Favorite New & New To You FX Plugins?
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- KVRian
- 1499 posts since 7 Jun, 2021
both from plugin alliance, yet i´d prefer to stay clear vs. NI:
the Vertigo VSS-2 is good /especially the last stage: tube saturator // on sale: $19 or so ( i payed $10)
SPL Vitalizer mk-III / the bass section alone is very useful and imho unique. $79 right now, worth it if you use it. below 50 would fit better for those unsure. Once below $30 a nobrainer imho
vs. creative FX: GRM Atelier / but the original price is imho too steep vs. what it is right now.
What´s there is great. But it lacks some things. ( i payed €139, that´s ok, even good. The original asking price is imho for the specialists who depend on such tools)
otherwise: my old ones are my real Favs
the Vertigo VSS-2 is good /especially the last stage: tube saturator // on sale: $19 or so ( i payed $10)
SPL Vitalizer mk-III / the bass section alone is very useful and imho unique. $79 right now, worth it if you use it. below 50 would fit better for those unsure. Once below $30 a nobrainer imho
vs. creative FX: GRM Atelier / but the original price is imho too steep vs. what it is right now.
What´s there is great. But it lacks some things. ( i payed €139, that´s ok, even good. The original asking price is imho for the specialists who depend on such tools)
otherwise: my old ones are my real Favs
"Plugin has turned Drug now"....and the business knows it.
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concealed identity concealed identity https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=215821
- KVRian
- 1060 posts since 21 Sep, 2009
Funky40 wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 5:33 am both from plugin alliance, yet i´d prefer to stay clear vs. NI:
the Vertigo VSS-2 is good /especially the last stage: tube saturator // on sale: $19 or so ( i payed $10)
SPL Vitalizer mk-III / the bass section alone is very useful and imho unique. $79 right now, worth it if you use it. below 50 would fit better for those unsure. Once below $30 a nobrainer imho
vs. creative FX: GRM Atelier / but the original price is imho too steep vs. what it is right now.
What´s there is great. But it lacks some things. ( i payed €139, that´s ok, even good. The original asking price is imho for the specialists who depend on such tools)
otherwise: my old ones are my real Favs
I also got the Vertigo channel strip recently and really like it. In fact, it's the first channel strip I've ever felt the need to buy. In the past, I never really had much need for channel strips; I have EQs, I have saturators, I have compressors, I have preamps, and if I need one I use it. But this was the first I've used where it felt like every section really complimented each other and everything worked together to shape the sound. The tube saturation is the highlight, but it's made so much better and more versatile by the other sections.
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Constructed Identity Constructed Identity https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=288890 - KVRian
- 1328 posts since 29 Sep, 2012 from Minnesota
Finally got U-he Satin, got nice delays! Haven’t tried the saturation yet but feel like it will get used.
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- KVRian
- 890 posts since 22 Jan, 2022
Yeah it is. Ultimate buss 'glue'. Very underrated plugin.
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- KVRian
- 890 posts since 22 Jan, 2022
Duple
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- KVRAF
- 5573 posts since 30 May, 2006 from Hollow Earth
Well, just to keep up with the news…
Absynth 5 FX then.
Absynth 5 FX then.
ABEFLGMOPPRRST 
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- KVRist
- 292 posts since 13 Dec, 2016
Try using the compander section.Constructed Identity wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 10:01 pm Finally got U-he Satin, got nice delays! Haven’t tried the saturation yet but feel like it will get used.
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- Banned
- 6 posts since 29 Nov, 2025
il est vraiment bien
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- KVRer
- 2 posts since 23 Dec, 2021
UAD Paradise Guitar Studio - easy to get great tones and a great way to get native versions of FX that haven't been ported yet. The updated EP-3 is super vibey.
Pulsar Modular P42, P19, P821, P455 - used all over. So much tone shaping and they just make great sounding tools. Pricey? Yup. Worth it to me? Double yup.
Purafied Audio (all of it) - Sam is kind of amazing. He lets this stuff go for coffee money, but they all sound great. The new 5420 is surprisingly deep when you wrap your head around it.
Pulsar Modular P42, P19, P821, P455 - used all over. So much tone shaping and they just make great sounding tools. Pricey? Yup. Worth it to me? Double yup.
Purafied Audio (all of it) - Sam is kind of amazing. He lets this stuff go for coffee money, but they all sound great. The new 5420 is surprisingly deep when you wrap your head around it.
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- KVRAF
- 8074 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
I have to add ADPTR Utopia to this. In fact I think I like it a bit more than FutureVerb, just for being so completely different from any other reverb I've tried. It's absolutely gorgeous on some material, and it thickens up other stuff, and it's just plain weird sometimes. It remains to be seen how well it will fit into a mix, but I think there's enough customization available that it shouldn't be a problem.foosnark wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 3:01 pm I was thinking about "favorite new stuff of 2025", and for effects plugins I have to say FutureVerb, despite being a late arrival, is my pick for favorite of the year.
Big Swarma was the runner-up.
I've also found it's kind of fun to have its Decay EQ fighting in the midrange with TB Equalizer Pro's Ambience setting -- it takes it from smooth to choppy in unexpected ways.
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- KVRer
- 12 posts since 1 Nov, 2025
recently acquired the uad 176 compressor, it sounds pretty goddamn incredible. stays smooth and sweet regardless of how punishingly you push it. i caved and went it on the whole uad world because of the la 2a but the 176 has been the real revelation discovery (for me), the colors it produces, tackles anything and sounds brilliant