Best plugins on Reddit

223 reviews from r/musicproduction, r/FL_Studio, r/audioengineering and 31 more subreddits

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Vital

4.9

(8)

"I like Vital a lot and it’s free."

"- Vital"

"Vital or serum."

"Vital and gclip. Probably need to pick up serum at some point too."

"I’d say vital and gclip."

"It's like a more modern version of Serum."

"Vital all the way. Its just mad good and oh btw, ITS FREE."

"-Vital"

Soundtoys

4.8

(6)

"Soundtoys decapitator, echoboy"

"Echoboy for delay"

"Decapitator for saturation"

"Easy to use delay."

"Great for digital robotic saturation."

UAD

4.8

(6)

"UAD is offering their plate reverb for free."

"I love the way the UAD plugins sound."

"I was simply astonished by the quality difference."

"I use their LA-2A often."

"UAD LA2A and LA3A"

"I used to use the UAD LA2A but now prefer Pro-C2."

Superior Drummer 3

4.7

(6)

"Superior Drummer 3 is the highest quality of drum sampler out!"

"Superior Drummer 3 and Trilian."

"Yes, superior drummer 3 and modo bass."

"Not free, but as a drummer I can tell you that you’ll never get more realistic drum sounds out of a VST than what Superior Drummer can do."

"Superior Drummer 3 - I like the drums and most cymbals."

"I have superior drummer 3, which was the best at the time."

Cloudflare

5.0

(5)

"Yes, Cloudflare super easy to set up and free."

"Cloudflare stand out as the best option for CDN"

"Clouflare is the best CDN plugin which can handle load times"

"I would recommend use Cloudways cloudflare CDN service. Best of all"

"Cloudflare enterprise is highly recommended if you’re dealing with a lot of images."

Nolly

5.0

(5)

"I'm going check out the Nolly for sure."

"Nolly. it’ll sludge, chug, djent whatever."

"I would trial Nolly (marshall/5150, I use this one to get the exact tone from Three cheers/the black parade with the second amp)..."

"Try the free trial for Nolly first."

"Nolly is pretty versatile."

Visual Studio Code

5.0

(5)

"There is only one extension that you need for angular specific. That is Angular language service."

"Angular language service and this is must, easily switch between ts/html/scss/spec files of component with shortcuts..."

"1. Jest runner 2. Playwright runner 3. Gitlens 4. Settings sync..."

"1. Angular Language Service 1. Code Spell Checker 1. ESLint 1. GitLense (Paid) 1. GitHub Copilot (Paid)..."

"- [Conventionnal commit ](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vivaxy.vscode-conventional-commits) that allow you to format your commit messages..."

SoundToys

4.6

(5)

"Soundtoys sale has gone live which is serious value for money."

"Soundtoys is also mission-critical in my productions."

"Aswell as Soundtoys"

"I prefer Soundtoys delay for sure."

"SoundToys does a great job of having a simple default UI with secondary menus that can be accessed as needed for deeper features. Their stuff also sounds amazing."

Addictive Drums 2

4.0

(5)

"I'll second addictive drums 2."

"People also recommend Addictive Drums 2, and Steven Slate Drums."

"Maybe you should check out addictive drums 2 and the ample sounds plugins."

"As This-Was wrote, Addictive Drums 2 is as good as it gets for what you seek."

"Addictive Drums 2 is fantastic."

#10

Fabfilter

4.0

(5)

"RC20 or Decapitator or Fabfilter Saturn"

"I just chuck Saturn in at the beginning of the chain."

"The FabFilter integration takes it to another level. You can run Saturn inside the shape section, which gives you only the crucial parameters."

"Saturn is both pretty simple and intuitive to use."

"Maximus is very powerful and can deliver everything, but one has to learn to use it properly."

#11

Serum

5.0

(4)

"-Serum"

"Serum!!"

"I recommend serum for pretty much anything. If you know your way around the plugin you can get like 90% accurate sounds."

#12

FabFilter

5.0

(4)

"I'm in love with the FabFilter plugins."

"Fabfilter DMG Shaperbox Neutron 5 seems great."

"They have consistent easy interfaces, are insanely snappy and optimised, and once you invest your time and learn them they're by far the quickest to use."

"I only use FabFilter now for mixing."

#13

Altiverb

3.8

(5)

"Altiverb provides great impulse responses."

"Altiverb is one."

"Altiverb is a good choice for Music and Post."

"Imo outdoor impulse responses in Altiverb kind of suck out of the box."

"Altiverb has lots of outdoor spaces, but it’s basically a filtered delay."

#14

Superior Drummer

4.8

(4)

"Has crazy amounts of metal presets/midi grooves."

"Superior Drummer I think is objectively the best one."

"Superior Drummer… ideally triggered with a decent eKit."

"Superior Drummer"

#15

Get Good Drums

4.8

(4)

"They’re made and sponsored by the guys from Periphery."

"I personally like a lot of the Getgood drums stuff."

"Get Good Drums sound spectacular with metal."

"I use get good drums for metal drums."

#16

REAPER

4.5

(4)

"Reaper…….‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️"

"It works seamlessly in REAPER."

"Reaper will grow with you and is fairly easy to learn."

"Do be sure to tryout Reaper."

#17

Rank Math

4.5

(4)

"Rank Math is an excellent SEO plugin that simplifies optimization."

"Rank Math allows you to optimize your on-page SEO tasks on your site without any coding."

"Free"

"Rank Math provides excellent functionality and is user-friendly."

#18

iZotope

4.5

(4)

"For film post, IMHO you must have Auto Align Post (2), Izotope RX"

"IZotope RX."

"IZotope - RX Suite"

"Izotope dropped a free standalone auto-master feature on ozone 10."

#19

Wordfence

4.3

(4)

"For security"

"I’d suggest adding a good security plugin like Wordfence."

"(free is good enough)"

"Free version only"

#20

Webstorm

5.0

(3)

"My favorite plugin is webstorm... I pay for my own license, vs code is trash"

"Webstorm is so important to me, I ask about it in job interviews."

"Use webstorm"

#21

WP Rocket

5.0

(3)

"Depending on your project"

"For speed"

#22

Longform

5.0

(3)

"Helps a great deal, when I want to focus on writing."

"A dedicated sidebar that collects your projects from across your vault."

"Longform (compiles notes into a manuscript and you can reorder them like Scrivener)"

#23

Advanced Themer

5.0

(3)

"If you don't have AT then get it."

"These are the must haves which I have personally tried."

#24

Line 6

4.7

(3)

"Helix native is a pedal smaorgasboard"

"It's the software equivalent of their high-end guitar units."

"Helix Native or Amplitube."

#25

Logic

4.7

(3)

"Highly recommend it."

"It's literally my favorite plugin ever."

"Logic Drummer is great when you learn how to use it."

#26

Addictive Drums

4.3

(3)

"Probably my most used plugin."

"Great programs."

"Addictive drums, kontakt."

#27

Ozone

4.3

(3)

"For modern rap, including artists like Quavo and Migos, Ozone 11 is a go-to plugin."

"I personally haven't needed to search outside of these."

"Even though ozone has a lot of things, they are all pretty simple/intuitive module wise. Their imager is great, clarity is really cool and has basically 2 parameters."

#28

EZDrummer

4.3

(3)

"I go straight for toontrack EZbass and ezdrummer."

"I use EZDrummer, but that’s usually temporary until I can record real drums."

"I use EZDrummer. It has some extras you can get for metal kits."

#29

Tokyo Dawn Labs

4.3

(3)

"TDR Nova is a really good starting EQ plugin."

"I use TDR Nova as my DeEsser and de-Plosive."

"For EQ get re-eq from Reapack."

#30

BFD3

4.0

(3)

"BFD3 and Steven Slate."

"BFD3, although it has the licensing issue."

"BFD3 and Modo Bass."

#31

Spitfire Labs

5.0

(2)

"-Spitfire Labs"

"There’s a free plugin called spitfire labs they have very good sounds."

#32

PSP

5.0

(2)

"The PSP Infinistrip is an excellent channel strip alternative, especially when combined with the Faderfox EC4 for physical control."

"The InfiniStrip has become a one-stop shop for my processing needs."

#33

Cory Wong

5.0

(2)

"Cory Wong is perfect for vintage rock, blues, soul etc bass tones."

"It has 3 bass presets and is helpful to mix a bass DI signal with the main bass tone."

#34

Valhalla

5.0

(2)

"Valhalla VintageVerb and Valhalla Delay are also excellent for adding depth and atmosphere to your tracks."

"Non fiddly verbs like Valhalla VintageVerb are good time savers."

#35

Spitfire Audio

5.0

(2)

"My go-tos are the free LABS instruments by Spitfire."

"Now that I've finished my rant, LABS is a must."

#36

Cloudways

5.0

(2)

"Cloudways enterprise CDN worth investment. It will make everything quick"

"Cloudways Cloudflare is highly recommended CDN option"

#37

Kontakt

5.0

(2)

"I recommend kontakt for real Instruments."

"-Kontakt"

#38

Klaviyo

5.0

(2)

"Klaviyo."

"Klaviyos direct integration is the best one."

#39

Dataview

5.0

(2)

"My Holy Trinity: Dataview, Templater, and Linter."

"One of the most useful I’ve found is Dataview."

#40

Celemony

5.0

(2)

"Melodyne"

"Celemony - Melodyne"

#41

Psyscope

5.0

(2)

"Psyscope."

"Psyscope has color-coded layers."

#42

Elevate

5.0

(2)

"Elevate is the best mastering limiter/maximizer/loudifier in the market."

"Elevate is awesome."

#43

Elementor

5.0

(2)

"Elementor is the best plugin to use when designing the website."

"For design"

#44

Xfer

5.0

(2)

"I use Xfer Serum, and Arturia Pigments for most of my lead melody."

"- Xfer Serum"

#45

xFer

4.5

(2)

"XFer - Dimension Expander."

#46

Anubis

4.5

(2)

"I can’t live without Anubis personally. Simple and essential."

"Some of the most value can be packed in a plugin <25$."

#47

Soothe

4.5

(2)

"Soothe2 or Masker(free alternate)..."

"Deessing with Maximus is not very convenient, but it works."

#48

Jura

4.5

(2)

"My own preferences are with Jura and Subfactory."

"Jura is really nice."

#49

Phase Plant

4.5

(2)

"If you wanna go bonkers"

"Phase Plant could replace all synthesizers altogether."

#50

MeldaProduction

4.5

(2)

"MeldaProduction plugins are most efficient, and professional sounding plugins I’ve ever used."

"Melda Productions has a good free bundle of general plugins."

#51

Arturia

4.5

(2)

"- Arturia Analog Lab"

"Analog lab by Arturia might be good choice"

#52

Soundly

4.0

(2)

"Soundly is probably the closest you can get."

#53

Ugritone

4.0

(2)

"Surprised no one has mentioned ugritone yet."

"You have till the end of the year to buy all the vst, loops, and midi that Ugritone made for a HEAVY discount."

#54

Sublab

4.0

(2)

#55

Image-Line

4.0

(2)

"Sytrus has more capabilities than Flex."

"Sytrus probably has presets for the glassy/metallic sounds and FLEX should cover the rest."

#56

Zenology

4.0

(2)

"-Zenology"

"Zenology has good plucks."

#57

WP Offload Media

4.0

(2)

"WP Offload Media is good. We often use Bunny CDN for a lot of sites."

"The free version does everything I need it to."

#58

Modnetic

4.0

(2)

"Another vote for Modnetic."

"If you just have to buy something i would recommend modnetic."

#59

Neutron

4.0

(2)

"I've been using Neutron 3 and Ozone 9 since 2019 or so."

"The sculpt and transient shapers in neutron are great at adding so bite to your guitars and some oomph to your drums."

#60

Ableton

4.0

(2)

"If you want Ableton native plug-ins only, google dub delay rack and many free options come up."

"You really really need fewer plug-ins than you think."

#61

Drag Zoom Pro

4.0

(2)

"Is good."

"Is pretty solid."

#62

Ample Bass

3.5

(2)

"Ample bass ezdrummers."

"I use Ample Bass. The only thing that sucks is that I can't do trills."

#63

WooCommerce

5.0

(1)

"For e-commerce setup"

#64

Anarchy Effects

5.0

(1)

"Try corkscrew by anarchy effec its free"

#65

Smush

5.0

(1)

"For images optimization"

#66

UpdraftPlus

5.0

(1)

"For backups"

#67

Sound Particles

5.0

(1)

"I really like energy panner by sound particles."

#68

Yoast SEO

5.0

(1)

"For optimization"

#69

Canva

5.0

(1)

"Perfect for quick, professional thumbnails."

#70

Nils Schneider

5.0

(1)

"Kawai K1 https://www.nilsschneider.de/wp/nils-k1v/ It's free."

#71

VidIQ

5.0

(1)

"Great for tags, SEO, and title optimization."

#72

TubeBuddy

5.0

(1)

"Great for tags, SEO, and title optimization."

#73

Meatbeats

5.0

(1)

"Look for the free Meatbeats OrbHits vst plugin."

#74

Amplitube

5.0

(1)

"I just got Amplitube 5 and I honestly couldn’t have done my track without it."

#75

Rigid Audio

5.0

(1)

"These are kool videogamedrums [https://www.rigid-audio.com/products\_videogamedrums.html](https://www.rigid-audio.com/products_videogamedrums.html)"

#76

Elektron

5.0

(1)

"I'll forever shill the fuck out of the elektron analog rytm for techno."

#77

Kilohearts

5.0

(1)

"I'd recommend the Kilohearts Ultimate bundle."

#78

Analog Obsession

4.0

(1)

"For me it's the free Analog Obsession BUSTERse."

#79

ujam

4.0

(1)

"If you want ease of use and instant joy go with ujam beat maker series."

#80

Izotope

4.0

(1)

"Izotope vinyl is pretty good for that."

#81

Modern Event Calendar

4.0

(1)

"It offers a lot of good features in the free plan."

#82

Realistic Growth

4.0

(1)

"This plugin replants seedlings at a certain probability when they despawn."

#83

Envira Gallery

4.0

(1)

"Great for creating stunning photo galleries."

#84

Obsidian

4.0

(1)

"- [Palta Note ](https://www.obsidianstats.com/plugins/palta-note)"

#85

3xOSC

4.0

(1)

"Is very good."

#86

UA Plugins

4.0

(1)

"Work fine in Logic."

#87

Orchestral Tools

4.0

(1)

"Orchestral tools."

#88

Beat Breaker

4.0

(1)

"Have it sound completely different."

#89

808 Lab

4.0

(1)

"I personally use 808 Lab (vst) and SubLabXL."

#90

RSMB

4.0

(1)

#91

TDR Labs Proximity

4.0

(1)

"Is good for making sounds sound more distant."

#92

CLA

3.0

(1)

"CLA versions of LA 2A, 3A, 1176 can really bog down the system."

#93

Advanced Seasons

3.0

(1)

"This one is awesome, it adds real seasons."

#94

LMMS

3.0

(1)

"I'd recommend using the built-in synths and effects."

#95

Redirect

3.0

(1)

"Should be a built in feature"

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