Mixing your track and looking for ideas? Trying to get a fresh pro-sound? Then this article is for you. We’ve put together a list of five free VST Plugin Effects that can improve any mix. We use these everyday in our own tracks and can swear on their reliability and ease of use. The best thing? All of the effects listed are 100% free and available for immediate download. So here we have:

The Best Free VST Plugin Effects

1. Ambience – Reverb

Ambience is a free reverb VST that rivals the quality of any premium reverb plugin on the market. Its sleek interface means It is easy to use and it hosts a bunch of great built in presets to help get you started.

Download: Ambience Reverb

2. Limiter 6 – Limiter

A plugin that sounds as good as it looks (that is, if you like the vintage console look!) Limiter 6 is a great addition to any music producer’s VST library and works great when placed on the master channel of a project.  With a bit of tweaking, the preset “MASTER (1-6)” settings can polish your track up to a professional level. Making it ready for that all important press release.

Download: Limter6

3. Krush – Bitcrusher

An excellent plugin from the folks at Tritik, Krush offers a “bit” more than other bit-crushing units. Along with the user-friendly interface and editable parameters, Krush offers users and eclectic range of digital effects and “crunchy colours”. Perfect for   musicians looking to add a bit of color and life into their track.

Download: Krush Bitcrusher

4. Ferric TDS – Saturation

Ferric TDS is one of music production’s best kept secrets. Inspired by the sound of reel-to-reel tape recorders, Ferric TDS offers three functions: dynamics, saturation and limiting. Ferric creates subtle changes to your audio and adds extra harmonics so you’re finished track doesn’t sound sterile and straight from a computer.

Download: Ferric TDS Saturation/Mastering

5. Fragmental-  Multi FX

Although rather daunting on first viewing, Fragmental is an excellent multi FX plugin that I find myself using on 90% of my tracks. Fragmental offers users a number of fx including delay, granulator, chorus, phase vocoder and a “reversinator”. All these effects can be used as single units or in tandem, opening up a world of sonic possibilities. With a host of tutorials on youtube, download it today and start experimenting with a one of a kind VST plugin effect.

Download: Fragmental Multi FX

So there we have it! The best free VST plugin effects. If you feel very strongly about this article (for or against), or would like to make a suggestion then please get in touch via the contact form below. Thanks for reading!

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Ldaysynths Releases Poly-LD8 Virtual Synthesizer Plugin

Ldaysynths has released another free VST plugin: Poly-LD8, a free 8 voice polyphonic synthesizer plugin for windows-based DAWs.

As suggested by the name, the Poly-LD8 is inspired by the legendary Korg Poly-800 analog synthesizer from the 1980s. A direct rival to the Roland Juno-106 and a synthesizer that epitomizes Korg’s “80s Sound”.

The VST plugin is only available in 32bit format currently and offers only 5 built in presets (comparable to the 88 in the original Poly 800), but hosts a bunch of great features including:

•     2 Poly-800 OSC’s with scaleable overtones and pan
•     2 ADBSSR envelope generators
•     1 low pass resonance filter with ADBSSR envelope generator
•     1 noise generator
•     1 LFO with sinewave for OSC, filter and velocity and delay
•     master volume wired to the velocity
•     1 chorus + 1 host synced ping-pong delay

With a rich and pleasant timbre, the Poly-LD8 would make a great addition to any music producer’s synth library and can be downloaded for free via the link below.

Free Download:

Free Virtual Synthesizer from Ldaysynths – Poly LD8

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