Best Virtual Instrument Plugins | VSTPlugins | Type | Summary |
Xfer Records Serum | Soft Synth | Very popular among electronic and dance music producers, it offers one the best ways to get complex wavetable sounds quickly and easily. | |
Reveal Sound Spire | Soft Synth | Loved by electronic music producers, it’s capable of producing many signature analog sounds most suited to modern digital music productions. | |
Boom by AIR Music Technology | Drum Machine | Great modern plugin option for those looking for classic analog beatboxes. | |
FXpansion Geist 2 | Drum Machine | More than a drum machine, this is one of the most intuitive and intelligent beat production software on the market. | |
Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 | Orchestra | With over 500 instruments well sampled with articulation control, this is simply one of the best orchestra plugins for the price on the market, that won’t swallow up your drive. | |
Serato Sample | Sampler | A collection of classic synths and electric keys, emulating the real stuff used on classic records. | |
Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 | Drum Module | Ultimate drum module that will give professional drummers a run for their money. | |
Spectrasonics Omnisphere | Synth Module | Complete virtual instrument fitted with powerful synthesizers and a massive sample library. | |
Spectrasonics Keyscape | Keyboard Module | Considered as having the best quality acoustic and electric keys and pianos out of any virtual instrument. | |
Spectrasonics Trilian | Bass Module | The most realistic bass module out there, decent piano skills will give bass players a run for their money. | |
Best Effects Processor Plugins | Type | Summary | |
Softube Harmonics | Saturation | New plugin promising to employ a revolutionary approach to dynamics processing and harmonic enhancement, without ruining your tracks distinctive character. | |
Eventide SP2016 Reverb | Reverb | An undeniably great sounding plug-in that calls to mind the iconic reverb sounds heard on countless classic recordings | |
Fabfilter Pro-Q 3 | EQ | Fabfilter is one of the most respected effects plug-in developers in recent years, with Pro-Q3 you can expect them to develop on their success with the latest version. | |
Waves Abbey Road Chambers | Echo | Almost anything that you pump through it comes out rich and musically-pleasing, with a distinctive character that makes it instantly sound like a classic recording. | |
Kuassa Amplifikation Caliburn | Amp Simulator | If you need a good selection of Marshall-specific “character” sounds, the Caliburn will get you most of the way there at a price that won’t break the bank. | |
iZotope Nectar 3 Elements | Vocal Processing | What it does to vocal tracks is pretty amazing, and you could find yourself getting a lot of use out of this.If you have never used a mastering plug-in of this caliber before, get ready to have your world rocked. | |
iZotope Ozone 8 Elements | Mastering Plugin | If you have never used a mastering plug-in of this caliber before, get ready to have your world rocked. | |
Softube Tube-Tech Classic Channel | Channel Strip | The channel strip that will take all the guesswork out of achieving that “professional sound.” | |
Soundtoys 5 | Effects Bundle | Juicy analog effects from delays to distortions to reverbs and more. | |
Celemony Melodyne 4 | Pitch Correction | Genius tool that corrects and changes the pitch, timing, and even intonation in an audio track, from vocalist to a guitar chord strum, and everything in between. |