
And you can also get the free Synth1 librarian add-on to manage your 25,000 presets.ģ - Spitfire LABS : A host for several free instrument libraries, with new ones added on a regular basis. Its greatest advantage is its presets - there's a free bank with 25,000 of them.

You can get sounds out of this thing that'd be impossible with really any other plugin, but it's also a very capable general-purpose subtractive synthesizer.Ģ - Synth1 : An analog emulation synth based on the Nord Lead 2 (popular hardware synth from the 90s). Its biggest advantages are its 3 assignable LFOs and envelopes, its step sequencer, and its keytracked comb filter. Hope it helps someone!ġ - Helm : A very visually-oriented and user-friendly subtractive synth. Some of these are pretty well known, others less so, but I personally use/have used every plugin on this list and I can vouch for their quality.

I think it's about time I gave this its own post. I made this list a long time ago, and I comment it whenever I see a post asking for free plugin suggestions.
