Best plug-ins on Reddit
129 reviews from r/FL_Studio, r/edmproduction, r/jazzguitar and 22 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
Native Instruments
4.7
(6)
"Guitar rig 6 is amazing"
"Guitar rig, whichever version is the latest"
"With good reverb, any sound can be better. Raum is free and it's amazing."
"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."
#4
Neural DSP
4.0
(4)
"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."
#5
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."
#6
GitHub
5.0
(3)
"Useful for tracking habits and goals."
"Simple and effective for small charts."
"Great for creating diagrams using TikZ."
#7
Arturia
4.7
(3)
"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."
#8
Waves
4.7
(3)
"3 plugins from waves can change your life: ClarityVX."
"3 plugins from waves can change your life: ClarityVX DeVerb."
"I use Waves CLA76, good EQ with the ability for dynamic bands."
#9
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."
#10
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."
#11
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."
#12
Spitfire Audio
5.0
(2)
"100% Spitfire LABS"
"Im a big fan of Spitfire Audio Labs. They've got a whole library of sounds."
#13
Kilohearts
5.0
(2)
"PhasePlant and basically everything by Kilohearts"
"Kilohearts provides everything you need."
#14
OTT
4.5
(2)
"I use OTT in like every beat I make."
"OTT is always nice."
#15
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."
#16
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."
#17
Tracktion
4.0
(2)
"Tracktion waveform"
"Daw: waveform free"
#18
Gojira
4.0
(2)
"Gojira x, nolly, Fortin cali, mesa amp suite. Covers most bases."
"Gojira, Soldano, or Fortin Cali or Nameless."
#19
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."
#20
Jura
5.0
(1)
"You can't go wrong with Jura. Getting some classic 80s synth patches and the ability to make your own."
#21
Godot
5.0
(1)
"For data related addons: Edit Resources as Table 2 - lets you view your resources as a spreadsheet"
#22
Flavor Pro
5.0
(1)
"Flavor Pro and the expansion for it. It's on sale currently on Airs website."
#23
Fortin
5.0
(1)
"I might say to give the Fortin Cali a try."
#24
Soundtheory
5.0
(1)
"Have a look at Gullfoss it’s an auto EQ that aims for intelligibility."
#25
Stupid Raisins
5.0
(1)
"I made a plugin you might find helpful"
#26
S-Gear
5.0
(1)
"I ended up with my trusted S-Gear. Give it a try."
#27
Neural Amp Modeler
5.0
(1)
"I like Neural Amp Modeler. There are some great fender twin and bassman captures that sound amazing."
#28
Heroic
5.0
(1)
"You can do all this with one plugin. Heroic Knowledge Base does all that stuff."
#29
Beautitab
5.0
(1)
"[Beautitab] creates a custom new tab page in Obsidian with customizable elective elements."
#30
Textformat
5.0
(1)
"Hands down, Textformat. 😁"
#31
Analog Obsession
5.0
(1)
"Free and good quality. Enjoy!"
#32
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."
#33
Vital Audio Vital
5.0
(1)
"Vital is all you need."
#34
MeldaProduction Multiband
5.0
(1)
"The Melda Multiband stuff is sick if you spend a few minutes watching their tutorial videos."
#35
Ultimate Guitar
5.0
(1)
"Tonebridge app just makes it so easy because it's got so many tones dialed in."
#36
Nolly Gojira Tone King
5.0
(1)
"Nolly/Gojira/Tone King pretty much hits everything I ever need."
#37
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."
#38
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."
#39
Neural
5.0
(1)
"For Neural, the pink amp and compressor pedal in the Mateus Asato Archetype gets me excellent jazz-usable cleans."
#40
Mixwave
5.0
(1)
"Get the new Mixwave Two Rock Bloomfield Drive. The clean channel on it is incredible."
#41
TAL
5.0
(1)
"My fav free plugins are tal tube, gsat+, ott, tdr kotelnikov, and the airwindows consolidated plugin"
#42
Slink
5.0
(1)
"The Slink M4L devices are all great."
#43
Newfangled
5.0
(1)
"Newfangled Generate is absolutely filthy for bass design"
#44
ChowDSP
5.0
(1)
"ChowDSP BYOB (Build your own distortion)
[https://chowdsp.com/products.html](https://chowdsp.com/products.html)"
#45
Ruina
5.0
(1)
"Ruina. Its free"
#46
EXHALE
5.0
(1)
"EXHALE it is purely for vocal presets and you can design your own it is worth the money. Very realistic."
#47
Phaseplant
5.0
(1)
"I suggest Phaseplant and the kilohearts suite."
#48
Hive
4.0
(1)
"Try Hive Support (gethivesupport.com)"
#49
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."
#50
Kobo
4.0
(1)
"You only need Kobo touch extended and kobo utilities"
#51
Blender
4.0
(1)
"There is an add-on which creates Diamonds and Gems"
#52
Dexed
4.0
(1)
"Dexed, XenFont, Surge XT."
#53
UA
4.0
(1)
"The UA amps or Helix or Tonex would all be great for that."
#54
Morgan Amps
4.0
(1)
"The Morgan Amps Suite has a SW50r amp model that sounds like a Dumble type amp to me."
#55
Cymatics
4.0
(1)
"Cymatics has a couple."
#56
Keyzone
4.0
(1)
"Keyzone Classic."
#57
Sylenth1
4.0
(1)
"Sylenth1 is pretty cool for this genre."
#58
Saturation Knob
4.0
(1)
"Saturation knob, Trash 2, OTT, Disperser."
#59
WooCommerce
4.0
(1)
"WooCommerce Memberships"
#60
Crocoblock
4.0
(1)
"Crocoblock (jetbookings) is probably what I would get."
#61
Blackbox
4.0
(1)
"Blackbox, rift, trash 2, saturn, 20 OTTS with each parameter mapped to their own macro."
#62
YouCam 365
4.0
(1)
"YouCam 365 is the only one I’ve found that works easily and naturally."
#63
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."
#64
Apple Logic Pro
4.0
(1)
"Native Logic plugins will get you started and most are very good."
#65
Image-Line FL Studio
4.0
(1)
"FL stock stuff is really good."
#66
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."
#67
WordPress
4.0
(1)
"You may find fitting alternatives here: [https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/5-best-forum-plugins-for-wordpress/]"
#68
Falcon
4.0
(1)
"Falcon It's the anything everything and ordered chaos of all of that."
#69
Tal Chorus
4.0
(1)
"Tal have a free chorus based off the juno chorus."
#70
Zynaptiq
4.0
(1)
"Tons man zynaptiq, uhe, airwindows, kindz, bleass."
#71
Ambient Reverb
4.0
(1)
"For reverbs: Ambient reverb."
#72
Supermassive
4.0
(1)
"Supermassive is what I presume your Valhalla is."
#73
Juno Synth
4.0
(1)
"Tal has a free juno synth too I think."
#74
Disperser
4.0
(1)
"Disperser is another good one."
#75
Snap Heap
4.0
(1)
"For experimental it’s gotta be snap heap with a few instances of trancegate to chop it up."
#76
Infiltrator 2
4.0
(1)
"Infiltrator 2 which is a multifx plugin with a sequencer!"
#77
Quick Shop or Sign Shop
4.0
(1)
"Quick shop or Sign shop is a good choice, I've always used em."
#78
Sausage Fattener
4.0
(1)
"Sausage fattener."
#79
Redbass
4.0
(1)
"Redbass https://vst.unplug.red/redbass."
#80
Adobe Audition
4.0
(1)
"Adobe Auditions DENOISE is pretty good for hiss & background noise."
#81
Ambience
4.0
(1)
"For reverbs: Ambience."
#82
Oril River
4.0
(1)
"For reverbs: Oril river."
#83
Wave Shaper
4.0
(1)
"Wave shaper is good."
#84
Wavelab
4.0
(1)
"Wavelab Elements is $99 right now, that's a good start for mastering."
#85
NI
4.0
(1)
"NI monarch"
#86
Sketch
4.0
(1)
"Sketch Cassette 2"
#87
All in One
4.0
(1)
"Backup: All in One Redirect if you rebuilding/restructuring: 301 Redirects."
#88
Serum FX
4.0
(1)
"Serum FX. basically anything that ads a peak, or a set of phase like filters."
#89
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."
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