this list has been one of the hardest ones to make there were a lot of great free vst plugins
released in 2021 so narrowing down the top 10 free vsts was a little hard there's some real gems on
this list plus some honorable mentions near the end of the video and this video is sponsored by
DistroKid if you've ever thought about creating a song in support of a charitable organization
DistroKid's artist for change feature can help you to do that easily by having the
percentage of proceeds going directly to the charitable organization of your choice
plus DistroKid also gets your music into all the major online music stores more on all this
in a bit now let's get into the list it's in no particular order and first up on it is Magic Dice
from Baby Audio this is a reverb type of plugin that can randomly generate atmosphere and space
this takes all of the sounds from their spaced out plugin but puts it into a simple
interface every time you push the dice it loads up a new reverb sound
then you just adjust the mix control to really dial it in it doesn't have a preset feature
built into it but pretty much every daw has a built-in preset manager so you can save it into
your daw Baby Audio Magic Dice is available on windows and mac in vst vst 3 au and aax formats
next up is t-de-esser from techovation this is obviously a de-esser plug-in it can help to
get rid of unwanted sibilance and harshness and there aren't many decent free de-esser
plug-ins out there and this one is great free or not it's easy to use and it has a very nice
user interface use it on vocals or even harsh instrument sounds
and you can get t-de-esser on mac or windows in vst vst 3 a u and aax formats
next on the list is GSAT+ from
tb pro audio this is a saturation plug-in that's based on the saturation module from their channel
strip plugin but it has some added features it has several different saturation modes over sampling
some cool analog style vu meters and of course it can sound great on pretty much everything
that you run through it gsat plus is available on windows and mac in vst vst3 au and aax formats
the next free vst on the list is Monster Drums from Monster DAW obviously this is a free drum
plug-in but this one has quite a few expansion kits that you can download for free and these
represent different genres of music and drum tastes it can be used in multi-output modes so
you can route individual drums to their own tracks if you want to and each drum kit has
a different user interface that suits that specific drum sound this is a surprisingly
good sounding free drum plugin is available on mac or windows in vst vst 3 and au formats
the fifth free vst is coming up but first artists for change from distrokid this allows you to
donate a portion or all of the earnings from a single ep or album to a charitable organization
or cause you can easily use the DistroKid split feature to add the organization in there
and then you can select the percentage that that organization will get DistroKid takes care
of the rest so you can focus on creating more music or promoting the song that you did for
charity there are currently eight organizations available to do this with they'll probably add
more in the future and maybe you can request to have your favorite one added to the list
now click the link down in the description to learn more about how you can do great things
with your music now number five on the free vst plugin list is warmy ep1 a tube eq from kiive
audio this is a passive style eq that's based on a poltex style hardware eq from
warm audio i've been using this one quite a bit on my mixbus drums guitars and even on my vocals but
mainly on the mixbus lately this style of eq can be very forgiving and it can really help to
create a more thick sounding mix it's available on mac and windows in vst au and aaax formats
is next up is relife from analog obsession if you have some dull tracks in your mix or
you just want to make them even more alive add this plug into your tracks and see what happens
try it on your drums and it can seriously bring new life to your project
relife from analog obsession is available on mac and windows in vst vst3 and au formats
the next free vst is the Cymatic space lite reverb plugin
with this lite version you get three reverb modes
space, hall long and spring one you have your dry wet knobs you can put it on a bus or use it as an
insert effect you get your typical reverb settings plus you have an effects section with distortion
eq filter and width controls there's also some very nice presets included with it
too you can get the simatic space light on mac and windows in vst vst 3 and au formats
next up is influx from fkfx this is a sequenced resonator distortion plugin that allows you to
create new grooves from the source audio that you put through it if you only want
the newly altered sound choose to go with a wet only setting it comes with 82 presets so
lots to get you started with and it really is a cool plugin to mess around with and come up with
some new creative ideas fkfx influx is available on mac and windows in vst vst3 and au formats
the next free vst plug-in is Chow Tape from Chowdhury DSP this is a tape machine plug-in
that was originally modeled after the sony tc260 reel-to-reel machine but it can now emulate
several classic tape machines you can use this on individual tracks or try it on your
mixbus to add some tape saturation to your entire mix you can get chao tape on mac and
windows in vst vst3 au and aax formats and there's also a linux or ios version as well
here's another free reverb plugin this one is vrev's 666 from fuse audio lab it's an
emulation of a kind of obscure classic spring reverb from the 60s you can use
it to add a bit of an edge to your tracks or add a dirty ambient sound to synths guitars
or whatever you want to put through it this is a cool character reverb that's pretty unique
you can get vrev666 on windows and mac systems in vst vst3 au and aax formats
now for some honorable mentions because picking just 10 was too hard and i'm sure i missed a
few so let me know your picks down in the comments and the first honorable mention is
the fanan team instruments they released several instruments throughout the year and they're always
great quality instruments that are worth checking out honorable mention number two is the sample
science instruments again this team has released several quality instruments throughout the year
they are always super easy to use and deliver on sound quality be sure to check them out
honorable mention number three is even more plugins from analog obsession now i know
i included one plug-in of theirs but they released many other great plugins that you
should definitely check out i just didn't want to fill up the list with one plug-in developer
so i added only one of their plugins to the main list and honorable mention number four
is Cymatic's Origin this is a cool lo-fi type of plug-in with modulation you can make your
tracks sound like they're being played through an old tape machine with this one
the reason why it's in the honorable mentions is because i already had a somatics plug-in
up in the main list and i wanted to have a variety of developers in there now check out 50 great free
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thank you so much for watching for Audio Tech TV i'm Zane keep creating and we'll talk soon