Ranking Every VST From Best To Worst 

ALL VSTS ARE GOOD. JUST KNOW HOW TO USE THEM ! . ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU GOT BUT WHAT YOU GOT IN YOU .

been loving your content, i’ve gotten a lot of amazing tips from you, definitely one of my fav music youtubers but once i saw that Rodeo vinyl in the corner u became my favourite lol keep up the good work!

I just used synth1 yesterday, such good sounds honestly. Thanks for putting me on months ago man

S Tier : Analog Lab V, Omnisphere, Arcade, Pigments, Kontakt, Serum A Tier : Xpand2!, Purity, LOUNGE LIZARD EP‑4, Flex less is more imo

If Arturia Pigments isn't in S tier I'm throwing hands

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Thanks for making your version of this list and continuing to be you! 👍

I've owned or still own several of the hardware synths that Analog Lab emulates and in my experience the emulations sounds very convincing, almost indistinguishable. One thing to remember when it comes to vintage synthesizers is no two pieces of hardware sound the same due to different levels of wear and repair. You often get people saying these VSTs don't sound like their hardware synth which is probably true because the VST is mapped off an entirely different instrument than the one they own. As far as I know Arturia spends a lot of time and money restoring or finding low wear units to use which means theirs probably sounds "cleaner" than the average Joe with a beat up Juno.

great list, we need this for effect plugins

You should do a video on some great serum expansions 👀 I struggle with finding them for some reason there's just so much out there.

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Great video gang

good list tbh

I'm not super into VST synths as I'm exploring analog but some of these might need to check some of these out.

those lenses def make them beats slap harder. fire editing btw keep cookin

Spoiler free timestamps 0:37 - Nexus 0:59 - Omnisphere 1:29 - Tal Uno 1:39 - Sylenth 1 1:59 - Blue II 2:09 - Surge 2:15 - Korg M1 2:34 - M-Tron Pro 2:49 - X-Pand 2 2:57 - Zebra II 3:13 - Hive 3:24 - UVI Falcon 3:39 - Avenger 3:58 - Ample Guitar 4:13 - Ana 2 4:24 - FM8 4:34 - Repro 5 4:50 - Hydra 2 5:04 - Hypersonic 2 5:13 - Nemesis 5:28 - Tyrell N6 5:37 - Zenology 6:07 - Korg Polysix/Monopoly 6:13 - Gladiator 6:24 - Sampletank 6:34 - Korg Triton 6:44 - Massive 7:08 - Morphine 7:18 - Reaktor 6 7:38 Bill Harmonic? Can't quite hear 7:50 - Roland SRXs 8:07 - Sequel 8:16 - Synth 1 8:35 - Korg Wavestation 8:48 - Dune 3 9:13 - Purity 9:24 - Kontakt 9:37 - Serum 10:05 - Diva 10:18 - FL Keys 10:36 - Arcade 10:44 - GMS Ive run out of thime to do the rest

Seeing Zebra2 and fm8 get love is nice zebra 2 is insanely underrated i love the tonal ambient sounds on there when you throw them into 1/2 grossbeat you get some dirty melodies Edit: and fabfilter twin 2 brooo W

That beat at the end was fire

Analog Lab is no joke, easily the most versatile VST with all the synths it includes. Sample maker's dream as well with all the classic vintage sounds. Only thing I really disagree with here is the TAL-UNO, one of the best Juno emulators other than Roland's and the amount of artists these days which use the Juno is crazy.

Good list 👍

Good list

Electrax morphine and flex are my favorite vsts I own I believe you hit it right on target with electrax in the ranking although flex and morphine is probably put in b tier but it’s all in how you use them I learned to produce with morphine and flex was a plug-in I didn’t even know existed until later on flex has some great strings and their darkstar feedback electric guitar is killer for a free distorted guitar but needs eq and whatnot I don’t own many plugins but out of the few I have those are pretty much all I use out of what I have when it comes to sounds instruments and synths but I do mess with a lot of fx and weird little sounds out of kits such as things labeled fx ambiance and sirens the beats I make with those tend to give a very unsettling dark vibe though so it’s hard for me to put vocals over them all in all I’d mostly agree with your list as I do not have many of the plugins on the list

I think you should take another look at Hive 2. The UI could be overwhelming but it’s designed brilliantly. Give it some time and get used to it and you have one of the most versatile synths ever, extremely easy to use at the same time.

I think you really need to reconsider Reaktor 6. I have a video called cubes on my channel. I took a snare and turned it into a tonal spectral sympony comboned with a harmonic pitch altering vst.

Diva, ANA2, Sample Tank 4, Ezkeys, Triton/Triton Extreme, Electrax2, Pigments, Analog Lab 5, Roland SRX Series, Nemesis, Sytrus are all S tier for me. I dont have omnisphere or kontakt cuz of the file size required.

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Could you do a 'best to worst' drum machine / sample library / instrument list?

I am surprised you haven't upgraded to Nexus 4. The ability to finally really modify presets is there since they partially opened up the engine. Also some nice new effects. Glad to see you give it some love either way. Definitely agree on Omnisphere. Been using it for over a decade and nothing comes close for flexibility, interface, support, and libraries. Pigments 4 is definitely S tier especially for pads. This was a list of synth VSTs though. There are a lot more great VSTs than synths alone. Why even bother with Lounge Lizard when you have Keyscape? Also, for beats you still can't beat Stylus RMX. Give Modalics Beat Scholar a try. Pretty interesting interface. I was using Arcade until I tried East West Hollywood Composer subscription. Way deeper libraries with a much better interface and sounds.

Bro, the M1 preset double-click thing drives me crazy too! Korg's other plugins don't do that

good list but I would rank zenology between B or A tier

the list is ok. i'm surprised you've put synth1 so high considering that you describe your workflow as depending on presets a lot. that synth imo shines more when you come up with stuff from init because it's just easy to use in general. about synplant: idk if i'd say the moments where i wanna randomize parameters are always ones where idk what to do, but that synth in particular really doesn't make it very easy to tweak the sound. however i love about it how easy it is to dial in keytracked polyphonic detuning. that's something a lot of synths are sleeping on

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purity, serum, and nexus 3 are my fav ones tbh

what’s the best place to find serum banks??

Brilliant! Love ths video. But I do have too mention that metro boomin has said he started using flex and he likes it. Maybe you can do a video on FLEX for us. Also can you do a video on serum for trap/hip hop? It’s hard for me to find good banks for it. Cheers!

no pigments or phase plant??

Do a tier list on free VSTs

Sylenth1 B tier hurt me, but i understand your point

Absolutely on point as far as noting: Serato Sample, Synth1, FF-Twin and a few others. People HAVE overlooked these. Xpand also sounds a LOT cooler than it looks. but... What about the ODIN II or the U-He Tyrell? Missed those on the list. Love those. I was also confused why Phaseplant, Falcon/UVI Workstation and CUBE are synths that you have yet to experience. These are the only ones that equal and outdo SERUM and OMNISPHERE at their own amazing job. (IMO) Also feel like all what you said abot Serum is also true about Vital, which is free. not to be snippy. Just to help others in products to peep- I feel that XLN's XO deserved to be on there as well. To answer your question about Kontakt: It is extremely appealing and USEFUL to have such deep sampled instruments. NI Drummer Series sounds JUST LIKE THE REAL THING. Some people still want the real thing. and the ability to mix it in the OLD way. to agree with you tho; I AM sick of NI's @#$% & would like to endorse them less... The LIbraries could probably be a LOT smaller.. --but still use Kontakt CONSTANTLY because there are just so many dope free libraries around. The sounds available on Pianobook alone put Kontakt far ahead of Analog Lab, (For me), which is a very small selection of presets per instrument/with no free libraries like Kontakt. (Arturia is a BOSS brand though) To be frank: I believe that a steady diet of: Phaseplant, CUBE or Falcon/UVI Workstation OVER Omnisphere, Nexus & Serum (as sited in the video) Combined w/ Cableguys Shaperbox or Instigator 2 = Instant Grammy in 2024. LOL, but kinda 4 real tho) These tools alone are already WAAAAAAY more power or capability than most FL studio "Producers" can handle. They don't jive well with producers by name only. Who want everything done for them. These are pretty shitty tools for making a type beat. In fact the opposite. When you use these tools, YOU KNOW that you will not get a copyright infringement. You also know that you built that all yourself. You didn't need sausage fattener, you drew your own sausage fattener and THAT is the moral to this story. Not all of us want to sound like Skrillex or the weekend. Serum & Diva make you sound like them incidentally. (LMAO) This is not a hate rant. See for yourself! Feed a basic sine wave or square wave melody, or beat you just made;] into Multipass and Snapheap. Then create some chaos or ORDER and use parallel mix knobs to fade the FX way in the back and then Apply somme Macros and SEE if you aren't making the most incredible soundscapes ever. Almost by accident. Most of this can be done in your DAW. but I digress lol moving on... Foundations Nylon Strings/Echo Vinyl Guitar/Kalimba & MODO 60's BASS (ALL free) Over Ample's FUll Guitar. although Ample Guitar sounds great and I use it all the time too. good pick. Ample Bass is also a HIT! ARTURIA's Piano and Electric Keys/Analog emulations are the best of the best. Second only to Maybe OMNISPHERE. but that's only IF: you get the individual instruments that come with controls/OG FX Analog Lab does not cut it. Not enough control or presets in the A Lab. Although it's a GREAT little collection. UVI Falcon/or UVI Workstation totally crushes it. Facts. Spitfire Audio is also KILLING this particular part of the game with their PAID plugins but also the free ones are cool too. The premium ones are out of this world!!! Also forgot to mention how great the AUGMENTED (Strings, Voices, Etc...) By arturia are. Lastly, DO NOT overlook Kilohearts entire ecosystem. Phaseplant-THE BEST! Snapheap-BEST free FX EVER, period. Multipass: Simply the best. I also feel that Logic's Alchemy, New Sequencer/Live-Loops, Free Tempo Recording, Etc... Belong on this list. Logic is the best because it stole all the best aspects of Pro-Tools/Cubase- back in the day. Now it has taken Ableton's Warp, Live Loops, Sequencer and lots of other stuff. Looking forward till they take a bunch of ideas from Bitwig, Universal Audio, Slate and maybe even Studio One soon. I know this started as a best VST but I really find myself relying on VST a lot less with all these powerful new features in Logic. For those truly interested in the best of the best: Get Logic and/or a KIlohearts subscription ($10/mnth for everything!) or maybe even Slate/UVI Workstation. They don't pay me to say so. I just wish they did. The FALCON and Phaseplant are not cheap. However they are at the very tippity top of my list. I hope that this opinion helps steer someone toward generating the style of sounds that they are seeking for. Thanks!

Never used fl keys but based off all the hits that have been made on it I think it should honorable S tier

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based on the amount of vst’s you have installed I gotta ask/know what cpu you have and how many storage drives you have in your pc n what sizes?…..or do you keep all your banks on externals?

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Could you point us to some of those serum banks? Everytime i open the VST i instantly get triggered because nothing sounds good to me idk why. Same with Analog Lab tbh

At this point i just use Vital, X!Pand, Kontakt and the Ableton stuff, I have a fair amount of FX plugins i use, most synths can do the same stuff so i don't see a huge point in having 7 wavetable synths in they all sound similar, except the Waldorf ones

Xpand in A tier is generous man.

Uvi falcon can create all omnisphere sounds and more a more powerful version of omnisphere imo

Purity is lowkey the best vst of all time and it's free

"No one's got more VSTs installed than me" *CACKLES MANIACALLY IN HOARDER* 66,855 Files, 3,370 Folders in my 32-bit plugins folder alone🙂😶😶‍🌫

next need to be sum effects

now i had to smile when i saw synth1

Zenology the ultimate CPU crasher. I've used 4 omnispheres and worked well,but one preset change in Zenology could crash tf out of my laptop

Need the plugin list!!

No phase plant on here?:(

3:30 (Ik u dont have the experience) but Falcon is Definitely S tier simply because of the fact that Bohemian Violin exists, look it up. It's BY FAR the best Digital Violin you can use and COMPLETELY destroys any kontakt bank I have ever used out of like 15-20 different banks and Falcon is currently being used more and more, especially thanks to macshooter, one of the sample gods and goats and it seems that cubeatz also secretly uses falcon (as well as philarmonik 2)

LMAOOO "loading expansions is aids" holy shit haha i had to laugh cause that's exactly how I would talk and describe something that is cancer / annoying to do

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serato sample is the closest you can get to an MPC workflow in FL studio

Reaktor is an S-tier if you own Maschine MK3 - it solves almost any browsing and editing issue

Nice sunglasses bro

serum quite literally deserves its own tier above S

Where do i get the good serum Banks you talked about

Yeah, if you're looking fore something to load and tweak presets on you're gonna have a real hard time with Reaktor. Reaktor is foremost a coding environment for building your own synths, so you gotta approach it more like Max For Live.

1:51 sylenth1 sound is just better than serum. It's like the difference between vital and serum but less difference in quality. But for beats serum is better.

what are these other serum banks?

Spectra Sonics will always be S tier. It's actually cheap when you consider how much you can do with their VST's

Diversion/Thorn up there in between s and a for me

synth1 is really nice

Absynth 5 should be S tier with my sound mutation library trust me!!!

Anyone know the best place to get Electra x and omnisphere banks ?

Big dawg status

Man really put Nexus in S.

U did omnisphere dirty 😂

I get why your voice sounds harsh, you probably mixed this vid on audio technicas and those have insane hi boost

Yo Heres the banks I mentioned in the video: rekonise.com/jmizzy-synth1-preset-stash-0rldr

No scorch on ya list?

You forgot the other 349,000 others 🤓

I dont use SynthMaster ofton but when I do its a Wrestlemania main event.

Hey I’d really appreciate a Xavier wulf, Valee, idontknowJeffery, Or Lord Fubu tutorial

The LABS samples don’t start on time: oh you sweet summer child, just wait until you get into the world of orchestral sampling and predelay spreadsheets lol… it’s maddening

I have serum but i can find good banks bro.. you need to drop some gems

Strange to hear "Omnisphere has the best pads" I'm really not amazed by them.

Serum/Vital/Sytrus where y'all at??

Where is Pigments and why is it not above Serum?

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What about Cyclops vst???

What is the vst he said he won’t name and placed like 2nd?

Got every Vst mentioned minus 4 and I still don't use em

Vital!

Xpand2 has better Pads then most VST's, there bright pads are magic

Video would of been way better if you included names and prices!

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Man where can we get ya electra nank

where's harmor for the S+ tier

No Vital? No Phase Plant? Damn!

Wym zenology is goated

Dude stole the FaZe-Logo :.D

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I agree with mostly everything except Flex. Flex is easily A-tier.