides video content summarization, subtitle translation, and mind map generation."
#57
UAFX
4.0
(1)
"I can get incredible cleans out of it."
#58
Kilohertz
4.0
(1)
#59
Roland
4.0
(1)
#60
Visustella
4.0
(1)
"There's visustella's for 8$"
#61
Guitar Rig
4.0
(1)
"Guitar Rig and Amplitube have free versions, Neural Amp Modeler, Tonocracy, Blue Cat's free amp are some of the best i can think of."
#62
Trash 3
4.0
(1)
"Trash 3."
#63
Thermal
4.0
(1)
"Thermal is pretty good, if a little pricey."
#64
Morgan Amps
4.0
(1)
"The Morgan Amps Suite has a SW50r amp model that sounds like a Dumble type amp to me."
#65
UA
4.0
(1)
"The UA amps or Helix or Tonex would all be great for that."
#66
Kobo
4.0
(1)
"You only need Kobo touch extended and kobo utilities"
#67
Blender
4.0
(1)
"There is an add-on which creates Diamonds and Gems"
#68
Dexed
4.0
(1)
"Dexed, XenFont, Surge XT."
#69
Trash 2
4.0
(1)
"Big fan of trash 2. I think it’s free now."
#70
Distructor
4.0
(1)
"Distructor."
#71
Keyzone
4.0
(1)
"Keyzone Classic."
#72
Line6
4.0
(1)
"You could get Line6 Helix Native. The vst works for cubase."
#73
Sylenth1
4.0
(1)
"Sylenth1 is pretty cool for this genre."
#74
Saturation Knob
4.0
(1)
"Saturation knob, Trash 2, OTT, Disperser."
#75
Hive
4.0
(1)
"Try Hive Support (gethivesupport.com)"
#76
WooCommerce
4.0
(1)
"WooCommerce Memberships"
#77
Crocoblock
4.0
(1)
"Crocoblock (jetbookings) is probably what I would get."
#78
Blackbox
4.0
(1)
"Blackbox, rift, trash 2, saturn, 20 OTTS with each parameter mapped to their own macro."
#79
iZotope RX 10 Elements
4.0
(1)
"I find I don't need its de-reverb and noise reduction now that I've updated to Resolve v19, but the de-essing and de-clicking still work better IMO."
#80
YouCam 365
4.0
(1)
"YouCam 365 is the only one I’ve found that works easily and naturally."
#81
Dialogue Manager
4.0
(1)
"Not sure about any other plugins but you can also try Dialogue Manager if you prefer to write the dialogue the way you'd write code."
#82
Apple Logic Pro
4.0
(1)
"Native Logic plugins will get you started and most are very good."
#83
Image-Line FL Studio
4.0
(1)
"FL stock stuff is really good."
#84
iZotope Ozone 8 Essentials
4.0
(1)
"I was able to get Izotope Ozone 8 Essentials for free a few years ago and it taught me a lot."
#85
WordPress
4.0
(1)
"You may find fitting alternatives here: [https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/5-best-forum-plugins-for-wordpress/]"
#86
Tube Screamer VST
4.0
(1)
"There is a 'Tube screamer' vst , a 'fuzz face' vst and with an amp emu is a great way to get tone."
#87
Wave Shaper
4.0
(1)
"Wave shaper is good."
#88
Kagedesu
3.0
(1)
"Kagedesu's Message History is free"
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