My favourite is at 7:45 I've got some big news to share soon, for now, please enjoy this video and these plugins :) LINKS for plugins: Surge - surge-synthesizer.github.io/ Vital - vital.audio/ Spitfire - www.spitfireaudio.com/pages/free-instruments Coral EQ - bit.ly/coraleq TDR Nova - www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-nova/ TDR Kotelnikov - www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-kotelnikov/ Klanghelm - klanghelm.com/contents/freeware.html Valhalla - valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-supermassive/ SPAN - www.voxengo.com/product/span/ YLM2 - youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/
I've tried Kotelnikov based on your previous recommendation and fell in love because It allowed me to really learn to listen for compression. Also loved your good boy interruption. Thanks for always providing great content and educational resources, have a good one!
I really appreciate how you specified which of these required creating an account and which didn't. most youtubers skip over this part, but I've found it's very important, even what stops me and others from choosing a plugin. I'm glad to know which options don't need an account. aside from that, great plugin choices listed in this video. I like how we are shown both instruments and effects
right? some of them even require you to download a separate program just to verify the "license", or enter all your payment and address details just to download a free product. i just ignore those. its just not worth it, even for a paid product its a huge hassle. i love analog obsession because there's none of that bs, you just download the zip files and you're done. on top of that, their products are always really high quality. kilohearts also has loads of free utility and sound design plugins but if im remembering right you do have to make an account. but it's been more than worth it for me. i use their plugins constantly. they have a frequency shifter, transient shaper, limiter, resonator, distortion plugin (with multiple different settings for distortion types), and a bunch of other great stuff that i use on every project. i highly recommend both of those companies. they're like the backbone of free plugins in my opinion.
oh yea@@cornbone I've never understood the whole license validation for a "f r e e" download. not sure what they're validating. seemingly they just want you having their software manager so you're more likely to use the store within to buy stuff.
@@Platinum_XYZ My suspicion is that they're data-mining, collecting personal and contact information to sell to spammers. Darker suspicion: I have no idea how good their security is; some little shit hacker might decide yours is a good identity to steal. I have "accounts" on enough sites already. Subsequent demands to create yet another "account" are now handled with the "Cmd-W" shortcut.
Agreed. I got an Antares plugin free with purchase of something else, but it had a whole process to get and use it: an installer, and then some other activation steps. When I saw it was beyond even just the installer, I uninstalled that & just left it alone.
I'm a free dude, I use lots of free plugins and instruments. Here are some I use regularly. 1. OTT by xfer records (A Multiband compressor) 2. Frontier by D16 group (Compressor) 3. Denoiser by Bertom (Denoiser) 4. TDR Nova (graphic Equalizer) 5. Saturation knob (Saturator) 6. Span by Voxego (Analyser) 7. Panagement by grallion (to change the mic position and sending things to the back) 8. Gtune by gvst and Mtuner by melda (Tuner) For reverb and delay I mostly use stock plugin of cakewalk
A few more for those that are plug-in hungry: - EpicPLATE by Variety of Sound (Plate Reverb - but check out the other VoS offerings) - EpicVerb by Variety of Sound (another VoS reverb but discontinued - you might be able to get it elsewhere now) - Fresh Air by Slate Digital (Exciter) - ReEQ (EQ JSFX for Reaper users)
I like how fair you are in comparing Vital and Surge, despite how minor the downsides of Vital are and how much you've invested yourself in Vital in the past. Just another reason why I trust you more than anyone else in the music production space!
I wouldn't say that there's any downsides to Vital compared to Surge. They are different beasts with different strengths. Surge is not a wavetable specific synth so it can't do a lot of the more advanced stuff that Vital can, for example creating and editing wavetables. There's ofc a lot of things that Surge can do that Vital can't, but both are great!
I love this channel. Clear, concise info, friendly presentation, no bull-shit. The algorithm got me out of watching In the Mix vids but I'm glad to be back in.
Welcome back to YT Michael. My favourite free plugins are: Vital basic by Matt Tytel, LABS by spitfire audio, Neo Piano One, Surge XT, OTT by Xfer, Kilohearts Snap Heap bundle, bx_masterdesk Classic, Valhalla Supermassive, Fresh Air (for vocals), Softube Saturation Knob, TDR Nova, Voxengo plugins, Ozone Imager and Youlean Loudness meter.
@@inthemix YW. As far as free limiters go, there's a really good free one in the free Kilohearts Essentials bundle. Very simple to use and doesn't distort or damage transients, even when pushing it hard.
Could you do a video walking through a fully mixed record while discussing why certain decisions were made? I feel like that really helps as someone who is at an intermediate level with production watching someone demo a finished product and then walking through it. Cheers!
I will try to make this happen soon. I appreciate that I was showing many of the same processes in previous mix breakdowns so wanted to keep it fresh :)
@@inthemix I just love videos that show the little nuances and overlooked techniques that go into an effects chain for example. Or even simple decisions with the arrangement of a piece. Why something is routed this way or layered like such, all the subtleties. Cheers and thanks for all you do!
I'd like to propose a classification system for free plugins. Class A being like you described. A degree lower would be only providing an email address, and then down to a class like G where you have to create an account, download an installer and/or provide your physical address and/or a manufacturer (like IK Multimedia, Image Line or Harrison) installs dozens of plugins of which only one works and the others are demo's with nag screens or periodic noise). One free plugin rendered me 180 spam mails last month, without an option to unsubscribe. I'm glad you are so explicit about it.
I was glad to get rid of IK multimedia from my system. The process was one of the worst and all because I wanted to test a single free sound. Disappointing because it may have been good and started my journey with them. Nightmare.
Hi Michael, I built the acoustic panels using your tutorial and I want to thank you so much, they took the room to a whole new level of sound, well, it became workable. Thank you so much, big fan of your channel! As for Saturation Knob, i think it is actually worth registering an account for. The plugin sounds really cool
You're a genuine bloke Michael, I've followed you for a while on TH-cam....but I'm only recently getting into watching your video's, as I've struggled for time, your knowledge is worth its weight in gold, I'm really enjoying watching your video's, and this upload was definitely worth it, if only to see your dog, he's a beautiful lad....please keep doing what you're doing, you go more in depth than other people on this platform, glad to see you've got so many followers, you deserve more. 👍
I'll have to check it out. My favorite is Harmonics Analog Saturation Processor by Softube. I just made a reply about it. It makes things sound so much better. It's not free, but pretty cheap.
Amazing video, amazing quick overviews of every single one of them You really taught me most of what I know on FL Studio and I’m so glad to see you’re still sharing your knowledge like that with people ❤️ Came for the plug-ins, stayed for the dog
Amazing list!!! I vouche for each and every one of them except Acoustica ( I dont have it ). Tokyo Dawn Labs plugins are insane, we can add their EQs to the list as well. For saturation we can also have TB Pro Audio's G Sat+. It is great. Variaty Of Sound has started to updaate their plugins so we can consider them as well.
How you don’t have 1million subs yet is beyond me. Amazing video as always. Can’t wait to see what more you have in store for 2023 😁 #Letsgetinthemixto1millionsubs
6:48 Actually, there is a good free limiter that I use and it's simple. The Thomas Mundt LoudMax. It doesn't harm your sound, but does give a balanced sound.
Three free VSTs I can highly recommend: 1. TDR Molotok (Analogue Style Compressor) 2. Cherry Audio Surrealistic MG-1 (Analogue Mono Synth) 3. TAL Chorus LX (Analogue Chorus based on the Roland Juno Synth) TDR Molotok I find really useful for getting a bit of extra bite when compressing, and also to make the compressed sound "poke" out in a mix. It certainly helped when I used it on a kick and snare recently. It does add a bit of character unlike Kotelnikov, so it's a good analogue style compressor for some extra colour and analogue feel. Cherry Audio's Surrealistic MG-1 is an emulation of the vintage Realistic (MOOG) MG-1 mono synth. It emulates all the features of the MG-1 including the poly organ section, and quite simply sounds fantastic. Brilliant for Moog style synth basses and mono leads, plus a whole lot more. It really shouldn't be free, it's that good! And TAL Chorus LX is a chorus plugin modelled on the lush Roland Juno 6/ 60/ 106 built in chorus. It's basic and simple, but sometimes it's all that is needed and can really make a sound become rich, full and lush. Great video as always Michael, and nearly all of these I already have thanks to your previous recommendations! They're all excellent plugins, and the ones that I use the most (and highly recommend) are TDR Nova and Kotelnikov, Voxengo Span and YouLean Loudness meter. I should probably try using Valhalla more than I do as it sounds excellent in your example. Your dog is cute and stole the show BTW!
some of my favourite free instrument plugins: • Isolation Piano - Pianobook library by James Kedwards of a Model O grand, loads into Decent Sampler. best sounding free piano out there in my opinion, listen to the demos on the site and hear for yourself! roughly 16 GB. • Soniccouture Hammersmith Free - another great option if you want something a bit brighter. Model D grand piano. roughly 5 GB. • MODO BASS 2 CS - free version of IK’s physically modelled bass guitar, but surprisingly fully featured. you get a P-bass with all articulations and play styles you’d need (finger/slap/pick, mute notes, slides, hammer-on/pull-off, …) plus ability to change the tone by adjusting pickup position. the interface definitely pushes you towards upgrading to get more bass models, but i believe you can get amazing results by just sticking to the free offering.
Among the Klanghelm freeware is a saturator called IVGI 2...very useful. Also, the TDR Kotelnikov, like the rest of the TDR plugins, has an excellent User Manual. It's a great read, whether you use the plugin or not...and it would be utterly silly not to use it ;)
Ah, thanks for that Nova rec! I've been looking for a new EQ to play with and still haven't ever found one I've loved. Already loving this one after one quick edit of a VO script.
I use Nova more than any other plugin. I use it as a visual analyser, to see what's going on with a track, and after plugins to see what they are actually doing. Don't forget to put the analyser on by clicking'IN'. 🙂 Often, I'll use it for that, and take it off after having a look. I also use it for the high and low pass filters when I need one, because you can see what you're doing, and where would be a good place to cut. It also is a nice transparent compressor, great for just a little bit of taming without colouring the sound. The function I use it for least, is as an equaliser! It's a great plugin, very useful!
@@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn I've used a few that have similar functionality but I'm just digging the way this one is put together. Or, it might just be that new toys are always more fun. Either way, this is a useful one!
I have spitfire vital and surge. I really love a free plugin called Synthmaster 2. I recently watched a video about the patcher plugin. You can create your own drum kits. Open up the patcher plugin. Make sure it says maps in the upper left. Then click on presets. You can make your own drums, hihats, cymbals, toms, percussion, FX, claps and snares. I have the producers edition and I have Hybrid, xpandi 2, and velvet. Hybrid is a great synthesizer. I LOVE xpandi 2. I'm sure there's a way to make snares, claps, hihats and kicks in Hybrid. Again thank you for the free plugin video.
Never came across your channel before but this video was great! I appreciate you actually putting forward useful plugins. Video pacing was great and informative with the examples. All the best man 🤙
I like PG-8X, a free emulation of the Roland JX-8P synth and the PG-800 controller. It comes with no presets, which obviously sucks at first. But I've come to appreciate this "flaw", because it really makes you work on your own sounds. The built-in random patch generator can be a lot of fun, too. With a little tweaking this can give results that you wouldn't have come up with. And if everything fails, you can find a ton of JX-8P patches online and load them into PG-8X. It's definitely a different beast than Vital or SurgeXT, but I enjoy the workflow of Roland's old polysynths. I'm still easily overwhelmed by the tons of wavetables and extensive routing options in modern soft synths.
Correct .. it can import all the original banks in Sysex format... Ive got a banks I did in the 90's when I had a JX8P.. and they load !! Its awesome! Same with Dexed... All the TX7 sound I programmed (with an Atari steinberg editor) load also! Dexed is a winner in my book... its the most comparable when it comes to actual sound a playability (they way it responds) AFAIC
He can open doors using the handles but I think I didn’t latch the door properly and he just pushed it open. I think he heard me talking and wanted the attention for himself!
Dog! Best bit so far! I like all the TDR ones, because of the well-designed interfaces that guide you intuitively to the most important bits, and also Molot by their friend Vlad.
A great free plugin imo is fine cut bodies - le petite excite. Really nice transparent exciter which is perfect for adding some nice transients. I own the Waves Aphex exciter but prefer this one by far.
As for the limiter - D16 Frontier is my always go to. It's good looking, very easy to understand, it has classic vu meter and led metering as well, soft cliping and it's self adapting (no attack and release knobs) - at first it might look like very simplified plugin but after few minutes it's very easy to tweak to your liking and get veeeeeeeery satifying results. I end up putting it on every track's mastering stage or sometimes even mix into (as final level review for my mix buss). It needs creating d16 account, but it's multiplatform and updated regularlly. Cheers :)
I love the saturation section of Scheps Omni Channel. It just sounds sooo good. Overall a fantastic plugin, altough its not free, but i never regretted bying it. i put it on all my busses.
Excellent plug-in info. Thanks, and tell dog he's a good support to your channel. A few free ones I've gotten, TDR Nova and Kotelnikov, Waves lil tube, D16 Frontier limiter, Relab LX480 Essentials (note this came as a bonus in my Pulsar Massive EQ and Mu compressor bundle in December), Melda MEqualizer, Arturia Filter MS-20, Klanghelm SDRR, maybe some others that I've forgotten. I've used the Klanghelm SDRR saturator for a while, but I came across a PC processor limit and had to skip it for other things. TDR NOVA is very useful, however I swapped in the Melda MEqualizer for a bit. I have other plug-ins doing compression, so having a dynamic EQ isn't as important right now as it was a free months ago. The Relab LX480 Essentials is a very nice reverb that I still use. I've got it on a send in Studio One 6 paired with the stock Analog Delay and stock compressor sidechain ducking. I like the Relab vocal plate that I'm currently using. The D16 Frontier limiter is easy to setup and it does its job very well.
I can't vouch for previous versions but TAL Reverb 4 is a solid free choice. I particularly like the adjustable ducking. It and Supermassive handle most of my reverb needs.
Definitely an instrument, and it requires the paid version of kontakt I believe, but Norrland Solo Trumpet is one of the best, if not the best Solo Trumpet library I've ever used. There are some youtube videos on it if you are interested, 10/10 would recommend
I have and use most of them. I must be a fan 🎉 I really appreciate the stuff you recommend and your honest opinions. As far as plugins I discovered recently and I love ever since Synth1. The old plugin, looks like from 90’, very simple to use, great presets and amazing sounds, really cool vintage sounding synth I was looking for
I didn't know that youlean is for free 🤔 really nice! You showed again that you are one of the best youtubers when it comes to this type of content. Such clear and honest recommendations. Please keep on doing what you do!
I use LoudMax (VST 3) for limiting purposes by Thomas Mundt. Completely free of charge, the controls are simplicity itself and the plugin does exactly what it's made for.
Fresh Air from Slate Digital is by far the best plugin I have used to add some Mid and High Air without making a track sound thin or cheap and the best part is that it's free but just an annoying process to keep your machine always connected to the internet all the time and even when you finish a project and try to load the project again. But despite this one issue, it's a fantastic free plugin to have.
Thanks for this video! I just discovered your channel with this video and will check out a couple of your recommendations. Then I will check out some of your other videos. Good job!
The Klanghelm DC1A3 compressor I'm currently using for adding a bit of distortion/saturation to a clean guitar track. Driving the input can give you a nice effect.
some more great free plugins I've found are deelay and cramit, both of which are from the same people whose name I unfortunately can't remember right now. deelay is, as the name suggests, a delay/reverb plugin with some great features, including the ability to distort the delayed signal, playing echoes in reverse, built in ducking, and an option to diffuse the delay and turn it into a reverb with a really nice texture, similar to valhalla. cramit on the other hand is ott with a bit more options than the xfer version, as well as built in pre and post saturation.
Integraudio/SixthSample. I like Deelay a lot. It makes a nice addition to Supermassive. It has a similar user interface and another lot of usable presets to tweak. The ducking feature is a godsend. No need to bother with extra busses or sidechaining. Cramit is a nice OTT effect with extra features and can serve as a saturator/distortion plugin to add to the 38 saturators everyone already has. ;)
Free Distortion VST for Bass (Rock/Metal/EDM) - SHB-1 from Ignite Amps - very good bass disto to thicken up and reinforce the bass and shaping/preserving its attacks if needed. Free analog-style saturation - a bunch of free plugins from Variety of Sound. My favorite are Rescue, Tessla PRO, Tessla SE Exciter - Fresh Air from Slate Digital
It's not free but one of my favorites is the MCombMB by Melda Production, the thing is a powerhouse for bass and FX sound design. I first used it to add metallic character to my sounds but soon found out that with the right settings it can turn pretty much every sound you play through it into a mean and heavy dubstep bass. Another favorite is Stratum by VSTzONE. I like to use it as a pitch delay for all things melodic but you can also use it as a chorus effect or exciter.
My favourite is at 7:45
I've got some big news to share soon, for now, please enjoy this video and these plugins :)
LINKS for plugins:
Surge - surge-synthesizer.github.io/
Vital - vital.audio/
Spitfire - www.spitfireaudio.com/pages/free-instruments
Coral EQ - bit.ly/coraleq
TDR Nova - www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-nova/
TDR Kotelnikov - www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-kotelnikov/
Klanghelm - klanghelm.com/contents/freeware.html
Valhalla - valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-supermassive/
SPAN - www.voxengo.com/product/span/
YLM2 - youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/
Hi Michael, will you make a 1000k - Party for us all?
@@blueeyedcat3443 Yes, there will be something to celebrate for sure :)
@@inthemix Cooool, let`s have a PARTYYY with you, Yeahhhh...
I've tried Kotelnikov based on your previous recommendation and fell in love because It allowed me to really learn to listen for compression. Also loved your good boy interruption. Thanks for always providing great content and educational resources, have a good one!
@@slq07 So happy to hear that. I had a similar experience with Kotelnikov. It was one of the first times compression "clicked" for me
I really appreciate how you specified which of these required creating an account and which didn't. most youtubers skip over this part, but I've found it's very important, even what stops me and others from choosing a plugin. I'm glad to know which options don't need an account. aside from that, great plugin choices listed in this video. I like how we are shown both instruments and effects
right? some of them even require you to download a separate program just to verify the "license", or enter all your payment and address details just to download a free product. i just ignore those. its just not worth it, even for a paid product its a huge hassle. i love analog obsession because there's none of that bs, you just download the zip files and you're done. on top of that, their products are always really high quality. kilohearts also has loads of free utility and sound design plugins but if im remembering right you do have to make an account. but it's been more than worth it for me. i use their plugins constantly. they have a frequency shifter, transient shaper, limiter, resonator, distortion plugin (with multiple different settings for distortion types), and a bunch of other great stuff that i use on every project. i highly recommend both of those companies. they're like the backbone of free plugins in my opinion.
oh yea@@cornbone I've never understood the whole license validation for a "f r e e" download. not sure what they're validating.
seemingly they just want you having their software manager so you're more likely to use the store within to buy stuff.
@@Platinum_XYZ My suspicion is that they're data-mining, collecting personal and
contact information to sell to spammers. Darker suspicion: I have no idea how good
their security is; some little shit hacker might decide yours is a good identity to steal.
I have "accounts" on enough sites already. Subsequent demands to create yet another
"account" are now handled with the "Cmd-W" shortcut.
Agreed. I got an Antares plugin free with purchase of something else, but it had a whole process to get and use it: an installer, and then some other activation steps. When I saw it was beyond even just the installer, I uninstalled that & just left it alone.
looking at you Ilok
I'm a free dude, I use lots of free plugins and instruments. Here are some I use regularly.
1. OTT by xfer records (A Multiband compressor)
2. Frontier by D16 group (Compressor)
3. Denoiser by Bertom (Denoiser)
4. TDR Nova (graphic Equalizer)
5. Saturation knob (Saturator)
6. Span by Voxego (Analyser)
7. Panagement by grallion (to change the mic position and sending things to the back)
8. Gtune by gvst and Mtuner by melda (Tuner)
For reverb and delay I mostly use stock plugin of cakewalk
nova is actually a dynamic EQ at its core
A few more for those that are plug-in hungry:
- EpicPLATE by Variety of Sound (Plate Reverb - but check out the other VoS offerings)
- EpicVerb by Variety of Sound (another VoS reverb but discontinued - you might be able to get it elsewhere now)
- Fresh Air by Slate Digital (Exciter)
- ReEQ (EQ JSFX for Reaper users)
get cloudseed and supermassive
I like how fair you are in comparing Vital and Surge, despite how minor the downsides of Vital are and how much you've invested yourself in Vital in the past. Just another reason why I trust you more than anyone else in the music production space!
Thank you. I’m trying my best to be fair and honest when making videos :)
I wouldn't say that there's any downsides to Vital compared to Surge. They are different beasts with different strengths. Surge is not a wavetable specific synth so it can't do a lot of the more advanced stuff that Vital can, for example creating and editing wavetables. There's ofc a lot of things that Surge can do that Vital can't, but both are great!
I subscribed here when you were just under 100k subs & I cant wait to see you reach 1 million. Much love from Zimbabwe.
I love this channel. Clear, concise info, friendly presentation, no bull-shit. The algorithm got me out of watching In the Mix vids but I'm glad to be back in.
My dude.. I just wanted to say thank you for the quality content, every video has been useful to me in many ways!
I appreciate the limited list. Free VSTs can get really addictive. I’ve had more than a couple crash my DAW. Sometimes less is more.
Welcome back to YT Michael. My favourite free plugins are: Vital basic by Matt Tytel, LABS by spitfire audio, Neo Piano One, Surge XT, OTT by Xfer, Kilohearts Snap Heap bundle, bx_masterdesk Classic, Valhalla Supermassive, Fresh Air (for vocals), Softube Saturation Knob, TDR Nova, Voxengo plugins, Ozone Imager and Youlean Loudness meter.
Thank you for sharing
@@inthemix YW. As far as free limiters go, there's a really good free one in the free Kilohearts Essentials bundle. Very simple to use and doesn't distort or damage transients, even when pushing it hard.
Thanks for being back. We missed you
Could you do a video walking through a fully mixed record while discussing why certain decisions were made? I feel like that really helps as someone who is at an intermediate level with production watching someone demo a finished product and then walking through it. Cheers!
He has one
I will try to make this happen soon. I appreciate that I was showing many of the same processes in previous mix breakdowns so wanted to keep it fresh :)
@@inthemix I just love videos that show the little nuances and overlooked techniques that go into an effects chain for example. Or even simple decisions with the arrangement of a piece. Why something is routed this way or layered like such, all the subtleties. Cheers and thanks for all you do!
@@inthemix I would love to see this type of video but about mastering. We can find a lot of about mix but not about mastering ;))
just now saw how happier u got when your dog showed up, very cute, he is indeed a good buddy
"I don't know why it's free" Don't remind them 🤐
ONG 😭
There's also paid ones they offer a bit more than the free versions but not so dealbreaking
Honestly 😂
Yes😅
@@RZAHMUSICty
Bro your videos are SO helpful! Thank you for the important little details you never seem to forget! Straight to the point, no filler no bs!
I'd like to propose a classification system for free plugins. Class A being like you described. A degree lower would be only providing an email address, and then down to a class like G where you have to create an account, download an installer and/or provide your physical address and/or a manufacturer (like IK Multimedia, Image Line or Harrison) installs dozens of plugins of which only one works and the others are demo's with nag screens or periodic noise). One free plugin rendered me 180 spam mails last month, without an option to unsubscribe. I'm glad you are so explicit about it.
I was glad to get rid of IK multimedia from my system. The process was one of the worst and all because I wanted to test a single free sound. Disappointing because it may have been good and started my journey with them. Nightmare.
@@johnnymorell4974 carbon copy of my experience
Hi Michael, I built the acoustic panels using your tutorial and I want to thank you so much, they took the room to a whole new level of sound, well, it became workable. Thank you so much, big fan of your channel!
As for Saturation Knob, i think it is actually worth registering an account for. The plugin sounds really cool
You're a genuine bloke Michael, I've followed you for a while on TH-cam....but I'm only recently getting into watching your video's, as I've struggled for time, your knowledge is worth its weight in gold, I'm really enjoying watching your video's, and this upload was definitely worth it, if only to see your dog, he's a beautiful lad....please keep doing what you're doing, you go more in depth than other people on this platform, glad to see you've got so many followers, you deserve more. 👍
Camelcrusher remains my favourite saturation plugin. It's so easy to make sounds bigger (not louder!). Old but gold.
I'll have to check it out. My favorite is Harmonics Analog Saturation Processor by Softube. I just made a reply about it. It makes things sound so much better. It's not free, but pretty cheap.
I have been trying to find Camelcrusher everywhere. Any idea how to get it???
Amazing video, amazing quick overviews of every single one of them
You really taught me most of what I know on FL Studio and I’m so glad to see you’re still sharing your knowledge like that with people ❤️
Came for the plug-ins, stayed for the dog
Thanks a lot for featuring Surge XT! 🙂
Its more that worth a mention. A fantastic piece of software and shocking that I only started using it in the past few months!
@@inthemix what your dog name
Your So Close To 1 Million Subs!
I Always Love To See Solo In Videos
i always love a content creator who is kind to his dog and dogs
Amazing list!!! I vouche for each and every one of them except Acoustica ( I dont have it ). Tokyo Dawn Labs plugins are insane, we can add their EQs to the list as well. For saturation we can also have TB Pro Audio's G Sat+. It is great.
Variaty Of Sound has started to updaate their plugins so we can consider them as well.
Great channel! Awesome content and well presented without the over-hyped BS.
Cheers from A-Dogs
Oh wow
I been doing music for 8 years now. This is my first time watching you again since 2016. bring many memories. you inspired me alot
I even remember the songs you used to create with your friends
How you don’t have 1million subs yet is beyond me. Amazing video as always. Can’t wait to see what more you have in store for 2023 😁 #Letsgetinthemixto1millionsubs
I waited a 2023 version for so long, it is finally here. Thank You Mike
6:48 Actually, there is a good free limiter that I use and it's simple. The Thomas Mundt LoudMax. It doesn't harm your sound, but does give a balanced sound.
Limiter no 6 is still my go to, gonna try the loudmax later.
Agree. LoudMax and I'm gonna add LimitedZ too.
Fully agree, LoudMax is working great for me.
Yep, I used LoudMax for a long while, until I got the Concrete Limiter for Cakewalk, and then Ozone Elements
Wanted to post this. LoudMax by Thomas Mundt. Awesome limiter.
Been using TDR and Klangheim and Span for years. Awesome vid. Looking forward to checking out more of your content.
Three free VSTs I can highly recommend:
1. TDR Molotok (Analogue Style Compressor)
2. Cherry Audio Surrealistic MG-1 (Analogue Mono Synth)
3. TAL Chorus LX (Analogue Chorus based on the Roland Juno Synth)
TDR Molotok I find really useful for getting a bit of extra bite when compressing, and also to make the compressed sound "poke" out in a mix. It certainly helped when I used it on a kick and snare recently. It does add a bit of character unlike Kotelnikov, so it's a good analogue style compressor for some extra colour and analogue feel.
Cherry Audio's Surrealistic MG-1 is an emulation of the vintage Realistic (MOOG) MG-1 mono synth. It emulates all the features of the MG-1 including the poly organ section, and quite simply sounds fantastic. Brilliant for Moog style synth basses and mono leads, plus a whole lot more. It really shouldn't be free, it's that good!
And TAL Chorus LX is a chorus plugin modelled on the lush Roland Juno 6/ 60/ 106 built in chorus. It's basic and simple, but sometimes it's all that is needed and can really make a sound become rich, full and lush.
Great video as always Michael, and nearly all of these I already have thanks to your previous recommendations! They're all excellent plugins, and the ones that I use the most (and highly recommend) are TDR Nova and Kotelnikov, Voxengo Span and YouLean Loudness meter. I should probably try using Valhalla more than I do as it sounds excellent in your example. Your dog is cute and stole the show BTW!
The value in this video is off charts 🙌🏻
some of my favourite free instrument plugins:
• Isolation Piano - Pianobook library by James Kedwards of a Model O grand, loads into Decent Sampler. best sounding free piano out there in my opinion, listen to the demos on the site and hear for yourself! roughly 16 GB.
• Soniccouture Hammersmith Free - another great option if you want something a bit brighter. Model D grand piano. roughly 5 GB.
• MODO BASS 2 CS - free version of IK’s physically modelled bass guitar, but surprisingly fully featured. you get a P-bass with all articulations and play styles you’d need (finger/slap/pick, mute notes, slides, hammer-on/pull-off, …) plus ability to change the tone by adjusting pickup position. the interface definitely pushes you towards upgrading to get more bass models, but i believe you can get amazing results by just sticking to the free offering.
The isolation piano sounds brilliant! Trying it out now, thanks for the advice. Also downloaded the MODO Bass sounds pukka.
@@a2bs333 awesome, happy to help! :)
You NEVER disappoint ....you ALWAYS have VERY good info ...THANK YOU for the time and energy you put into your videos!!
When I see a new in the mix upload, I stop what I'm doing to watch it. Always quality content.
Among the Klanghelm freeware is a saturator called IVGI 2...very useful. Also, the TDR Kotelnikov, like the rest of the TDR plugins, has an excellent User Manual.
It's a great read, whether you use the plugin or not...and it would be utterly silly not to use it ;)
Really good to know which require registration and which can be just grabbed, so thanks for appreciating that difference! Beautiful dog too 👍
hy delay 4 - NI Supercharger -GSat plus - SPL Attacker - sixth sample deelay - ummet ozcan xpander
GSat is great. Definitely my favorite free saturator
Ah, thanks for that Nova rec! I've been looking for a new EQ to play with and still haven't ever found one I've loved. Already loving this one after one quick edit of a VO script.
I use Nova more than any other plugin.
I use it as a visual analyser, to see what's going on with a track, and after plugins to see what they are actually doing. Don't forget to put the analyser on by clicking'IN'. 🙂 Often, I'll use it for that, and take it off after having a look.
I also use it for the high and low pass filters when I need one, because you can see what you're doing, and where would be a good place to cut.
It also is a nice transparent compressor, great for just a little bit of taming without colouring the sound.
The function I use it for least, is as an equaliser!
It's a great plugin, very useful!
@@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn I've used a few that have similar functionality but I'm just digging the way this one is put together. Or, it might just be that new toys are always more fun. Either way, this is a useful one!
I just want to say That I missed analog obsession in this video. Especially the COMPER compressor Is absolutely amazing
Cheers, good to see you back here. A couple of goodies there I didn't know about.
INDEED, Michael@InTheMix! ;) :) Glad 2 Have U Back And Hear That Hammer Content of Urs! ;) :)
I have spitfire vital and surge. I really love a free plugin called Synthmaster 2. I recently watched a video about the patcher plugin. You can create your own drum kits. Open up the patcher plugin. Make sure it says maps in the upper left. Then click on presets. You can make your own drums, hihats, cymbals, toms, percussion, FX, claps and snares. I have the producers edition and I have Hybrid, xpandi 2, and velvet. Hybrid is a great synthesizer. I LOVE xpandi 2. I'm sure there's a way to make snares, claps, hihats and kicks in Hybrid. Again thank you for the free plugin video.
Never came across your channel before but this video was great! I appreciate you actually putting forward useful plugins. Video pacing was great and informative with the examples. All the best man 🤙
Spitfire BBC orchestra is a good free plugin, good sounding strings n horns and all the other woodwinds and bells an orchestra might have
I like PG-8X, a free emulation of the Roland JX-8P synth and the PG-800 controller. It comes with no presets, which obviously sucks at first. But I've come to appreciate this "flaw", because it really makes you work on your own sounds. The built-in random patch generator can be a lot of fun, too. With a little tweaking this can give results that you wouldn't have come up with. And if everything fails, you can find a ton of JX-8P patches online and load them into PG-8X.
It's definitely a different beast than Vital or SurgeXT, but I enjoy the workflow of Roland's old polysynths. I'm still easily overwhelmed by the tons of wavetables and extensive routing options in modern soft synths.
Correct .. it can import all the original banks in Sysex format... Ive got a banks I did in the 90's when I had a JX8P.. and they load !! Its awesome!
Same with Dexed... All the TX7 sound I programmed (with an Atari steinberg editor) load also! Dexed is a winner in my book... its the most comparable when it comes to actual sound a playability (they way it responds) AFAIC
PG-8X is brilliant. Captures the sound of the original very well. The interface couldn't be better. Amazing freebie.
wicked video pal, appreciated it. Love the gorgeous dog interuption also. Did he open the door?
He can open doors using the handles but I think I didn’t latch the door properly and he just pushed it open.
I think he heard me talking and wanted the attention for himself!
Another amazing video! I love that you edited in the part with your dog coming for a little visit - LOL moment for sure!
Thanks for taking the time to update us on good free plugins. And cool dog, too.🙂
Dog! Best bit so far!
I like all the TDR ones, because of the well-designed interfaces that guide you intuitively to the most important bits, and also Molot by their friend Vlad.
A great free plugin imo is fine cut bodies - le petite excite. Really nice transparent exciter which is perfect for adding some nice transients. I own the Waves Aphex exciter but prefer this one by far.
As for the limiter - D16 Frontier is my always go to. It's good looking, very easy to understand, it has classic vu meter and led metering as well, soft cliping and it's self adapting (no attack and release knobs) - at first it might look like very simplified plugin but after few minutes it's very easy to tweak to your liking and get veeeeeeeery satifying results. I end up putting it on every track's mastering stage or sometimes even mix into (as final level review for my mix buss). It needs creating d16 account, but it's multiplatform and updated regularlly. Cheers :)
Great video ! I have to mention the German plugins Tukan, they are outstanding quality but only JSFX Reaper plugins, a must have !
Hi Michael, my favorite distortion plugin is Airwindows Mackity, it has no UI but it sounds great especially on drums, cheers.
I use the Airwindows fx module on VCVrack a lot lately. Its basically all the AW fx in a single module. I like it
Native Instruments Komplete Start. Alot of useful stuff there!
I love the saturation section of Scheps Omni Channel. It just sounds sooo good. Overall a fantastic plugin, altough its not free, but i never regretted bying it. i put it on all my busses.
Yeah I'm sold, the dog sold it.
This is the best resource for learning music on youtube.
Lots of really good information, and adorable dog too!
Super helpful! Thank you! 👏👏👏
I love the NOVA Eq used a lot here! 😎👍
Dope video! Imma grab a few of these plug ins! But, let's be honest... That Pupper needs more screen time! Thanks for the plug in suggestions! ✌️
Excellent plug-in info. Thanks, and tell dog he's a good support to your channel.
A few free ones I've gotten, TDR Nova and Kotelnikov, Waves lil tube, D16 Frontier limiter, Relab LX480 Essentials (note this came as a bonus in my Pulsar Massive EQ and Mu compressor bundle in December), Melda MEqualizer, Arturia Filter MS-20, Klanghelm SDRR, maybe some others that I've forgotten.
I've used the Klanghelm SDRR saturator for a while, but I came across a PC processor limit and had to skip it for other things.
TDR NOVA is very useful, however I swapped in the Melda MEqualizer for a bit. I have other plug-ins doing compression, so having a dynamic EQ isn't as important right now as it was a free months ago.
The Relab LX480 Essentials is a very nice reverb that I still use. I've got it on a send in Studio One 6 paired with the stock Analog Delay and stock compressor sidechain ducking. I like the Relab vocal plate that I'm currently using.
The D16 Frontier limiter is easy to setup and it does its job very well.
Bro love you and how you specified every details that’s really worth it you are the best ❤❤
Solo!!!!! Also, will you be doing an FL 21 updates video? Would love that!
Thanks for leaving the dog part in the video! Love that!
I debabated cutting it out but he's just too cute :)
I can't vouch for previous versions but TAL Reverb 4 is a solid free choice. I particularly like the adjustable ducking. It and Supermassive handle most of my reverb needs.
Tal 4 is my favourite too (besides supermassive) It’s simply incredible.
Thanks for the tips and Demo, Tokyodawn, Nova are just great.
Definitely an instrument, and it requires the paid version of kontakt I believe, but Norrland Solo Trumpet is one of the best, if not the best Solo Trumpet library I've ever used. There are some youtube videos on it if you are interested, 10/10 would recommend
Very useful video thank you, lovely interruption by your assistant Engineer…. 😊
Nice one, clean, straight to the point. Will have to check out that first synth, ty :)
I have and use most of them. I must be a fan 🎉 I really appreciate the stuff you recommend and your honest opinions. As far as plugins I discovered recently and I love ever since Synth1. The old plugin, looks like from 90’, very simple to use, great presets and amazing sounds, really cool vintage sounding synth I was looking for
The Surge XT ports to VCV Rack (and Cardinal) are superb. Some of the most useful modules in there now.
I didn't know that youlean is for free 🤔 really nice! You showed again that you are one of the best youtubers when it comes to this type of content. Such clear and honest recommendations. Please keep on doing what you do!
I use LoudMax (VST 3) for limiting purposes by Thomas Mundt. Completely free of charge, the controls are simplicity itself and the plugin does exactly what it's made for.
Fresh Air from Slate Digital is by far the best plugin I have used to add some Mid and High Air without making a track sound thin or cheap and the best part is that it's free but just an annoying process to keep your machine always connected to the internet all the time and even when you finish a project and try to load the project again. But despite this one issue, it's a fantastic free plugin to have.
Where is D16 Frontier? I think it's a very good limiter for beginners (and it looks amazing too).
thank you for this video. A lot of what you recommended is totally up my alley!
Appreciate you for your work!
This video just popped up in my recommendations and now I’m your subscriber.
your smile is so bright and pure
TY FOR ALL THE QUALITY VIDEOS
Thanks for this video! I just discovered your channel with this video and will check out a couple of your recommendations. Then I will check out some of your other videos. Good job!
Thank you so much brother .. telling about this all VST plugins . 🤝 teach us to more tips ..
Cool to see you're using TDR - really solid pieces of software.
The Klanghelm DC1A3 compressor I'm currently using for adding a bit of distortion/saturation to a clean guitar track. Driving the input can give you a nice effect.
some more great free plugins I've found are deelay and cramit, both of which are from the same people whose name I unfortunately can't remember right now. deelay is, as the name suggests, a delay/reverb plugin with some great features, including the ability to distort the delayed signal, playing echoes in reverse, built in ducking, and an option to diffuse the delay and turn it into a reverb with a really nice texture, similar to valhalla. cramit on the other hand is ott with a bit more options than the xfer version, as well as built in pre and post saturation.
Integraudio/SixthSample. I like Deelay a lot. It makes a nice addition to Supermassive. It has a similar user interface and another lot of usable presets to tweak. The ducking feature is a godsend. No need to bother with extra busses or sidechaining.
Cramit is a nice OTT effect with extra features and can serve as a saturator/distortion plugin to add to the 38 saturators everyone already has. ;)
Your preset bass side chain in vital is awesome!! I use it all the time
Thank you. That bass growl is also one of my favourites, it’s easy to tuck it under a track or make it very obvious!
Wow this is great sir I'm benefiting alot from your channel sir, watching you from Zambia
Hey Michael, thanks for the advice on plug-ins! Could you do a video covering the complete process of processing vocals?
Thanks so much Michael you've contributed a lot to my production
Fantastic! Thank you so much. These are truly quality.
Free Distortion VST for Bass (Rock/Metal/EDM) - SHB-1 from Ignite Amps - very good bass disto to thicken up and reinforce the bass and shaping/preserving its attacks if needed.
Free analog-style saturation - a bunch of free plugins from Variety of Sound. My favorite are Rescue, Tessla PRO, Tessla SE
Exciter - Fresh Air from Slate Digital
Am I the only one that gets excited to find a cool new free plugin? Its exciting to get something new and mess around with it
Surge is excellent. Really impressed with how 'genuine' a lot of the presets are just from a first mess with it.
Love your dog man and your content.
WE are close to a million. You're my star, mate.
Your work is our reward. Thank you so much 🙌🏽
Another alternative to SPAN is the new histogram of Parametric EQ 2, which is what I use.
That histogram is fantastic. I’m hoping that they add Mid/Side and Left/Right filters in the next version.
It's not free but one of my favorites is the MCombMB by Melda Production, the thing is a powerhouse for bass and FX sound design.
I first used it to add metallic character to my sounds but soon found out that with the right settings it can turn pretty much every sound you play through it into a mean and heavy dubstep bass.
Another favorite is Stratum by VSTzONE. I like to use it as a pitch delay for all things melodic but you can also use it as a chorus effect or exciter.
Amazing video, can you make an other video about plugins for Mastering, please.
I really love Dragon Fly reverbs. Especially the Plate one!
Thanks for making these videos, You've helped so much