THE BEST Free VST Plugins of 2023 (Top 10)

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In this video, I'm sharing 11 excellent free audio plugins that are great alternatives to paid plugins. These are useful for music producers and mixers who want to expand their toolkit. They are all up-to-date and work on many operating systems. Most are in both VST, VST3, AU and AAX format and all work well on PC and Mac (including apple silicon).
The links are below and in the comments section.
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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Synths
2:38 - Instruments
3:30 - EQ
4:44 - Compressors
6:26 - Limiters
6:52 - Reverb and Delay
8:26 - Analysers
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• The Best Free Plugins ...
LINKS for plugins:
Surge - surge-synthesizer.github.io/
Vital - vital.audio/
Spitfire - www.spitfireaudio.com/pages/f...
Coral EQ - bit.ly/coraleq
TDR Nova - www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-nova/
TDR Kotelnikov - www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-kotelni...
Klanghelm - klanghelm.com/contents/freewa...
Valhalla - valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/v...
SPAN - www.voxengo.com/product/span/
YLM2 - youlean.co/youlean-loudness-m...
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@inthemix Год назад

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/

@blueeyedcat3443 Год назад

Hi Michael, will you make a 1000k - Party for us all?

@inthemix Год назад

@@blueeyedcat3443 Yes, there will be something to celebrate for sure :)

@blueeyedcat3443 Год назад

@@inthemix Cooool, let`s have a PARTYYY with you, Yeahhhh...

@slq07 Год назад

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!

@inthemix Год назад

@@slq07 So happy to hear that. I had a similar experience with Kotelnikov. It was one of the first times compression "clicked" for me

@Platinum_XYZ Год назад

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

@cornbone Год назад

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.

@Platinum_XYZ Год назад

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.

@steveditore3165 Год назад

@@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.

@danatello8489 Год назад

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.

@anko_dtm Год назад

looking at you Ilok

@urbashibehera2789 Год назад

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

@YipJason 11 месяцев назад

nova is actually a dynamic EQ at its core

@Jackalos1 9 месяцев назад

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)

@LaymensLament 2 месяца назад

get cloudseed and supermassive

@TheNeatwork Год назад

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!

@inthemix Год назад

Thank you. I’m trying my best to be fair and honest when making videos :)

@nj1255 Год назад

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!

@Cenotaff Год назад

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.

@imlskr Год назад

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

@cama1112 Год назад

My dude.. I just wanted to say thank you for the quality content, every video has been useful to me in many ways!

@djsteviebeats 10 месяцев назад

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!

@hilaryocii Год назад

Thanks for being back. We missed you

@j.boogiebaby5947 Год назад

You NEVER disappoint ....you ALWAYS have VERY good info ...THANK YOU for the time and energy you put into your videos!!

@TrevorNet Год назад

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.

@FuChungKu Год назад

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 Год назад

Thank you for sharing

@FuChungKu Год назад

@@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.

@Tekina Год назад

I subscribed here when you were just under 100k subs & I cant wait to see you reach 1 million. Much love from Zimbabwe.

@caseyrogers935 Год назад

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 🤙

@mennovanwijk2967 Год назад

Nice one, clean, straight to the point. Will have to check out that first synth, ty :)

@RJ_Eckie Год назад

The value in this video is off charts 🙌🏻

@TihetrisWeathersby Год назад

Thanks for making these videos, You've helped so much

@huntertothee Год назад

TY FOR ALL THE QUALITY VIDEOS

@johnrun712 Год назад

Cheers, good to see you back here. A couple of goodies there I didn't know about.

@Mega_Monkey Год назад

Your So Close To 1 Million Subs! I Always Love To See Solo In Videos

@FamilyFun3132 Год назад

Thanks for taking the time to update us on good free plugins. And cool dog, too.🙂

@ownstyle5878 Год назад

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

@Keroser1983 Год назад

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.

@KevinMerinoCreations 6 месяцев назад

Super helpful! Thank you! 👏👏👏

@irregardlessisntawor Год назад

Another amazing video! I love that you edited in the part with your dog coming for a little visit - LOL moment for sure!

@bbatti8540 Год назад

I waited a 2023 version for so long, it is finally here. Thank You Mike

@rikgreen520 Год назад

You're a genuine bloke Michael, I've followed you for a while on RU-vid....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. 👍

@projectdestinyy Год назад

Appreciate you for your work! This video just popped up in my recommendations and now I’m your subscriber.

@freedommovementmusic Год назад

Your work is our reward. Thank you so much 🙌🏽

@Booskop. Год назад

This is an amazing list. Thank you very much!

@anantwashere Год назад

Thank you so much. Your videos are interesting and precise and they've added value in my personal learning. I appreciate you doing this.

@simong8527 Год назад

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

@abelramirez7320 Год назад

When I see a new in the mix upload, I stop what I'm doing to watch it. Always quality content.

@philmarsh5593 Год назад

Really good to know which require registration and which can be just grabbed, so thanks for appreciating that difference! Beautiful dog too 👍

@beckoning-chasm Год назад

Lots of really good information, and adorable dog too!

@erichuang5681 10 месяцев назад

thank you for this video. A lot of what you recommended is totally up my alley!

@afonsoestrabico2130 Год назад

just now saw how happier u got when your dog showed up, very cute, he is indeed a good buddy

@i_am_gh0st Год назад

Great video! Just watched it all and found it very informative. I had an idea for a future in the mix video. It would be really cool to see what PC specs and hardware are most important to someone who uses it mostly for production. I've been trying to do research from many sources and thought it would be cool to have one video explaining this concept in a more organized way!

@prashantmusic_og Год назад

Bro love you and how you specified every details that’s really worth it you are the best ❤❤

@LeChapeauMusic Год назад

Nice video and love your dog!!!

@joerojas5448 Год назад

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.

@banihafidhandrayu9145 Год назад

Limiter no 6 is still my go to, gonna try the loudmax later.

@TheKing12310 Год назад

Agree. LoudMax and I'm gonna add LimitedZ too.

@johnvender Год назад

Fully agree, LoudMax is working great for me.

@NeelModi_dotcom Год назад

Yep, I used LoudMax for a long while, until I got the Concrete Limiter for Cakewalk, and then Ozone Elements

@mucknog Год назад

Wanted to post this. LoudMax by Thomas Mundt. Awesome limiter.

@itsmejords Год назад

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!

@MrGoodboy Год назад

He has one

@inthemix Год назад

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 :)

@itsmejords Год назад

@@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!

@michazywicki3504 Год назад

@@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 ;))

@sharadshirali1546 Год назад

To the point...clear & lucid. Very useful.

@YAWN.... Год назад

Great channel! Awesome content and well presented without the over-hyped BS. Cheers from A-Dogs

@RalphC872_e4 10 месяцев назад

Oh wow

@intrigun2192 2 месяца назад

thank you for information and reviewing!)))

@MarkusAliasCmn 10 месяцев назад

great content as always, so THANKS. and: sweet dog intermezzo there. :-)

@PocketbookProphetOfficial Год назад

Thanks for this video man I downloaded almost all of these!

@alwilliams5177 6 месяцев назад

Been using TDR and Klangheim and Span for years. Awesome vid. Looking forward to checking out more of your content.

@infinisourced 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic! Thank you so much. These are truly quality.

@batteryincorporated Год назад

Solid. Thanks man!

@ZachSprowls Год назад

Such a helpful video. Thank you!

@kynfab6719 Год назад

Thanks for sharing, Mike...🙏🏾

@dannydirect 6 месяцев назад

Wow thank you for all this knowledge dude!

@mredidy 10 месяцев назад

I'll try them out. Thanks!

@sylonen Год назад

Thanks for the video!

@DasosBeats Год назад

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!

@0010Kev Год назад

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!

@michaeltablet8577 Год назад

Thank you so very much!!

@brianshirley1731 Год назад

Great video!

@arto8957 Год назад

Nice video, thanks

@acouragefann Год назад

Cool to see you're using TDR - really solid pieces of software.

@mmaislife429 Год назад

Love your dog man and your content.

@mrojdemoivre2554 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much Michael you've contributed a lot to my production

@shaylahamady Год назад

Thank you! You're amazing!

@strategious Год назад

Hey Michael, thanks for the advice on plug-ins! Could you do a video covering the complete process of processing vocals?

@alieninsociety8856 Год назад

your channel is great. thank you so much!

@rhythmmaster3955 Год назад

thanks for another helpful video my man

@elwhagen Год назад

Brilliant video! Thanks!

@mullewap6670 Год назад

All plugins you said are very great. 👍

@ElbowEddie Год назад

Good job my man. Instant Sub here.

@lunyfallo9756 6 месяцев назад

This video is sooo useful !

@Nat_Blasphemous Год назад

"I don't know why it's free" Don't remind them 🤐

@Bestgore.0rg Год назад

ONG 😭

@RZAHMUSIC Год назад

There's also paid ones they offer a bit more than the free versions but not so dealbreaking

@a_lawrence1 Год назад

Honestly 😂

@lionheart2663 Год назад

Yes😅

@Otiyyy 11 месяцев назад

@@RZAHMUSICty

@Gainn Год назад

Surge is excellent. Really impressed with how 'genuine' a lot of the presets are just from a first mess with it.

@followinggrey8709 Год назад

You're the best man. 🤘🏻

@JamilMusicProd Год назад

Many thanks!

@leoazeredo 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing. Your doggie is cute!

@Auditium Год назад

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 :)

@jpasquier Год назад

Thanks for the tips and Demo, Tokyodawn, Nova are just great.

@milkyfella.beatstore Год назад

SOLO IN DA BUILDING! 😂😂 Great video as always!

@Mourninghorse Год назад

I love the NOVA Eq used a lot here! 😎👍

@tjzuppe Год назад

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.

@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Год назад

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!

@tjzuppe Год назад

@@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!

@ricsoundmusic Год назад

Wow this is great sir I'm benefiting alot from your channel sir, watching you from Zambia

@nmiproductions3179 Год назад

we love u sir... Always with you

@em8969 Год назад

excellent video as usual

@TheSonnylily Год назад

Hi Thanks a bunch for your clip and explanations, you Da Man!!! Cheers!!!

@RomanPrais Год назад

Fantastisches Video vielen Dank für deine Mühe

@dennisb3173 Год назад

Camelcrusher remains my favourite saturation plugin. It's so easy to make sounds bigger (not louder!). Old but gold.

@BillGraper Год назад

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.

@khalifwailinwalter8719 Год назад

I have been trying to find Camelcrusher everywhere. Any idea how to get it???

@MaxmerRomansUnashamed Год назад

INDEED, Michael@InTheMix! ;) :) Glad 2 Have U Back And Hear That Hammer Content of Urs! ;) :)

@stratotega Год назад

nice, good suggestions!

@VincentZauhar Год назад

Thanks a lot for featuring Surge XT! 🙂

@inthemix Год назад

Its more that worth a mention. A fantastic piece of software and shocking that I only started using it in the past few months!

@Nikkie_jurnigan Год назад

@@inthemix what your dog name

@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Год назад

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.

@randomfreqz Год назад

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.

@xoxb2 Год назад

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.

@madstrebbien Год назад

Native Instruments Komplete Start. Alot of useful stuff there!

@FrancoMaldonado96 Год назад

Great video bro! Cheers ;)

@inthemix Год назад

Thank you. Cheers!

@ulrichgamingandmusic 10 месяцев назад

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.