Best vsts on Reddit
274 reviews from r/FL_Studio, r/trapproduction, r/musicproduction and 32 more subreddits
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#1
Serum
4.8
(34)
"Paid: Serum, Jst Sub Destroyer. Free: Vital (you should really check this one out)"
"Serum. It‘s always serum"
"I would go with some major VSts players, i.e Serum, Pigments, Vital, Massive, Diva."
"I always liked serum and analog lab, both great vsts."
"Instruments: serum and diva."
"Serum and vital (or even just vital honestly) give more than enough versatility for hyperpop."
"Serum."
"I’d learn basic sound design for leads n plucks tho or get serum banks"
"Serum + eq (fab filter pro q3) and distortion (decapitator, trash 2, saturn 2) will give you all the best tools to make kicks."
"Many producer prefer to make their kicks in serum anyways, so just get Serum..."
#2
Vital
4.8
(29)
"+1 for Vital"
"Vital, phase plant, surge xt."
"Is very powerful, almost top of the line, and has a free version."
"Vital."
"Can’t go wrong with vital 🤷♂️"
"Synth: Vital or Pigments."
"Vital, is free"
"Vital and Surge will get you started and keep you busy a long time."
"If you don’t use Vital you need to! It can do an incredible amount."
"Vital is the best free one."
#3
Omnisphere
4.6
(11)
"Last time I checked it's expensive. But if you can afford it, it's worth it."
"There is only one answer to this question… Omnisphere."
"Vsts: Omnisphere, Nexus, Xpand, Prophet, DX1, CZ."
"Omnisphere."
"Yamaoka used mainly Omnisphere for pads, check out Akai Distorted Reality and Bizarre Guitar"
"Maybe omnisphere"
"Omnisphere might fit what your looking for."
"Omnisphere but mainly for their texture stuff."
"Omnisphere."
"Kontakt, Omnisphere, Analog Lab V"
#4
Kontakt
4.3
(10)
"Kontakt"
"Kontakt, Omnisphere, Keyscape, Fabfilter and Soundtoys plugins"
"Kontakt, Best Service Engine"
"Someone else mentioned kontakt libraries can work too."
"Kontakt has some excellent libraries of real instruments with a great interface for phrasing."
"You’re gonna want something from Kontakt, and they ain’t cheap."
"Kontakt but only if you are willing to buy libraries or get it some other way"
"Kontakt, Omnisphere, Analog Lab V"
"Kontakt"
#5
Spectrasonics
5.0
(6)
"Spectrasonics Trillian."
"Trilian is the best hands down."
"Key scape is the one."
"I love keyscape, and the J3P0 expansion pack has some really great presets."
"Spectrasonics Keyscape"
"Kontakt, Omnisphere, Keyscape, Fabfilter and Soundtoys plugins"
#6
PhasePlant
4.8
(6)
"PhasePlant"
"Phaseplant/Multipass/Snapheap."
"PhasePlant, if you know what you’re doing."
"Vital, Synplant 2, Harmor, Xpand!2, Quanta2, Phaseplant."
"Sound design? Phaseplant or Serum."
#7
Valhalla
4.8
(6)
"All Valhalla plugins! (Free ones available)."
"Best free ones: emergence, paulXstretch, valhalla supermassive"
"A very '},{"
"I abuse the shit out of Valhalla Supermassive."
"And valhalla."
"I’d suggest Valhalla supermassive honestly."
#8
Spitfire LABS
4.5
(6)
"Labs was a life saver."
"Spitfire labs is also one of my favourite free plugins and has a great recorded piano sound."
"Spitfire Labs has some great free packs."
"Get spitfire labs, the Kontakt Player with free libraries, bbc orchestra anything free really."
"Spitfire LABS."
"Spitfire LABS
Decent Sampler/Pianobook."
#9
Soundtoys
5.0
(5)
"Several Soundtoys plugins"
"Soundtoys plugins, little alter boy, analog lab, pigments, random, synplant"
"Soundtoys !"
"Run everything thru soundtoys decapitator."
"Definitely anything by soundtoys."
#10
Fabfilter
5.0
(5)
"All the fabfilter stuff is great if you have $."
"Anything by fabfilter."
"Fabfilter plugins i cant think about anything bad about their plugins"
"Imho FabFilter, Serum, Valhalla Reverb, Redline reverb, Sound Toys suite, Endless Smile"
"Probably fab filter and serum"
#11
Superior Drummer 3
5.0
(4)
"My goal is getting Superior Drums 3"
"SD3 is the leader but it is really"
"Superior drummer 3 is the straight king."
"If money's not an issue, Superior Drummer 3 is the best VST as it gives you full control over the samples."
#12
Purity
4.5
(4)
"Purity, zenology and serum are my personal go to plugins for that style"
"I've been using Purity for a lot of R&B."
"I’ve been using purity for those Detroit basses."
"Purity"
#13
DIVA
4.5
(4)
"Instruments: serum and diva."
"I have Diva and V-Collection and they're both excellent."
"Diva vst, infiltrator/shaper box on bass lines or drum patterns for variation."
"DIVA, spire, serum, pigments are all great synths too."
#14
Nexus
4.0
(4)
"If you're not good at sound design then i'd recommend a rompler like nexus."
"Loaded with great pads you'll need."
"Nexus."
"Could be done in Nexus (a lot of similar presets) or Serum easily."
#15
Valhalla Supermassive
5.0
(3)
"Grab Valhalla Supermassive and PaulxStretch and you have all the ambient for free you can handle."
"I also recommend VALHALA SUPERMASIVE."
"Valhalla Supermassive WHY TF IS THIS FREE?!?!?"
#16
Synth1
5.0
(3)
"I mostly use Synth1 and Sonatina."
"Here are my favorite free VSTs: - Synth1"
"Synth1 is amazing imo. It's free and there's good banks for it."
#17
Surge XT
5.0
(3)
"Best free ones: surge xt (my fav) and sytrus"
"SurgeXT is great. It's free (both standalone and for FL studio)..."
"Instruments: surge xt, arturia (minimoog, jun6, jup8, cmi v, wurli), labs, kontakt"
#18
Shaperbox
4.7
(3)
"Also shaper boxer."
"Shaperbox & soothe"
"Shaperbox."
#19
XLN Audio
4.7
(3)
"Superior drummer 3 and Addictive Drums"
"For many years I play with addicted drums and also got some new kit for it on black Friday."
"They have a Funk drum kit. And a Soul & RnB drum kit that might fill those."
#20
Pigments
4.7
(3)
"Pigments."
"Pigments."
"Pigments. Analog Lab along with the Arturia Collection."
#21
FLEX
4.3
(3)
"FLEX has some free guitar packs :) "
"Flex"
"Harmour comes with FL same with FLEX check them both out.
Vital is free."
#22
Korg
4.3
(3)
"Korg M1 or Wavestation"
"Something like a romper I.e. korg triton or m1 vsts should would work well."
"Something like a romper I.e. korg triton or m1 vsts should would work well."
#23
Ableton
4.3
(3)
"If you’re in Ableton, especially as a beginner, the stock options will have you set up nice!"
"The physical modeling instruments in Ableton like Tension or Collision are good for some unique sounds."
"Operator is amazing for making synths, sampler is good for 808s."
#24
Analog Lab
4.0
(3)
"I used analog lab every time i want a key or synth you gotta look at the 3rd party libraries too"
"Try the free version of Analog Lab"
"Analog Lab along with the Arturia Collection."
#25
Analog Lab V
4.0
(3)
"Analog Lab V."
"Analog lab v."
"Kontakt, Omnisphere, Analog Lab V"
#26
Xpand2
4.0
(3)
"Xpand!2 and vital too, xpand in particular has a huge collection of great presets."
"Xpand 2 and xenology are gonna give u any sound ever."
"Xpand2 and Serum are dope."
#27
DSK
4.0
(3)
"Dsk just has those delicious lo fi sounds."
"The DSK stuff has that old digital sample style sound."
"Dsk has a free brass vst. I think it's only 32 bit though"
#28
Plogue
4.0
(3)
"Plogue has a few Chiptune Synths"
"Plogue chipsouds."
#29
Portal
5.0
(2)
"Portal."
"Portal is god tier"
#30
Dexed
5.0
(2)
"If you just want something free for now, check out Dexed."
"I use Dexed and SQ8L all the time."
#31
Kilohearts Phase Plant
5.0
(2)
"Kilohearts phaseplant is probably the most capable synth on the market"
"Kilo Hearts "Phase Plant" along with Snap Heap and Multipass."
#32
Soundtoys Decapitator
5.0
(2)
"Distortion Decapitator"
"SoundToys decapitator"
#33
Superior Drummer
5.0
(2)
"If you want to get into the weeds then SD3 is by far the best on the market IMO."
"Superior drummer is so amazing. It’s like an entire drum library and mini daw inside your daw."
#34
Shaperbox 3
5.0
(2)
"Shaperbox 3"
"Shaperbox 3 will allow you to sync the flange pretty much any way you want for timed flanging effects."
#35
Krush
5.0
(2)
"Nice bitcrusher"
"Krush (Free)"
#36
Current
5.0
(2)
"Current or Pigments are probably gonna be your best options."
"The Minimal Audio new synth "Current"."
#37
Serato Sample
5.0
(2)
"It makes chopping beats, pitching them, changing speed, etc, super easy."
"The stem separation is pretty handy."
#38
SurgeXT
5.0
(2)
"SurgeXT."
"SurgeXT. Sounds brilliant, free and open source."
#39
Pianoteq
5.0
(2)
"Pianoteq for sure."
"Pianoteq and Keyscape are two solid choices."
#40
Freakshow Industries
5.0
(2)
"Everything Freakshow Industries."
"Freakshow industries, their FXs are just so good."
#41
Arturia
5.0
(2)
"One of my fave VSTs is the Arturia Analog Lab."
"Abalog Lab > Serum if you’re making any hip hop that isn’t like Yeat beats an"
#42
Soundpaint
4.5
(2)
"I'm such a huge fan of Soundpaint as an alternative to Kontact"
"There are some really good and inexpensive ones you can buy from Soundpaint"
#43
Trash 2
4.5
(2)
"Trash 2 - (with multi band functionality for saturation, compression, distortion and more this plugin is 100% worth the price.)"
"Trent said he used Trash 2 on With Teeth and Year Zero."
#44
SQ8L
4.5
(2)
"I like SQ8L and Vital sounds."
#45
LABS
4.5
(2)
"LABS."
"LABS is a great free sample library with all kinds of instruments."
#46
Synplant 2
4.5
(2)
"Synplant 2 is pretty much unstoppable rn imo.. took over as my primary from serum"
"Vital, Synplant 2, Harmor, Xpand!2, Quanta2, Phaseplant."
#47
Arturia V Collection
4.5
(2)
"Arturia V collection has them all plus more."
"Lots of spacey sounds, evolving pads etc."
#48
CamelCrusher
4.5
(2)
"CamelCrusher (Free)"
"CamelCrusher (Martin Garrix uses it so I got it and its pretty nice for saturating and distorting stuff)."
#49
Synplant
4.5
(2)
"Synplant, Microtonic, Keyscape, Vcv Rack Pro"
"Synplant and synplant 2."
#50
Spire
4.5
(2)
"Use spire, serum, electra, frank dukes the prince."
"DIVA, spire, serum, pigments are all great synths too."
#51
Rob Papen
4.5
(2)
"Rob Papen’a Subboom is faaaaantastic."
"I don’t know about best, but I use Rob Papen’s Subboombass. I have no complaints"
#52
jbridge
4.0
(2)
"My suggestion figure out if TBridge still works, if not pay the small fee for JBridge."
"Pay for jbridge."
#53
Sylenth1
4.0
(2)
"Sylenth1."
"Sylenth1 (Avicii is my biggest inspiration, so this one)."
#54
Analog Obsession
4.0
(2)
"Analog obsession for compressors."
"Analog obsession, and look to mixbox by IK multimedia they have a free version with eight free plug-ins."
#55
Harmor
4.0
(2)
"Utilize Harmor or Vital. Possibilities are endless."
"Vital, Synplant 2, Harmor, Xpand!2, Quanta2, Phaseplant."
#56
Ugritone
4.0
(2)
"If you are looking for Drums, check Ugritone."
"Just be quick, they're shutting down."
#57
Sylenth
4.0
(2)
"Sylenth is versatile and easy to create 1960s sounds through to the present."
"Sylenth."
#58
EVI-NER
4.0
(2)
"Evi-ner is cheap and perfect."
"EVI-NER is cheap and designed for EWI and works really really well."
#59
Zenology
4.0
(2)
"Best priced ones: zenology, nexus, xpand"
"Zenology probably."
#60
Steven Slate Drums
4.0
(2)
"Steven Slate, ML Sound Lab, DrumGizmo"
"Slate has a trial of like three kits that’s what I started with and liked it."
#61
Dili
4.0
(2)
"That's the diliie bass vst"
"Dili base vst. Reggaton bass vst"
#62
Massive
3.5
(2)
"Massive."
"Massive has some cool presets if you get it on sale it’s like 30 bucks."
#63
Paul Stretch
5.0
(1)
"Paul Stretch. its free"
#64
Sonosaurus
5.0
(1)
"PaulXStretch is designed for radical transformation of sounds."
#65
HZE
5.0
(1)
"Check out HZE’s Pedals. They’re plugins modeled after guitar pedals."
#66
Emergence Audio
5.0
(1)
"Infinite Upright by Emergence Audio is pretty fire."
#67
Waveshaper
5.0
(1)
"Waveshaper. Fr."
#68
Ivory
5.0
(1)
"Ivory or Alicia Keyes or Galaxy"
#69
Chowdhury
5.0
(1)
"Is great for getting tape degrading, erm, *glitchy* sounds"
#70
Voxengo
5.0
(1)
"Super powerful delay, stereo widener, and more"
#71
East West
5.0
(1)
"Wait until east west opus goes on sale then just get that and you’ll have everything covered"
#72
MT Power Drum Kit 2
5.0
(1)
"MT Power Drum Kit 2 is an excellent choice. It provides mix-ready drum sounds for blues and contemporary music."
#73
Ample Sound
5.0
(1)
"I’m a big fan of the Ample Guitars."
#74
MPC
4.0
(1)
"They sell the keys instrument pack (stage piano/ep/organ) for $199 that would get you where you want to go."
#75
Full Bucket
4.0
(1)
"Many of the free synths available here have Pad presets or can create pad sounds."
#76
Autogun
4.0
(1)
"Autogun and GMS"
#77
Kick 2
4.0
(1)
"Used Kick 2 for donkeys years but started mixing it up with Sinee Chop Suey for a change for kicks."
#78
Logic
4.0
(1)
"I like Logics bass amp."
#79
Gallien Krueger
4.0
(1)
"I find myself using PA gallien Kruger a lot."
#80
Shaper Box
4.0
(1)
"For effects I really like Shaper Box."
#81
Eventide
4.0
(1)
"Eventide precision time align."
#82
Chroma
4.0
(1)
"Chroma, PitchMap."
#83
GetGoodDrums
4.0
(1)
"Save 60 bucks and get the OKW from getgooddrums."
#84
Rift
4.0
(1)
"Rift, Morph EQ."
#85
Reasamplomatic 5000
4.0
(1)
"It's not a fancy pants sampler, but you can break each drum out to a separate audio channel."
#86
PDPlayer
4.0
(1)
"With the free restrains kit from panda sounds."
#87
Harmony Bloom
4.0
(1)
"Harmony Bloom is good too."
#88
Vital Audio
4.0
(1)
"Vital is good & free if your'e trying to get into making your own sounds."
#89
Xfer Records
4.0
(1)
"Serum has tons of preset packs you can find/buy."
#90
Native Instruments
4.0
(1)
"The Mouth - Reaktor"
#91
Neural DSP
4.0
(1)
"You can check out NeuralDSP parallax"
#92
Magical 8bit Plugin
4.0
(1)
"I've been using magical8bitplugin for +10 years."
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