10 Paid Plugins Actually Worth Buying
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Howdy doody, frienderoonies! Today we're here for another plugin round up! This time, we'll be taking a look at 10 of my favorite paid plugins that are actually worth buying.
With so many great stock plugins and so many awesome free plugins, it can be hard to discern what paid ones are actually worth the price tag. But, I think these are all solid contenders well worth the asking price!
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What plugins do you have that were most worth the investment? 🤔
I'm still a fan of Synthmaster. Shaperbox 2 is growing on me and Izo's Breaktweaker for beats. For inspiration some Captain Plugins and Scalar. Izo's PhoenixVerb for reverb.
I think you are right in working and understanding what you have. I suppose the big difference these days comes down to workflow. If it's not easy it can break focus.
Shaperbox, synthmaster, neutron/ozone, pigments, regroover pro, beatformer, multipass, decimort, diva, hive 2, blackhole, portal, sublab >>> all worth every penny
I love the Sonic Charge stuff and it’s very reasonably priced: Synplant, Microtonic, Permut8.
Synapse Audio synths for sure and probably the Sound Radix Surfer EQ for dynamic EQ with sidechaining, pretty handy.
Serum & glitch 2👌
1:56 Rapid (synth)
5:30 Phase Plant (synth)
8:52 Voltage Modular Core (modular synth)
13:06 UVI Falcon (synth/sampler hybrid)
21:21 Replicant (glitch vst)
23:30 Infinistrip (channel strip/multieffect)
25:51 Slice EQ & UVI Shade (EQs)
28:30 Sketch Cassette II (lofi, modulation, saturation)
31:04 Neoverb (utility mixing reverb)
34:59 Mastercomp (mastering compressor)
Rapid comes with an FX unit as well.
Was serum and Fab filter not around when this video was made? All I heard about when I was getting started was fab filter and serum. Seemed like everyone was using those.
Just watched the vid - I guess ‘favourites’ speaks to your preferred type of sound output workflow - Enjoyed the ‘Rapid’ section and I’ll definitely check it out. Couple that weren’t mentioned and are really useful IMO - Reaktor - Insanely complex but sounds fantastic, SynthMaster 2 for slightly unusual but also rich and useable presets which can be easily tweaked, and for really quick vanilla type sounds I like the AiR products - eg Hybrid for clean stuff, Loom 2 additive digital sounds. For my more experimental stuff - again Reaktor, also Glitch machine plugs- all are brilliant, and the Melda plugs. Love the honesty of your vids Cameron - I’ll be joining the Patreon - All the best.
New to knobcloud, what a great idea! And when you talk about audio, you should always sound good like this guy! Good job Harry Anthony!
Essentially everything Valhalla DSP and Klanghelm make. Low price, great sound.
I'll second the Valhalla choice. Great plugins, not only reasonably priced ,but some really good free ones available, too. Get Valhalla Supermassive, Freq echo, and Space modulator. That'll give you an idea as to how powerful they paid plugins are, too.
@@timbeaton5045 klanghelm is amazing too
This is the best and most honest video I've seen in a long time. Thanks fellow buckaroo. 👍
Glad to hear it! Cheers Buckaroonie!
oh man. this stuff is so crazy. Like you had said in the beginning though...understand what you have and be able to judge what you really need. These are some amazing sounds though...wow. what a great time to be alive!
Great list! These are all pretty useful plugs.
Thank you for this Cameron!
the sound toys FX bundle is what I always find myself going to for most things.
I need to give their stuff another shot someday. Really liked a few of their effects!
@@VenusTheory I love using little alterboy in robot mode for make vocal drone harmonies.
Discord gang here! Thanks for the video man. Very very solid suggestions. I would humbly add Waves Sheps OmniChannel, TDR Plugins ( They have free versions but paid versions seems good investment as well ), Pigments 2, Vital ( it is free but paid versions may make sense ), IK Multimedia Total Studio Max ( It is on sale and it comes with everything, literally everything ).
Of course there are so many honorable mentions
No wonder you sound so good. PSP multiband compressor was my go to plug in for years, + BBE Sonic Maximiser for voice.
You are so underrated bro keep up the great work!
Dude, I freakin love this channel, and I also loved the space algorithm hahaha
THANK YOU MAN :D
Glad to hear you've been digging the channel!
Love what you did with that piano sound at around 4:40...
Awwww man. Reminded me of why I purchased Falcon2 (after your granular tutorial with it). I’m deep into MSoundFactory at the moment, but gosh those pluck presets of Falcon sound GREAT. Thx for an awesome video Cameron.
the potential of msoundfactory is insane but i find it still lacks some functions that are important to me. The main ones are stretching and granular algorithms in the sampler and more midi options apart from the somewhat decent arp.
It is insanely good at most things and is a must have in my opinion, i only wish it fits my workstyle better so i don't end up switching to falcon or Bitwigs native sampler in the end.
@@tomtabak I do agree with you, and the stuff that is still lacking will absolutely come to MSF sooner rather than later. In some ways I find MSF more “intuitive” than Falcon2, and the quirks seem to be part of the charm of “all things Melda”. What I like about Melda compared to Falcon/UVI is that everything’s “open” because there are hardly any “sales politics”. Of course this will likely mean there also won’t be many third party presets and stuff. But I don’t mind that.
thanks, bro your videos are always at the top, and for plugins, Air windows is my way to go accuracy, geniality, and evolution
Glad you've been enjoying the channel! And for sure - I need to do a video about Airwindows sometime. Chris is a legend!
@@VenusTheory YES :)
finally a good and informative video.
honestly, Rapid is probably the best purchase I have made to date, it's so capable, it takes a lot of time to learn everything about it, but once you get it down and really learn what you are doing with it, it's hands down the best synth I at the very least have ever used
Definitely. Once I got a hold of it I was kicking myself for not knowing about it sooner haha.
I'd like to throw in there Arturia's Pigments 2. Wavetable, Samples, very visually nice and guiding for making your sounds, and it's very nice and intuitive. I like Spire but it's hard for my dumb brain to create sounds in (I have only tried it thrice). Toneboosters EQ4. Shaperbox 2
The only plug-ins I regret not buying sooner are the fab filter line up. Yes the entire line up minus their synths. I’ve been able to craft more mixes fast with fab and in a way that people notice without knowing why it sounds better.
Twin 3 is actually not that bad
Straight descriptions!
Thank you for your efforts.
I bought Voltage Modular Ignite last night. It's ten bucks now for this 45-module pack at PluginBoutique right now. I've been playing with the free version for a while (and bumped into your training videos over there, awesome helpful stuff!) and it sounds great!
I bought UVI Shade after watching your video on it. It's so sick. I'd be interested in a video about your opinion on the Tannoy Gold 7S you've got, seems like a interesting choice to have as your main speakers and I haven't seen anyone else using them before you
I bought the AHM 5050 amp sim from audio assault for about 10€ on sale. And it was the best purchase I ever made for music. I've never owned a real amp and having some great presets in that suite really helped just play guitar and only mess with the tone when I am trying to get a tone rather than develop a musical idea. It nails the standard metal rhythm chug sound. Pretty satisfying to lay down a riff and develop section around it.
I never could dial in the free amps quite like that even though more experienced people get really good tones out of free stuff all the time.
Whenever YT randomly shows me one of your videos, I watch it and then fire up some DAW and start making music. Thanks for that. I do like Izotope's vocal synth to mess with the vocals I get from text to speech programs.
Well hey that's exactly what I want to hear!
So, just sayin - Voltage Modular is friggin awesome, super fun, and your tutorials are extremely helpful. Thanks. For paid modules, I am totally dependent on IK Multimedia's White 2A.
Thanks for introducing me to falcon will look into this
I got S.I.R. convolution reverb for free. I absolutely love it, and found a zillion IRs for it. I even made a few home made ones for it.
Nice ones Venus! I see you use the infinistrip to go with OBS, could you please share what settings do you use for that? I have a deep voice like you but I'm struggling to get my voice to sound as nice as yours on a sm7b!
Yo! Not much to talk about actually - I use a highpass filter to cut rumble below about 70hz, I have a expander to reduce noise (like a gate, but different), and then the 'brickwall' module on the end to catch any spikes in volume and that's really it haha. Other than that, just speak from your chest and not your throat/face.
Native Instruments Kontakt, with its massive selection of libraries, import and export capabilities, and complete versatility and sound quality/ ease of use is by far my go-to plugin that I just can't compose/produce without.
I'd love to see you do a comparison video of Parawave Rapid and VPS Avenger. I own both I find them very similar on several levels. I'd love to see what you think are the strengths and weakness when comparing the two.
I'll note it down! Don't have Avenger, but it does seem interesting!
I'm kinda surprised you didn't include Pigments on here. Also, I think Voltage modular is currently free? I know you can get some base racks on there over at Plugin Boutique.
Good advice.
Probably not a suggestion for everyone, but if you're after a EMU-II/Fairlight style plugin, TAL-Sampler is worth checking out.
I, for one, really appreciate the suggestion! Thank you!
Rapid Synth is something Ive been keeping my eye on for a while.
I'll definitely save up and look out for sales on that synth.
Please bring back Falcon tutorials :) maybe how to install and work with scripts? Falcon is awesome !!!
yup! i definitely need to undestand that unwieldy plugin more
Same. The scripting seems to be where strange magic occurs.
Noted!
Wuddup Amp!!! I now have the ultimate studio. All the falcon expansions except shade. Sampletank4 maxed out. Kontakt... I have them all dude
How do you feel about Falcon now since it's new 2.8 update???
Did they improve any of the downsides you've mentioned in this video???
Other than the oscillators, I'd love it if Falcon would open up its effects and midi generators.
But maybe at that point they would just be making it a full on DAW.
I mean, wouldn't have to be a full on DAW - see Voltage Modular
Absolutely! I'd love to take the tonal sequencer and whatnot for a spin with other synths. Maybe one day!
Hahaha!!
I watched this video when it came out, but somehow I missed the “Hairy Anthony Fantano,” gem you slipped in to the intro.
Great video mang. I agree, learn your tools before you get new ones.
That said ;) I love PhasePlant (I’ve bought a few snap ins now, which work great in a Bitwig workflow as well), WavesFactory Cassette and Spectre are both great too!
I also will always use VCollection, and Bitwig’s modulators really add a level of complexity to sound design with simplistic plugins like SEM V or Jup8 V.
One more: for glitch, Output’s Portal is great, if you’re willing to dig deeper into the flashy interface. It’s overpriced, but deep, and the Verbs and Granular engine sound Gorgeous!
OH YEAH! Ive been looking for that " A WARM PLACE" pad! found it @7:38 !
which vocoal plugin did you use for vocals?
Awesome Video. Peace
Mirko Ruta
Rapid coming through the ranks quicktime
Ooh! I'm "thumb's up" 666.
Great vid. Good call on Knob Cloud too. I really need to get rid of a load of stuff.
Iris is one of my favorites for weirder sounds, but it's pretty niche
Diva
The half off price from NI that they were running over the holiday made it a must purchase.....the warmth of Diva is insane. Absolutely love it! Couldn't agree more! I have Phase Plant too, and combined, there's not many digital or analogy sounds that I can't make.
this list deserves to have the new VCV rack 2.0 on it. its so powerfull its unbelieveble!
I do have a few Plugins, and the only paid plugin synth i have is the U-He RePro-One (and 5!) partially because i still like my old SC Pro One (but it's a pain to use in my DAW set-up), and to my ears, and definitely in a mix, the U-He is a damn good match to the real thing. And Programmable, with recall, and as many instances as my Mac will allow.
And for free, Surge is great, version 1.8 just out.
FlowStone should also be included because you can make synths, effects and modulators with it from scratch. Most of the free synth are made either with SynthEdit or FlowStone or SynthMaker or something similar.
Almost there! Cam.
For me, it's the Reason Rack VST3. That makes life worth living for me 😂
The goat 🐐 🤘
Just bought Eventide Blackhole (on special for $29) as thats a bargain!! Love the space it creates.
I bought same when they had a flash sale! Its pretty epic.. Turns mundane into sublime..
The only paid plugin I have that I'll kill to keep is the Waves L1. There's magic in the code of the original L1 limiter and you can slam it hard, and back down to taste, or put two mild instances in series and just love life. I use it sparingly when nothing else will do the trick and it rarely if ever has let me down.
Nice
Uvi Sparkverb and Relayer are underrated imho.
WhatEVER you do... do NOT give up!
I have this strange gift where I can predict when people are going to be majorly successful with their talent. 🔮
It's weird....I know..... lol
Brent Smith from Shinedown, 10 Years, Marren Morris, Seven Dust, Nickleback, & Stone Temple Pilots, are just a few of the acts that I knew would hit it big in the entertainment industry...
I'm only leaving this super odd comment - in the small chance that you may be feeling down on yourself for whatever reason.... because I'm telling you, brother... you have the BEST broadcasting voice I've heard since I first heard Howard Stern!
I know you're a producer and musician too... but my God, man! You have an AMAZING VOICE for TV/FILM & Radio/Podcasting!
Do you sing too? If you do I bet you're a badass singer.
Ok.. that's all. 🤓
With 700 or so modules that you can add to voltage modular, how in the world do you know what you want? I spent a morning looking at the free modules available for VCV rack, and it just made my head spin. With numerous takes on the same idea, I would probably lose lots of time learning a module, just to later find out that there are 20 or so better options that do a better job.
could you please also give us a links and review some 3rd party sound libraries for Falcon.Thank you
If you get a chance, maybe it would interesting to mess with the Directwave + Falcon combo. It's a good way to resample other synths/libraries into Falcon (or Kontakt, if that's your game)
Phase Plant is KILLER
What about Serum? I´ve seen it in so many Producer Videos and it sounds always good as f.
Does Cherry Audio let you see all modules currently in a beta state from all publishers? I see 53 there in the video. Seems like a lot from just Cherry Audio.
I have a special account with them as I work with them to help out with video creation/testing stuff/etc so I see all modules and all beta modules as well. Lots of cool stuff on the horizon!
Nimbus and R4 are just cheaper versions (when on sale) of Neoverb with more depth and the same sound. Neoverb uses their algorithms and trades depth for ease of use, but... I think they could have kept all of the depth and just made them easier to use while combining them into one plugin with a couple of X/Y controllers for both ER placement (like Panagement/Precedence) and tail algorithm crossfading.
Agree, Nimbus and R4 are both great reverbs. I particularly like Nimbus. EA really know what they're doing. However...they are not compatible with Monterey yet, so one to bear in mind if you're thinking of upgrading.
What a voice, boy!
Rapid #1 :) the best
@Type-A music but it keeps crashing every time I'm loading a preset in Studio one 4, I wrote the company but no solution still. Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.
@@1touchproduction bro honestly. Do ti ow what to tell you !!
I haven’t got a single issue since I bought it ☹️ a friend is having similar issues I use bitwig as my main DAW no issues there
what a nice deep voice dude
Pigments 2 VST from Arturia, worth every penny.
My main synth inside FL Studio.
first of all, nice dubbing
Harmor by IL is probably the most powerful synth, along with Phaseplant.
Pardon me sir, but is that Retro Pad for Phase Plant available anywhere? the Blade Runner vibes sent chills down my spine and i now need it
Yo! I believe that's in the PhasePlant stock library. I have a few sounds in there and I think there are one or two pads.
@@VenusTheory yup! Found it! 😅
Something is popping my speakers during the psp mastercomp demo. There is some savage peak in there as the bass drops at the beginning of a new bar
Yeah I noticed that too after uploading. Must be some weird issue with UA-cam audio compression as the original video is fine. 🤷♂️
Weird!
Yo Dude. You are so ‘speaking my truth’ in this one - especially the ‘didn’t know my plug-ins well enough to know any better’ line. So many of my plugs fall into this category ;-)
Have you tried much Plugin-Alliance stuff? If you're patient, you can get stuff on sales for $29.99. They say their plugins compare favorably to UAD stuff. I've got a few--generally happy but having technical issues with their Oberheim synth, Oberhausen (won't play at all) that they haven't responded to...
Iron is one of my all time favs. I basically use that on my master buss on almost every track as it just works. The PSP master comp looks similar, but I see more available tweaks on Iron than that one. I'm half considering signing up for PA's mixing and mastering subscription to get the new Amek EQ....ugh, wallet pains.
Hey man, great video! About the KnobCloud thing, if I am going to sell a used plugin, but the license is registered to my email, do I have to give the buyer my acc so that they can get the plugins?
I believe you would just transfer the license to a new email but it might depend on the plugin in question as each manufacturer has their own policies. If you're not sure I'd just ask Knobcloud support as they should have documentation on their transfer process.
@@VenusTheory I see, that makes a lot more sense 🤔 sure, thank you kind sir
4:35 huge huge NIN Vibes
Soothe2 is the tool you can hardly replicate with other plugins, a must have
Still on my list to try someday. Soothe seems really useful!
There are quite a few that can replicate even better Soothe2, eg. Sonible Smart eq or Smart Comp, they are both spectral plugins using over 2000 frequency bands, so basically a multiband compressor on steroids and a dynamic eq using many microscopic frequency bands, Smart Limiter also uses a variable spectral component, I can’t remember which but one of the TDR eq‘s also has an intelligent analyser mode for dynamic eq which works extremely well like all their products, and don’t forget the multiple modules from iZotope that also have a similar function,just coming at it from different angles, the eq module with frequency tracking is also very useful but in this mode it is no longer dynamic, and let’s not forget Gulfoss doing it in its inimitable style…and I’m sure I’ve missed quite a few….oh yes, the new(ish) Kirchhof eq of course
@@murraywebster1228 the comment is 2 years old, did you notice ? Also comparing Sooth2 and Gulfoss..🫠
@@carlosp.1846 no, I didn’t actually, my bad!
Stock plug-ins get you 100% of the way to a professional finished project. It's kind of silly to think you need insane how good the stock plugins for logic pro x and ableton live are.
Depends on the DAW and your own taste I suppose. Some stock reverbs/distortions/compressors/etc can sound really bland or just flat out bad compared to third party alternatives (free or paid). I doubt any DAW is going to compete with a purpose built plugin like Valhalla Shimmer or something like UVI Shade.
But, in the end, if fully stock stuff works then it works - can't debate the fact that if the track sounds good, what you used is irrelevant.
@@VenusTheory So take Valhalla reverbs as a good example. When they first released them the comparative difference was huge with the stock plug-ins. But since then Logic overhauled their reverb algorithms to probably rip Valhalla off and Ableton released a downloadable reverb pack that does the same.
I agree that at the end of the day if you like the way it sounds then it doesn't matter who wrote the plug-in, but Apple at least aggressively tries to include all the popular plug-ins as generic unless copy-right or patents prevent them.
“Learn everything you have.” Bazinga
Can't tell you how much money I could have saved over the years if I just sat down and actually learned the stuff I had first haha.
Falcon FTW!
I'm a simple man. I see Venus Theory, I click Like
falcon yeah boi
So you say that if I use the PSP infinistrip on my microphone I will get a deep voice like you?... Take my moneys!
Rapid The best
Everything is so 2d sound. I need surround toolz!
4:27 sounds like portal
I considered buing Zebra or Icarus at some point but instead I bought Komplete. Than I started using FL Mobile and forgot all about desktop synths. Now I am kinda struggling to figure out Surge only because I feel I need to make some modern crazy sounds. But do I really need to? That's my dilemma. I feel I am getting bogged in sound design and I don't really feel like I am enjoing it much. I didn't enjoy it when I messed with Massive and FM8 and Absynth. To be honest Massive was and it is the easiest to comprehend but Surge is faster in finding wave forms. Click, slide next. I don't know.
I am in a tough spot because I really like the slate bundle and I really like a lot of soundtoys stuff however, I am all done with Ilok. I’m tired of the stupid dongle hogging up the USB port I’m tired of the Pace license manager not finding a license even though I’ve owned the thing for 10 years. Soundtoys you can transfer the license to your computer unfortunately Slate doesn’t let you do that with all their plug-ins, so I canceled my subscription.
bruh am i the only one who thinks his voice is like audible chocolate to my ears, holy jazz testicles
0:53 timestamp for myself. I need to rehear this every day, every hour
Amen
has anybody found a uni falcon forum where people can share ideas and patches
The only one I know off offhand is falcontinuum.com/forums
Couldn’t Bitwig modulate Replicant 2 filters? I think so?
Unfortunately no as they don't report to the host for automation. Maybe one day though!
Hey, how are you? Asking as a friend. Latest release is DARK. Just saw your label name, still laughing 😅
The one I want the most? Vintage Modular. The one I absolutely have no flippin' idea how to use? Vintage Modular. I think I am being put in a trance and brainwashed to want what I can't use by...you. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the voice-over for the Cherry Audio Modular intro vid sounds suspiciously like...you again.
Not wrong
@@alchemistrpm82 I think we're on to something.Mind you, he does have the perfect voice-over voice.
Voltage is a beast! One of these days I may do some new tutorials here on the channel with it. And yep, I do a lot of their videos now as well haha. But, with that, I get a bit burnt out talking about Voltage all the time so I haven't messed with it here on the channel much.
@@VenusTheory It's fine that you do the vids for them. Can't wait to see it covered on your channel.
I don't need new plug-ins. I have WAY too many. I just want to listen to Cameron speaking. Some say his voice makes werewolves purr (which is pretty odd, as they're not of the felis [feline] genus).
Now I want to watch the entire Underworld series again 😂
Haha.. I needed that laugh. I want to write a song with you after reading that! Even if you don't write songs.... ;)
Seven minutes and 50 seconds sounds like a Bruce falconer score from dragon ball Z
what is the best headphone for mixing under 1000$ ???
Mix cubes?
I'd check out the Sennheiser models. I have the HD6 Mix but their other models are really nice too around the $300-$600 price point!