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(blacklight) · Post by **(blacklight)** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 7:27 pm

Hi All,

Since joining on KVR I’ve discovered so many companies & developers that make plugins/VST’s that I’d never come across in all my years of music making. It was like another world/level that I knew nothing about.

I’m really interested in hearing about your favourites that maybe aren’t as well known as some companies.

It’s not about being negative or dumping on popular choices, more about recognising or recommending a developer or a plug-in, maybe that does things a bit differently, that you wish you’d discovered years ago and went….

‘Where have you been all my life?’

(blacklight) · Post by **(blacklight)** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 7:27 pm

I’ll start off with the Goodhertz range. I came for the Vulf Compressor off the back of the 303 Vinyl Sim algorithm but I’ll stay for everything else too. I can’t find a plug-in that they make that I wouldn’t want or use. Truly useful stuff but I’d never heard of them 3 months ago.

(blacklight) · Post by **(blacklight)** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 7:45 pm

I think the guy at Sound Dust is great too, I love the unconventional approach to his instruments - they feel like actual instruments rather than just devices in Kontakt.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 12:24 am

I like Parallåx-Audio's Virtual Sound Ståge 2 a lot.
It generates early reflections for each sound source based on where you place it within a virtual room, creating a 3-dimentional image.
http://www.virtualsoundstage.com/

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:09 am

PSP PianoVerb 2 is a combination of reverb and tuned resonator with many detailed controls.

JamelaBanderson · Post by **JamelaBanderson** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:45 pm

As a piano player first and music producer second, I love Pianoteq by Modartt. When I just feel like playing a bit, I open the standalone app. Sounds great, tells me the chords I'm using, and default records everything I'm playing, so I can quickly export MIDI file to the DAW if I just came up with something I like.
https://www.modartt.com/pianoteq

Memsterrr · Post by **Memsterrr** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:18 am

Michael L wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:09 am PSP PianoVerb 2 is a combination of reverb and tuned resonator with many detailed controls.

Pretty badass!

e@rs · Post by **e@rs** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:55 am

Psychic Modulation.

(blacklight) · Post by **(blacklight)** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 12:39 pm

e@rs wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:55 am Psychic Modulation.

Thanks - Just had a look of the back of that and they are great. They absolutely nail the vibe with Phonorec that so many others go after.

JamelaBanderson · Post by **JamelaBanderson** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:52 pm

Plogue's whole line-up. The Chipsynths sound like my childhood, Sforzando has some nice free and third-party libraries, and just for fun I like Chipspeech or the free Alter/Ego.
https://www.plogue.com/

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:41 pm

Not mentioned as often as others, but it's a favorite of mine for guitars.

Musiclab.
https://www.musiclab.com/
(Caveat: They're NFR licenses.)

vitocorleone123 · Post by **vitocorleone123** » Thu Oct 07, 2021 1:30 am

Valhalla DSP. Psychic Modulation. Scaler 2. Kush. ProQ3 (specifically). Fuse Audio. Reverb Foundry HDCart.

Just a few.

flori89 · Post by **flori89** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 7:27 am

I got Klanghelms SDDR Tube for free with my PreSonus hardware. Never knew about this developer, but hot damn this is a good saturator.

If you have access to Presonus Studio Magic, get it there, otherwise you can pick it up for cheap second hand (like 5$) and upgrade it to full for 18$. For what this plugin does, this is mindblowing value.

hoxclab · Post by **hoxclab** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:07 pm

Plugin Boutiques Radio

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:12 pm

Unfiltered Audio
Inear Display
Glitchmachines
Audiority

Where have you been all my life?!