Well, first of all thanks. 3 of them were new to me and I will check them out. My favourite free plugin is probably the Kotelnikov by Tokio Dawn Labs. Actually, all their plugins are great, but this one is an extremely versatile, yet tranparent compressor.
the latest freebie I downloaded really impressed me. It is Limiter no6. I only use the limiter part but it sounds much better than Ozone on signals that already have the desired amount of distortion. Also the best pultec type EQ I have found for free is Acqua's Coffeepun. When I want to use a Maag style EQ I use Luftikus by Ikjb. and I forgot to mention Brainworx Solo.
Your reaction to the DC1A is my reaction every time I reach for a Klanghelm plugin. Amazing quality. I use them in every session I do. They are SOOO good its ridiculous! Tony's a genius.
These plugging are amazing, but I need to know what is the band (or bands) showed off throughout the video! Reminding me alot of Coheed and I need more!
Hello Mr. Huart! Thank you for another fantastic video. I will be looking into some of these plug-ins. I have an unrelated question that I’m hopeful you (or some folks from the community) may be willing to share insight on! I’m wondering if you would be willing to share what interface you run your sessions on, and what Mac OS you are on! I use a UAD Apollo X16, and absolutely love it. However, I recently upgraded to Mojave (from Sierra) and have noticed changes in errors/CPU performance... Thinking about going back to Sierra until I can figure out how to achieve equal stability/performance in Mojave, but wanted to ask what interface and OS you/the community are on, and how the stability has been with modern plugins and versions of Pro Tools! Thank you ever so much for everything Warren, you are truly awesome!
I will definitely add Klanghelm to my DAW. The Valhalla is awesome, try using it on acoustic guitar(s)lol on EDM tracks for a completely new sound. Love it so much and so scary easy. But if free synths are done must include DEXED it is one of my go to's. As well u-He Tyrell N6 it is fantastic. But for the KISS (keep it simple ......) group, you have to say TAL Noisemaker takes the trophy.
Let's see Transpire by Sonic Anomaly is my go to transient designer. I use a lot of the Tokyo Dawn stuff, Saturation Knob by Soft Tube, Nova 67p, There's a compressor that I also use but I'm blanking on the name. I think Miroslav? Koletnikof? I can't remember and I don't have my DAW open at the moment. Blue Cat has some nice ones as well.
I'm gonna have to mention a synth: Dexed. Free open source FM synth, emulating a DX-7, but with all the controls available on the panel. It's utterly fantastic! The Melda Production free bundle. It's a BIG bundle of good plugins. Valhalla Supermassive. No need to explain, it's Valhalla. Totally outstanding. Izotope Ozone Imager. Stereoizer for free. Works great. Izotope Vinyl. Does what you think. Fab!
One of my two favourites free synths! The other one is HELM, a free synth with 2 oscillators (every oscillator can have up to 15 voices) + sub + noise, it olso has feedback control, distorsion, LPF/HPF, delay, reverb... It is crazy and you can modulate almost anything!
@@banigrisson Well, Warren did ask that what are Your favourite free plugins on the comments. Hence my answer to that question. Have a wonderful day or whatever the time may be there Bani. :)
I'd have to give it to Airwindows. It's this one guy who has maybe 1-200 plugins that are all free. He's just supported on Patreon. He has some really unique quirky plugins you won't find anywhere else, as well as more "mainstream" plugins. My favorite have to go with the console and tape emulations. He also has some really special compressors as well. And a lot of really cool harmonic and distortion plugins.
My favourite ones: - Varhalla Supermassive is another great one - Oril River Reverb - DragonFly Reverbs - All of Analog Obssesion plugins are great too, specially Sweetbox and sweetdrums - AirWindows plugins for some specific creative destruction and construction. - TDR VOS SlickEQ another great EQ specially on the 2 Bus.
Yeah, it's a modern approach to mixing of course. Many new age plugins offer more than one functionality, sometimes blended in just one knob. That's why I believe it's a new approach. Very different from the analog era. New plugins are often 100% different in functionality.
@Luke Also, there's some blessing in being limited. It's easy (just expensive, lol) to have the latest bombastic pro suite that you put on your bus and it does the entire mix for you. It's much harder to work with dead simple plugins and achieve something great and fresh. Limitations breed creativity
I think some people like collecting stuff. Do you really need three different acoustic guitars? Probably not, but I have three and I’m going to pick up a few more.
Amazing tips Warren, thank you! Should I recommend (if you didn't already) making a video about the Spitfire's amazing FREE BBC ORCHESTRA SAMPLE LIBRARY ???
Hey Warren , loving the channel . I would recommend the Nalex amp sims . They are more geared towards metal , but can do rock very well , and sound killer .
Warren. Thanks so much for all of your content. I'm getting my rig back up and running and you have helped tremendously. So much in fact I noticed my open web tabs were 8 of your youtube videos. Appreciate what you are doing. Thank you.
I wish there was an AAX version, like the Tokyo Dawn plugins. Do developers have to pay Avid a licensing fee to port to AAX? Is that why some developers don't do AAX?
A note about the free Klanghelm comp. It's actually a different beast to the three comps in the paid MJUC version - so it has a flavour you can't quite match in it's bigger brother. I found I preferred it for some uses over the MJUC.
I've been waiting for this. Thank you so much! I'm not in the position to spend (a lot of) money on plugins or anything for that matter, so this is absolutely cool to know where to find some great free plugins. I'm really grateful for that! ❤️
Muscle = possibly a similar thing to Waves MV2 ? (instead of top down compression, lifting lower volume details up?)... or possibly a harmonic enhancer similar to a tape sim ?
I just tried running the Cypress TT-15 in Logic and its asking for a serial number. Anyone else run into this? When I open it, it has a red lock on it and says "Unauthorized (click lock icon).
UA-cam is taking the proverbial with the ads now. I don't mind 1 or 2 ads at the start........but this is a new level these past weeks. I don't know what PLAP can do. I can see this spiralling out of control with ads, until we pay the monthly youtube bill for less ads in the future LOL
After watching this video, I decided to try out the "Cypress" plugin from Black Rooster Audio. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised to find out that they offer a FREE plugin pack which contains multiple plugins, including Cypress. Thanks for the heads up, can't wait to try them all!
I'll be honest I probably won't download any of these I have to many plugins I am just focusing on making music with the plugins I have leaning how to use the plugins as I make my music with them lol still thanks much appreciated I'll share this link tho 🙏🏾😷🙏🏾
Check out these; they've been my favorite for years: *Tube Saturator Vintage* from Wave Arts *SGA1566* and *Code Red Free* , both from Shattered Glass Audio They are irreplaceable to me. Nothing I've bought sounds like them.
LP10 is great. I think it's called a kick replacer but what it basically is a very good LP filter. Great for adding Sub weight without too much dynamics.
Hi guys, the 10 free plugins: Are all these free plugins from the manufacturers mentioned fully functional in the long term or do you only get 14-day trial versions? At Black Rooster Audio, I got the impression that "Canary", for example, only has the serial number for a 14-day trial version. 🤔 Greetings from 🇩🇪
Wow, this guy is so obviously super skilled. He is finding those horrible awful sounds that you just want to shut off instantly, blends them into the mix and suddenly it sounds amazing.
![The 15 Best FREE Audio Plugins Ever Made! [2024 Update]](/img/n.gif)
What are your favourite free plugins?
Well, first of all thanks. 3 of them were new to me and I will check them out.
My favourite free plugin is probably the Kotelnikov by Tokio Dawn Labs. Actually, all their plugins are great, but this one is an extremely versatile, yet tranparent compressor.
the latest freebie I downloaded really impressed me. It is Limiter no6. I only use the limiter part but it sounds much better than Ozone on signals that already have the desired amount of distortion. Also the best pultec type EQ I have found for free is Acqua's Coffeepun. When I want to use a Maag style EQ I use Luftikus by Ikjb. and I forgot to mention Brainworx Solo.
Soft tube Saturation was great until I found the 73
Tokyo Dawn Labs have great free stuff. One in particular is the Feedback Compressor. Check it out!
@@peterbrandt7911 yes! The feedback compressor is cool too
Love you warren, your content is great. It has helped me on so many levels! Please never stop posting!
Thanks ever so much smnspz! I'm so glad to be able to help! Have a marvellous time recording, many thanks Warren
@Frank Lee thanks ever so much!
Who doesn't love free stuff?
The same people that discuss about lack of transformers on the neve 1073 opx !
Gearslutz
_hide_ lol
Haha there's tons of things we'd love for free, however there's a few I wouldn't want! Haha
@@Producelikeapro Oh you tease
Your reaction to the DC1A is my reaction every time I reach for a Klanghelm plugin. Amazing quality. I use them in every session I do. They are SOOO good its ridiculous! Tony's a genius.
Hi Nathaniel, yes, absolutely LOVE Klanghelm!! Great plug ins, great company!
Man, I've just finished the video...My God!!! it's increible how you enjoy doing this!!!! you transfer your enjoyment to those who watch your video!!!
I'm such a sucker for free plugin videos, can't resist to click! :)
Haha thanks ever so much!!
I had to add the Cypress on a vocal track on one of my mixes after seeing this. Phenomenal! Thanks, Warren!
Excellent! The Freeamp is exactly what I'm looking for! Can't have enough different saturation plugins. Thanks, Warren!
Thanks I’m so glad to be able to help! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
It's so awesome to see Free Plugins, especially is someone is one a budget who is still seeking quality. Awesome work!
very nice selection of very useful stuff and an expert tutorial on the plug-ins. Thanks Warren.
You're very kind!!
Voxengo Correlometer! Displays the phase correlation across the entire frequency range between whatever you feed it on the right/left side
Some nice dist/sat plugs there! Thanks Warren!
Thanks ever so much!
Waves has the maxxvolume for free now , the big brother of my beloved MV2. It's a must grab!!
Thank you!
Eh? It's $23.99 on Waves right now - where did you see it free?
@@lexluthier8290 if you have a Waves account, type "Waves Maxxvolume free" into Google. A link should pop up leading you to the right page.
@@youryella Aah! Got it - thanks very much Chris. These days anything free is very welcome!
Love Klanghelm stuff too. They have a saturator that's spot on
Thanks so much for this, with zero budget and being a noob this is exactly the post I need!
Digging the Cypress distortion sounds great 🎉
These plugging are amazing, but I need to know what is the band (or bands) showed off throughout the video! Reminding me alot of Coheed and I need more!
I love the ACON Reverb, fantastic VST!
This is great stuff! 😊
Thanks for sharing, your videos are always great! I constantly follow your channel!
UK *salutes back*
Haha thanks
I've always enjoyed Blockfish by Digital Fish Phones. I've found it to be a great compressor, particularly on vocals and bass guitar.
ADHD Leveling Tool is a fantastic one. I use it all the time
haha Warren cracks me up. He's listening to the mix, with this look of almost pain on his face, but he's loving it haha
I like the muscle plugin easy 👍🏾🔥👍🏾
Yes! Simple and easy to use
Hello Mr. Huart! Thank you for another fantastic video. I will be looking into some of these plug-ins. I have an unrelated question that I’m hopeful you (or some folks from the community) may be willing to share insight on! I’m wondering if you would be willing to share what interface you run your sessions on, and what Mac OS you are on!
I use a UAD Apollo X16, and absolutely love it. However, I recently upgraded to Mojave (from Sierra) and have noticed changes in errors/CPU performance... Thinking about going back to Sierra until I can figure out how to achieve equal stability/performance in Mojave, but wanted to ask what interface and OS you/the community are on, and how the stability has been with modern plugins and versions of Pro Tools! Thank you ever so much for everything Warren, you are truly awesome!
I have another question.
What camera are you using to record those videos ?
Looks really crisp and nice !
Best wishes ( :
Amazing tips! TKs a lot!!!
Thanks ever so much Stefan!!
Awesome Video! These are some great plugins that are really useful! Does anybody know what this song is called?
I will definitely add Klanghelm to my DAW. The Valhalla is awesome, try using it on acoustic guitar(s)lol on EDM tracks for a completely new sound. Love it so much and so scary easy. But if free synths are done must include DEXED it is one of my go to's. As well u-He Tyrell N6 it is fantastic. But for the KISS (keep it simple ......) group, you have to say TAL Noisemaker takes the trophy.
how are those headphones for elongated comfort?
What song/band were you using these plug-ins on? I really dug the singers voice!
Amazing
Let's see Transpire by Sonic Anomaly is my go to transient designer. I use a lot of the Tokyo Dawn stuff, Saturation Knob by Soft Tube, Nova 67p, There's a compressor that I also use but I'm blanking on the name. I think Miroslav? Koletnikof? I can't remember and I don't have my DAW open at the moment. Blue Cat has some nice ones as well.
The compressor is probably Kotelnikov by TDR :P
wow looks like Acon was updated as it looks different than the one I have, I`ll reinstall it, thanks!
Valhalla Supermassive is free and awesome!
TDR Nova is a great plug in...
I love free!!!
Haha me too!
While I watch I will comment I have number #10 it's ok especially being free lol 👍🏾
You can also use Studio One Pro . its better than Pro Tools and they have free amp modeling much better than this :)
I'm gonna have to mention a synth: Dexed. Free open source FM synth, emulating a DX-7, but with all the controls available on the panel. It's utterly fantastic!
The Melda Production free bundle. It's a BIG bundle of good plugins.
Valhalla Supermassive. No need to explain, it's Valhalla. Totally outstanding.
Izotope Ozone Imager. Stereoizer for free. Works great.
Izotope Vinyl. Does what you think. Fab!
Yes, definitely, we are going to do one just on Synths!!
the melda MCompressor alone is amazing - not many know it has freeform in/out curve, so powerfull
@@uwebaganz5144 fantastic!!
@Produce
Checked free synths for bass lately and ended up with Tal-Bassline, Mono/Fury and Cobalt.
Great stuff! :)
One of my two favourites free synths! The other one is HELM, a free synth with 2 oscillators (every oscillator can have up to 15 voices) + sub + noise, it olso has feedback control, distorsion, LPF/HPF, delay, reverb... It is crazy and you can modulate almost anything!
TDR (Tokyo Dawn Records) Nova, Kotelnikov and VOS Slick Eq..
I get that this are warren's personal picks but... you can't leave out TDR lol!
(especially Slick bc I don't like the harmonic distortion on nova...)
@@banigrisson Well, Warren did ask that what are Your favourite free plugins on the comments. Hence my answer to that question. Have a wonderful day or whatever the time may be there Bani. :)
@@VKJ85 yeah man, I was trying to agree with you a 100%! Sorry if i wasnt clear!
Yesssss, these are great!
@@banigrisson I did a video on those plug ins a few years ago. Here it is:- ua-cam.com/video/lx5a3l3B37c/v-deo.html
I'd have to give it to Airwindows. It's this one guy who has maybe 1-200 plugins that are all free. He's just supported on Patreon. He has some really unique quirky plugins you won't find anywhere else, as well as more "mainstream" plugins. My favorite have to go with the console and tape emulations. He also has some really special compressors as well. And a lot of really cool harmonic and distortion plugins.
gang
ADT plug-in is one of my favorites
@@lakota_himself gang indeed
Amazing,
i dreaded mixing until i got into his console setup
My favourite ones:
- Varhalla Supermassive is another great one
- Oril River Reverb
- DragonFly Reverbs
- All of Analog Obssesion plugins are great too, specially Sweetbox and sweetdrums
- AirWindows plugins for some specific creative destruction and construction.
- TDR VOS SlickEQ another great EQ specially on the 2 Bus.
Shout out to Tony at Klanghelm, MJUC still a great compressor
Agreed 100%!! Great company! Great plug ins!!
YouLean Loudness Meter is a great free one. Valhalla Supermassive can make some great sounds too.
Fantastic Beau! Thanks for sharing!!
Love using supermassive on piano chords
What's the track called you're working on? Sounds great!
It's Numb Me Up by Lovesick Radio
I just found out today I can make my voice tolerable with some EQ and delay.
Softube Saturation knob plugin...free, and a MUST HAVE! Just a little bit goes a long way!
I love it too!
I used to use that on everything . Then I discovered the Shattered Glass SGA1566. That thing is amazing and FREE !
@@Kodos3000 Will check it out, thanks!
Fantastic!!
At this point I'm confident you don't need to spend any money and still have basically all you need plugin-wise. There's so much good free stuff
Yeah, it's a modern approach to mixing of course. Many new age plugins offer more than one functionality, sometimes blended in just one knob. That's why I believe it's a new approach. Very different from the analog era. New plugins are often 100% different in functionality.
Agreed.With stock + free plugins, you're just about covered and can bang out some quality mixes.
I use Bitwig and free plugs. No complaints here :)
@Luke Also, there's some blessing in being limited. It's easy (just expensive, lol) to have the latest bombastic pro suite that you put on your bus and it does the entire mix for you. It's much harder to work with dead simple plugins and achieve something great and fresh. Limitations breed creativity
I think some people like collecting stuff. Do you really need three different acoustic guitars? Probably not, but I have three and I’m going to pick up a few more.
I changed Google account and didn't see your videos for a week. I missed you 😀
Missed having you watch them!!
Produce like a pro could actually be a TV show, a great one too.
Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much!!
@@Producelikeapro I'd never stop watching! Not sure how you'd have time to work!
Warren, you just know Fricker's going to have kittens when he hears you say, "and then I've got these programmed drums" :-)
Hahaha yes! Indeed
Hah Fricker Kittens!
Amazing tips Warren, thank you! Should I recommend (if you didn't already) making a video about the Spitfire's amazing FREE BBC ORCHESTRA SAMPLE LIBRARY ???
That might be fun to do Gui!!
I got it and its amazing
Hey Warren , loving the channel . I would recommend the Nalex amp sims . They are more geared towards metal , but can do rock very well , and sound killer .
Thanks ever so much for the tip!
AWESOME series !!! you Rock !!! 🤘what a great episode with valuable information !
Thanks ever so much Ady!!
Warren. Thanks so much for all of your content. I'm getting my rig back up and running and you have helped tremendously. So much in fact I noticed my open web tabs were 8 of your youtube videos. Appreciate what you are doing. Thank you.
Just a suggestion, can you start adding timestamps to your videos so we can get to the plugin we want to see. If that's okay with you ofcourse
Warren, you are an absolute star, thank you so much for sharing this video. All the best for 2021 my friend.
Happy new year! Thanks ever so much
This song is dope. Who is it?
Limiter No6 by Vladislav Goncharov. Uses a lot of cpu but it has a multiband compressor that's awesome and good presets !
updated version is Tokyo Dawn which is also Vlad :)
I wish there was an AAX version, like the Tokyo Dawn plugins. Do developers have to pay Avid a licensing fee to port to AAX? Is that why some developers don't do AAX?
@@alyerpal Yeah, I recently pumped into that info and it was some huge lump of money, like 1000$ per license or something :S
No.6 is my favorite free limiter. I've done some insanely loud masters with it.
Klanghelm also make a great free saturator called IVGI with a surprising amount of options. Love that company!
Klanghelm Rock!
Thanks ever so much Chris! You Rock!
You were predestined to be different(Romans 8:29), he who has an ear to hear, let him hear(Mark 4:9).
HALLELUYAH!(PRAISE YE YAH!)
A note about the free Klanghelm comp. It's actually a different beast to the three comps in the paid MJUC version - so it has a flavour you can't quite match in it's bigger brother. I found I preferred it for some uses over the MJUC.
I've been waiting for this. Thank you so much!
I'm not in the position to spend (a lot of) money on plugins or anything for that matter, so this is absolutely cool to know where to find some great free plugins. I'm really grateful for that! ❤️
Hi Mario! I'm so glad to be able to help! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Another great video! Thanks Warren!
Thanks very much
The example track he uses here really reminds me of Dreaming by Blondie. What a hell of a track!! Thanks for the plug in suggestions.
Amazing song! I love Blondie!
Muscle = possibly a similar thing to Waves MV2 ? (instead of top down compression, lifting lower volume details up?)... or possibly a harmonic enhancer similar to a tape sim ?
I just tried running the Cypress TT-15 in Logic and its asking for a serial number. Anyone else run into this? When I open it, it has a red lock on it and says "Unauthorized (click lock icon).
UA-cam is taking the proverbial with the ads now. I don't mind 1 or 2 ads at the start........but this is a new level these past weeks. I don't know what PLAP can do. I can see this spiralling out of control with ads, until we pay the monthly youtube bill for less ads in the future LOL
Too many plugins. 100 plugins don't make better, or more creative music.
Thank you for that.. Amazing... I will say sonEQ by sonimus
Thank you Warren! I'll definetly download these. My favorite plugin is the free BBC orchestra by spitfire audio, it sounds AMAZING!
Such great content Warren, I appreciate everything you give to us so so much, thank you thank you thank you
Thanks ever so much Dillon!!
Absolutely GREAT video! Thanks for this!
After watching this video, I decided to try out the "Cypress" plugin from Black Rooster Audio. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised to find out that they offer a FREE plugin pack which contains multiple plugins, including Cypress. Thanks for the heads up, can't wait to try them all!
I'll be honest I probably won't download any of these I have to many plugins I am just focusing on making music with the plugins I have leaning how to use the plugins as I make my music with them lol still thanks much appreciated I'll share this link tho 🙏🏾😷🙏🏾
The Klanghelm mjuc is a wonderful compressor. Definitely worth upgrading it for a few Pounds/Euros/ Dollars imho.
I agree 100%! You Rock!!
Analogue 'warmth' was created by electronics noise in back in the days of magnetic tape.
Check out these; they've been my favorite for years:
*Tube Saturator Vintage* from Wave Arts
*SGA1566* and *Code Red Free* , both from Shattered Glass Audio
They are irreplaceable to me. Nothing I've bought sounds like them.
An interview with Terry Dates about deftones last album. Please! It would be so amazing!
Love the channel. ✌️
Marvellous idea!!
LP10 is great. I think it's called a kick replacer but what it basically is a very good LP filter. Great for adding Sub weight without too much dynamics.
Wonderful! Thanks ever so much for sharing
I downloaded almost all of these plugins and my favorites are the Klanghelm DC1A and the Valhalla FreqEcho.
Wow!! These are great sounding plugins! They use very little CPU power... and they're FREE! Thanks for the tip Warren!
The Full Bucket Brigade site has some cool plugins.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Thank you so very much for all you do! Always great videos!
The Loudmax brick wall limiter is great. Super easy to use and really clean sound even at extreme levels of compression
Super free stuff. Thanks Warren.
Thanks ever so much!
I realise this is an old video, BUT I'd really love to know what song this is? Cheers.
Which file format is very good and Update
Aax or vsti?
Thanks Warren...great song to work on, quality!! Who’s the band and what’s the name of this song?
"It´s an horrible digital disaster, ilove it!!" haha
your video help me a lot to record my songs, thank you sooo much for this!!
You’re very welcome!!
Hi guys, the 10 free plugins: Are all these free plugins from the manufacturers mentioned fully functional in the long term or do you only get 14-day trial versions? At Black Rooster Audio, I got the impression that "Canary", for example, only has the serial number for a 14-day trial version. 🤔 Greetings from 🇩🇪
Can't find the serial. number for this plugin?
@@MissDizzySpell Yes...can't find the serial number of Canary.. No problem with all the other plugins.
Wow, this guy is so obviously super skilled. He is finding those horrible awful sounds that you just want to shut off instantly, blends them into the mix and suddenly it sounds amazing.
Haha thanks ever so!! I really appreciate it
That song is dreams by the cranberries with a different melody.
I would've liked to have heard a couple of these plugins on clean sources.
Hey warren hope ur doing well : really liked your tip about using a Guitar Amp Sim on a Lead Vocal: i wouldnt have thought of that XD cheers
Thanks great reviews
Thanks Paul
This is great. Thanks!
Thanks ever so much
Awesome, Sir Warren! Thank you.