Approaching the end of another amazing year for audio software, I would like to see what are your top plugins you are using most.
No matter if they have been released this year or before.
My favourites are once again the FabFilter plugins, especially Pro-L2, Pro-Q3, Pro-C2 and Pro-MB.
Reliability like nothing else in its class.. just amazing value for money.
In the instrument sector I want to highlight the Hive 2 and Icarus 2 updates as well as Lion and Pianoteq. Incredible plugins and a dream for sound designers.
Most essential VST plugins
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1534 posts since 13 Dec, 2016
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- KVRAF
- 21196 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
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- KVRian
- 653 posts since 13 May, 2017 from Virginia
I'm a new user of Falcon but I can't do anything without it now.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1534 posts since 13 Dec, 2016
Very nice selection, thanks.
I wish I had the time to dive deeper into Halion 6 to create some custom instruments.
All factory patches are of very high quality.
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- KVRAF
- 4534 posts since 17 Jun, 2013 from very close to Paris, France
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Build your life everyday as if you would live for a thousand years. Marvel at the Life everyday as if you would die tomorrow.
I'm now severely diseased since September 2018.
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- KVRAF
- 7691 posts since 11 Jun, 2006
Fausage Sattener
j/k...
Zampler. for a free vst, it simply kicks ass.
j/k...
Zampler. for a free vst, it simply kicks ass.
HW SYNTHS [KORG T2EX - AKAI AX80 - YAMAHA SY77 - ENSONIQ VFX]
HW MODULES [OBi M1000 - ROLAND MKS-50 - ROLAND JV880 - KURZ 1000PX]
SW [CHARLATAN - OBXD - OXE - ELEKTRO - MICROTERA - M1 - SURGE - RMiV]
DAW [ENERGY XT2/1U RACK WINXP / MAUDIO 1010LT PCI]
HW MODULES [OBi M1000 - ROLAND MKS-50 - ROLAND JV880 - KURZ 1000PX]
SW [CHARLATAN - OBXD - OXE - ELEKTRO - MICROTERA - M1 - SURGE - RMiV]
DAW [ENERGY XT2/1U RACK WINXP / MAUDIO 1010LT PCI]
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- KVRAF
- 7397 posts since 20 Jul, 2004 from Clearwater
Can't believe no one mentioned this plugin yet.
You are currently reading my signature.
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Spencer Maddox Spencer Maddox https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=406543 - KVRian
- 814 posts since 19 Oct, 2017 from The Empire State
Instruments: Kontakt, Falcon, Diva, Rapid, Serum.
If you had to have me pick 5 those would be my choices. With Repro, Rektor and Sylenth1 VERY narrowly missing the list.
Effects:
The entire FabFilter collection?
Man I love that stuff
To specify however let’s say the Pro Q the PrO L and the Pro R as my most essential....oh and the Pro C
And the Pro Anything...basically the entire company.
If you had to have me pick 5 those would be my choices. With Repro, Rektor and Sylenth1 VERY narrowly missing the list.
Effects:
The entire FabFilter collection?
Man I love that stuff
To specify however let’s say the Pro Q the PrO L and the Pro R as my most essential....oh and the Pro C
And the Pro Anything...basically the entire company.
The post above this is likely bait, viewer discretion is advised.
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- KVRist
- 279 posts since 27 Aug, 2015 from Paris, France
If I finished a track today, you would find 90% of the time:
Hive 2 : waited for v2 to get Hive, but it's such a great synth, it has become my "general purpose" go-to synth, even beating Serum to it. Definitely the synth I spent the most time with in 2019.
Diva/Repro/Tal U-No-Lx
Tal Sampler (most recent buy, but use it all the time since I have it)
Kontakt, obviously
Soundtoys (Decapitator/Echoboy mostly)
Presswerk/ Supercharger GT
Satin
Valhalla reverbs
Ozone 7
But... I wouldn't want to live without Omnisphere, Massive, Serum, Reaktor or Trash 2 either
Hive 2 : waited for v2 to get Hive, but it's such a great synth, it has become my "general purpose" go-to synth, even beating Serum to it. Definitely the synth I spent the most time with in 2019.
Diva/Repro/Tal U-No-Lx
Tal Sampler (most recent buy, but use it all the time since I have it)
Kontakt, obviously
Soundtoys (Decapitator/Echoboy mostly)
Presswerk/ Supercharger GT
Satin
Valhalla reverbs
Ozone 7
But... I wouldn't want to live without Omnisphere, Massive, Serum, Reaktor or Trash 2 either
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- KVRAF
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
Instruments? They are interchangeable.
I probably can't live without Battery 4 anymore, though.
But effects? Nope, need the best I can get:
- Ozone 9 Advanced (EQ, Dynamics, Image)
- Volume Shaper
- NI Transient Master
- TAL-Chorus-LX
- Adam Szabo's Phasor
Apart from that, stock Ableton plugins packed in some smart racks do their job as well
I probably can't live without Battery 4 anymore, though.
But effects? Nope, need the best I can get:
- Ozone 9 Advanced (EQ, Dynamics, Image)
- Volume Shaper
- NI Transient Master
- TAL-Chorus-LX
- Adam Szabo's Phasor
Apart from that, stock Ableton plugins packed in some smart racks do their job as well
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Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
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- KVRAF
- 7362 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
I could, at this point, delete almost all my synth plugins. I do still use Madrona Aalto and occasionally Arturia Easel.
For FX though:
Toneboosters EQ 4
u-he Uhbik-Q
Valhalla Delay, Plate and Vintage Verb
Wavesfactory Cassette & Spectre
DDMF MagicDeathEye
NI Supercharger GT
Izotope RX7 DeClick
Voxengo SPAN
I like several other plugins, but I could work with just these, the devices that come with Bitwig, and my hardware.
For FX though:
Toneboosters EQ 4
u-he Uhbik-Q
Valhalla Delay, Plate and Vintage Verb
Wavesfactory Cassette & Spectre
DDMF MagicDeathEye
NI Supercharger GT
Izotope RX7 DeClick
Voxengo SPAN
I like several other plugins, but I could work with just these, the devices that come with Bitwig, and my hardware.
