Top 10 Free Plugins for Metal - 2019 edition!
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- Can you mix using only free plugins? You bet you can! Here's my top 10 list & a sample mix using only FREE PLUGINS!
Many thanks to the crew at Strata Recording for helping out on this! bit.ly/2FoZUOd
Loudbmax 64: bit.ly/2G0by1r
Kotelnikov Compressor: bit.ly/2FYG5wh
TSE BOD bit.ly/2G0bHC1
Dragonfly Reverb: bit.ly/2G0bIpz
TSE BOD bit.ly/2FTAIyy
Lancaster Pulse bit.ly/2G0bHC1
TSE X50 bit.ly/2FUTEgv
Reaplugs Suite: bit.ly/2FUTVjx
SmackLabs bit.ly/2FU0DpY
White Label EQ bit.ly/2G0bPkZ
Dead Duck Channell bit.ly/2FVFYlh
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Cranborne 500 ADAT: imp.i114863.net/9kMYQ
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Lewitt Mics: bit.ly/2TH8k9J
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Triad Orbit: bit.ly/3apFOQG
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For those who haven't discovered it yet the ignite amps emissary has "trim pots" on the back of the amp for biasing the power tubes. It's a control you'll instantly love especially if your reamping and want a fuller tone. The pots sweep reacts very realistically which is impressive. The kt88's set about at about 3/4 of the way up really give an excellent tone. I'm a firm believer that plugins will never be as good as a real tube amp but the emissary set right sounds really great. But you have to set it right in other words makes sure you input an output levels are set correctly. The emissary is nothing special with everything at noon but as soon as you dial it in it really is something special.
Honestly, this is one your BEST MIXING VIDEOS EVER!
Thank you Glen.
Fantastic recommendations, Thank you! Will go download a lot of these! I think it is worth mentioning for the YT Video people that VST plugins can work directly in Premiere Pro so you can use them to improve audio there as well.
Had no idea they could be used in premiere. Thanks for the heads up!
@@thedmille5249 Makes life easier if you make videos :)
whaaaaaaa
good tip
I really love this guys energy. I needed some better compressors for my DAW. Thanks!
Wow! This all sounds killer! Thanks Glenn. Once again, you knocked it out of the park!
Grabbing all of these as soon as i get home, thank you Glenn.
I want to add one: Softube's saturation knob. Simple, easy, sounds great
I hard agree with this
Man love this one
@Slide85 it's up on the softtubes website
I can find the page, but no way to download it.
@@Alexander_Tronstad I think you need to download their installer...I can't recall
Nice mix! And this song totally has an A7X feel
Thank you so much for this! Your channel has always been a huge help and I really appreciate what you do.
This might be the best video you have ever made. Thank you and Rock On!
Glad to see the BOD getting some love. I have a multitude of bass amp sims that I've tried in the past - both free and paid for - and the BOD blows them out of the water.
Thank you! It's so nice to see a producer who doesn't go completely bonkers on drums. I can't begin to tell you how much of a pet peeve it is of mine to hear drums badly done and overwhelming the rest of the music.
Love to watch the distressor’s GR during you speaking!
Going to try these out. Thanks for the list Glen
Great video. There are so many top quality free vst plugins out there now. Great selection here! Thanks Glenn. :-)
Nice job, Glenn -- and you found some that I don't have yet. Perfect!
Great list dude! 🤘
This was ridiculously helpful. A big thanks to you, yet again!
Thanks for sharing!!
I was looking for some Sans Amp emulator for my bass sounds, and you just gave the answer!
I will also check rest of them (Rea Suite I am already using as I work on Reaper, and I agree it is great).
My favourite video you ever did Mr Fricker
Dead Duck makes killer stuff. But my favorite multiband compressor is STILL TDR NOVA. It's just hard to beat and it's free from Tokyo Dawn. I was surprised not to see it in your list.
this came into my feed during coronacation. perfect timing
Thanks Glen these look great!! I will be grabbing most of them to try out. Quite looking forward to the one for bass, for those days when I feel pretty stupid and pick the bass up to track things.
I've been using Loudmax for years now. It's so simple and effective that even people outisde of mixing could understand it. Other than that and the IR Loader these are all new to me!
i knew about loudmax before i saw this but im glad he mentioned it. absolute miracle of a plug-in, way too good. 👍
What a great video. Great list. Ill be getting a few for sure.
Everything from Tokyo Dawn Labs. Everything. And Variety of Sound.
Before i bought slate stuff and went 99% 64 bit I used to use all the VOS stuff and yeah it is great, if it were 64 bit I'd still use alot of it.
Very cool. Gonna add these tonight to my plug in list. thanks Glenn
Awesome video as ever Glenn! 😁 if and when time permits would you mind doing a full-length episode/video on your audio production/dialogue/monologue post-process, please? Thank you. P.S. thanks to you I've just installed a whole bunch of the aforementioned plugins into Adobe Audition for my own youtube videos/content keep up the stellar work dude!.
I discovered the TSE X50 just last week and it's easily my favourite amp sim VST. Better than the other free plugins and also better than any of the paid ones I've used as well.
The TDR Kotelnikov by Tokyo dawn labs sure is amazing!! Love it more and more everytime I use it. Amazing you can get something this good for free.
Good recommendation on the dragonfly reverb Glenn! Just got to play around with it and I'm really liking it! Select the room size and bam! Easy to use and sounds damn great! Thanks!
hey glenn! Just got a focusrite scarlett gen 3 solo from my dad for my birthday! Thanks for this video!
Cool, always looking out for more free plugins (I figured I'd practice and develop some skills first before I start spending cash). And these are damn great, I was just doing some recording and had great fun with the BOD and the dragonfly. Thanks for these, Glenn! Have you ever checked out the Variety of Sound plugins? Their Thrillseeker VBL is my go-to limiter to make my master sound good.
Thank you so much You have helped me in so many ways. I'm a big fan of yours!
Thanks for give the importance that drums need. Great job sir.
Getting a strong a7x vibes here, i love it.
Thank you for all your videos! Really helpful!
This video can't be more useful, many thanks
I only listen to certain metal bands I have to say coming from another completely opposite genre.... your Always Spot on... Your knowledgeable.. I respect that...Keep up the good work...
did anyone else get an a7x vibe from the full mix great job glenn
REALLY dig when you A->B the plugins man! 👍
Yeahhh! TSE Audio! Even though I stopped using plugins for guitar sounds years ago, I remember these being scary legit sounding. Like super useful and fast to dial in.
dude. I dunno how I got here, but it was a worm hole. loved it.
I'm just starting learning recording and mixing so I can be prepared for future plans and your channel is a diamond Glenn! This video came in clutch as well! Thanks so much!
Great Video Glenn! and Great Song Guys! tore it up! i'm gonna have to check a couple of these out. I do like the x50 more than the emissary. but i like the nick crow more than the x-50. i think that's personal taste. i definitely think the x-50 has that brighter tone Glenn likes. compared to the nick crow which is pretty dark and dense. i've found my go to free amp sim is the poulin soldano plugin. i forget what it's called because it was so abstract i relabeled mine 'soldano' a long time ago!
(the emissary is great for doing some serious math metal, downtuned djenty stuff, but that's not my style).
and if you're checking out Tokyo Dawn try the Slick Eq! it's a great flavored eq with lots of tweakabiltiy, but really easy to use and rock solid presets. great on a master buss to glue your sounds together into something whole and stylish.
Try the molot 03 for a great channel strip/voiced compressor, or the nasty VCS!
Try the Ferric TDS for some drum saturation!
Try the Boot EQ for some awesome 500 series style eq, tube emulation and great saturation.
I'm so early I can smell Glenn's conditioner
Lmao
Pert + ?
Hmmm fresh
@Mortachai Epstein Genius pure unadulterated Genius!!!!
The shampoo he uses is “Mane and Tail”
I think I'll try that Kotelnikov. I'm working in a square room, so I can use all the help I can get for taming a mix. Thanks for this one, man.
This is the best video i've ever seen, thanks you so much.
My fav plugin of all times Lancaster pulse
Thank you so much Glenn 🤘🏻
Great selection.Thank you so much!
Hey Glenn, I have been finally putting a lot of what I’ve learned from you to use, and realized I haven’t paid enough attention! I was wondering a couple things:
In this videos WHY does the reverb channel sound sooo in the back, but when you go full mix, it jumps out? Are you using buses? What the hell even is a bus, never totally knew.
Also, could you do a series breaking down different kinds of effects and how to use them in a mix?
Going back to rewatch some serious videos, I promise to listen this time, lol. Thanks Glenn!
First I just want to say I absolutely LOVE YOUR CHANNEL! Second I really need some advise on what interface I should get to record drums with..! Thanks a bunch
This is brilliant, thanks for recommends!
Tse x30, through the ignite pta power amp sim using kt88 tubes into ownhammer engl impulses is sick sounding.....another honorable mention, especially for guitars is the tdr nova eq, u can eq and compress bands simultaneously....so instead of cutting certain bothersome frequencies, I just limit them, but ya I m finding that I m using a lot of the free and less expensive ones more than my waves and slate...but there some here i ain’t heard of, so ur info sharing services r always greatly appreciated 🙂
Still the best CZcams intro riff 🤘
Great selection, thanks!
All awesome suggestions thanks. More free plugin demos plz.
I love LoudMax! It’s an excellent limiter for sure!
At 2:28 he says: 'It will still confuse your bassplayer'. But what if, I'm the producer and the bassplayer of my band! Made me laugh. Love your videos man! Much love from The Netherlands!
That Kotelnikov Comp is definitely an amazing plugin for free. It would be amazing even if it was around $70-$100 range. The only buss comp I will use before it is the Waves SSL Buss Comp, and I have actually used it over the SSL in some mixes.
Great choices! Thanks
Great 👍 video as usual Glen! Thanks so much for telling us about these! 😀🥁🎸🎶
Np Matt!
Wow that channel strip looks dope
Thank you so much!!!! Never heard about so many of them!!! =)
Instant subscribe! ))
The impulses gave me goosebumps!
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Awesome, thanks man !
This is exaclty what i needed thanks!
Can’t speak highly enough of the BOD, been using it everywhere for about 18 months, and my mate started using it and instantly got a bass tone he liked having never managed to get bass how he wanted it
Thank you man! You are the best!!!
TSE is $70 now. Great vid, I installed most of the plugins
Great T-shirt!!
Glad I found this video I am new to recording and DAW's. I use Cakewalk and want to have good mixing plugins. Nothing against what comes with Cakewalk.
very very very very great channel... congrats
Thanks for list and info 🤘
I like your style! thanks for the tips!
Hair is lookin extra godlike today Glenn
Thanks for making this video!
Amen and amen on the ReaGate - I simply couldn't believe how great it works, especially on tom subs. I *never* used to gate toms - just too tricky. But now - this thing dials in everything great. Plus, I love the TSE X50 on bass guitar, if I'm going for the grungy 'Sabbath' approach. So many excellent free plugs out there...
I recently shifted to cakewalk, great daw btw, it has loads of built in plugins and you don't need anything extra actually to start with the basics.
But I needed a good compressor for a drum track, wasn't getting the sound. Tried Kotelnikov, I mean if you're trying to find an unbiased review you won't find it, you either have og fans of it, or people who don't know it. It's that awesome.
It gives the drum the required body( you know what I mean), and you can makeup the lost gain, them a bit of eq and space and you're done.
Thank you so much. I am glad I could find this channel :)
Wow some real cool ones!
Fantastic video
You nailed it Glenn, that TDR Kotelnikov compressor is a kick-ass VST! Also I would mention their SlickEQ which is also a phenomenal plugin. I especially love M/S mode with that EQ because of wideness and clarity. In the same league is Variety of Sound's Baxter Mastering EQ, which sounds absolutely amazing. Again, especially if you use it in M/S mode. Great mastering VST is Vladislav Goncharov's Limiter No6, with which you can achieve really organically subtle wider sound by engaging High Freq Limiter. We live in such a fantastic time where you can have such a great tools for free. Pro audio golden age. Greeting from Serbia.
D,
LToC
I love those videos! With the wide variety of free VST-plugins out there it's hard to find the hidden gems. Thanks for your work, Glenn!
There's an updated version of the BOD, it was released recently. Basically the same thing, just a slightly better sound and still free. Great plugin, I would use it constantly if I didn't already have the pedal
The Nova from Tokyo Dawn Labs is pretty sick as well
Thanks for sharing I enjoy very much your reviews. Have you tried the new audiotechnica dynamics mics on drums?? Atm230?
Hey Glenn, thx so much for these tips and the links, downloading them now and installing into Cakewalk. Btw, what's your opinion about the Cakewalk DAW? Thanks again!
Do one for paid ones
ayy showbiz love your profile pic man
EZMix
@@adintyaannasaidhiakharisma5202 come in my caaaaaaaveeeeeeeeeeee
As luck would have it, I found TSE BOD yesterday, and it's the best bass recording I've ever gotten.
Solo is totally not Synyster Gates inspired. Sounds good.!!
lol noticed that myself. and i'm not complaining. It was Glorious.
@@slavesforging5361 it actually could be a a7x solo sounds so good
The rythm guitar and drums sounds kinda MIA of a7x
The whole song literally sounds like it's an extra song on City of Evil
LOVE THIS!
Thanks Glenn, great stuff on there. I have some advice to ask, I'm making my own music at home, mostly older style rock/metal sound, but I'm not liking the end mix, I am a newbie. I'm using Garageband. Which of your playlists should I start with, are there other resources you suggest checking out for beginning home recorders. Any point out would be most appreciated. Rock on.
Hello Glen
I’ve just started watching your channel on tube and I’ve learnt more from your advice than any other sound engineer has ever taught me, so big cheers to you for that sir.
I couldn’t help but notice, that in one of your videos, you were wearing a HIWATT
t-shirt. Do you use HIWATT in your studio? I currently use the new custom little Rig.
Do you recommend (or have you tried) using HIWATT for metal tones? I’m using it for a neo Progressive Rock band I’m currently in and they are truly fantastic, clean pedal platforms. Your thoughts please sir.
Thank you
Ant 🤘🤘🤘 🇬🇧
AWESOME! thank you very much
I've been waiting so long for this one, almost thought these "top free software" series are over.
Thank you very much!
Dragonfly Reverb is excellent. This thing should be a paid reverb! ITs as good as the Valhalla stuff
Don't know if I'm going to renew my Slate subscription after this... Great vid, Glenn!!
But dude. This is so useful thank you 🤘
Thanks for all advice
rhanks for this. will check some of these out