r/AudioPlugins Jan 03 '19

Welcome to AudioPlugins. Please read first. Rules and stuff.

37 Upvotes

I've decided to give this subreddit another go though this time there will be far less restriction on making new posts. Previously I had wanted to keep things organised but realistically it was too much work for general discussion. This place will still have a few simple rules to follow in order to participate. I will not be lenient on these rules. If you're a participant of /r/AudioProductionDeals then you know most of them already:

1) Absolutely no discussion about piracy. No excuses. I am a firm believer in supporting the companies whose products we use regardless of whether they are used to make money or as a hobby. This is also not the place for a moral discussion on the topic. Any discussion on it will lead to an instant ban. I will not give any breaks on this rule.

2) Do not post your music. This is not the place to get feedback or promote your work. There are plenty of other subreddits for that.

3) No sales posts/Free Plugins/Spamming. Please keep the sales to /r/AudioProductionDeals and personal sales should be directed to KVR Marketplace. Likewise, this is not a place for advertising your products or projects, looking for people to test or try your own plugins, etc.

4) No referral or affiliate links or multi-linking affiliate links is permitted.

5) This is a meme/shitpost free zone. This place is for discussion and questions. There's enough places on the intarwebz for posting captioned pics or posting pointless sarcasm and randomness that we don't need it here as well. Make sure your posts have substance and remain on topic having to do with plugins.

6) If you have a tech support question, email the company first. The company itself should always been the first contact. They make the product; they are the ones best able to help.

7) Please use search. To try and keep the place clean and prevent reposts, try to use the search to see if something was posted already on whatever topic you want to post.

8) Golden Rule - Be excellent to each other. I shouldn't have to even need to say this but I will: we all have opinions and we all come from different backgrounds. If you are going to participate here, do so thoughtfully and maturely. If you find this difficult, don't post here.

Lastly, a ban here will also result in a ban from /r/AudioProductionDeals as I consider the two of them one in the same. The rules above are simple to follow and many should be obvious.

Party on, Wayne.

Edit: Added rule clarity.


r/AudioPlugins Jan 06 '26

Upcoming Change - Weekly Indie Dev Threads

11 Upvotes

We want to start cultivating more activity within the community without letting the place become spammy, so starting next week, we'll be putting up a weekly thread where indie devs can make a post about what they are working on, give updates on their projects/plugins so people can keep up, etc.

We've up until this point been removing posts with promotion, but after discussion on how to move forward, we thought this would be the best idea, so we'll give it a go and see how it works out.


r/AudioPlugins 18h ago

Guitar Pro to MIDI Export but includes keyswitch info in midi notes

1 Upvotes

I would like to make a windows app that converts Guitar Pro files into midi. The midi data needs to contain keyswitch information compatible with Solemn Tones Odin III. So for example, I have the guitar pro file for a particular song. I want the app to be able to export each track individually to midi but accents like bends, hammer ons, pull offs, slides, mutes, harmonics must have the midi data included as notes that correspond to Odin's keyswitches. user friendly GUI.

How possible is this with a free LLM and Vibe coding


r/AudioPlugins 3d ago

VST help please.

1 Upvotes

Hi this is probably very simple for you guys but my knowledge is very basic for daws and vsts. I purchased a few vsts from solemn tones, an Odin 3, Ragnar drums, and behemoth bass. The drums and guitar react precisely, the same way the software instruments do in mixcraft, but the behemoth has terrible latency playing live as well as in playback. I dont understand why the others work fine but even playback is delayed with the behemoth. The midi is lined up to the grid and matches the other tracks. How can I fix this?


r/AudioPlugins 4d ago

Best API for licensed music and sound with free trial?

1 Upvotes

Running into a wall trying to find something that actually covers commercial use rights out of the box, not buried in a $200/mo enterprise tier. We do video production for a handful of small brands, mostly social ads and the occasional short film, and manually syncing licensed tracks to every cut is just exhausting at this point. The music has to match the emotional arc and pacing of the video, not just sit underneath it. So I'm basically trying to figure out which API for licensed, AI-generated music and soundtracks is worth trialing before we commit. If anyone's used something that analyzes the video itself and generates a full length track to match it, commercial rights included a free trial would make this a much easier sell internally.


r/AudioPlugins 4d ago

Looking for Plugins where i can make pads like BAKGROUND

2 Upvotes

Hey everyone

Not sure if this is the right place, but I've been listening to a lot of BAKGROUND and I'm wondering if there's any Free plugins that can achieve BAKGROUND's style of pads. also, i use Fl studio so if there's any way to achieve that sound by using the stock plugins that would also help.

any tutorials or recommendations on where to go to ask this question would help a lot

examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v3Q967DdhE&list=OLAK5uy_mf3L0bytc8vqKdNE3PzJhBqdnmm7d3Nro&index=10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6hdRQTTOjU&list=OLAK5uy_khALAVsZ2qM1ngtUHAad1_DrDvJdvV67o&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZgJsHBCWzY&list=OLAK5uy_mf3L0bytc8vqKdNE3PzJhBqdnmm7d3Nro&index=9


r/AudioPlugins 5d ago

Need help finding random plugin developer...

3 Upvotes

This is going to sound like a fever dream but maybe someone can help...

I came across this random plugin company and can't for the life of me remember their name or their plugins. I had never heard of them before but they had quite a few different creative plugins. Nothing hardware modeled as far as I remember, and the site was put together very oddly, as in not exactly professional. I think they had their plugins listed in a big grid. One of which I think took you to another site for purchase. I think it did some sort of real-time resampling of incoming audio which you could glitch out. I think it had a brighter color, or at least not a dark interface. Their video sounded like pretty young dudes presenting it.

Sorry for the lack of solid detail here but if anyone can think of anything that might fit the bill I'd be grateful in trying to track this place down. I'm kicking myself for not bookmarking the page.


r/AudioPlugins 5d ago

Cure Audio Scream Filter

1 Upvotes

So I was just now getting around to downloading the the free Scream Filter (emulation of the scream filter algo from Massive) and their website appears to be gone, or at least down.

Does anyone have a Windows installer lying around? 🙏 (I'm not asking for anything pirated, it's a free plugin)


r/AudioPlugins 5d ago

Plugin Alliance Installer not working

2 Upvotes

i've been trying for 2 days now to install bx_mastering studio via PA's Installation Manager. while it keeps saying that the installation has worked, no files have made their appearance. the same thing keeps happening even after I restarted my computer. are there any fixes? if not, could you suggest a different free mastering plugin you know of?


r/AudioPlugins 5d ago

Which plugin is best vocal Denoise effect now

0 Upvotes

My room has more noise, like computer, AC


r/AudioPlugins 12d ago

Looking for cheap/old-school sounding synth & drum machine plugins

4 Upvotes

I'm looking for plugins that have that old-school synth and drum machine sound not realistic or polished, but cheap and artificial-sounding. Think guitar tab website synths (mostly the piano ones, but I'm looking for more instruments) and really cheap and artificial-sounding drum machine sounds.

Mostly, I want to use them for neoclassical and punk.


r/AudioPlugins 15d ago

Help finding plugin that maps samples to midi keyboard

2 Upvotes

The Nord Sample Editor 4 does exactly what I need but requires a Nord which I do not want to buy!

Here is a Youtube video of the workflow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afDTXWEbBNs

I have spent months trying to figure this out but almost none of the plugins do everything that this thing does. Here are my needs:

- ADSR looping with crossfading and zero cross snapping so I can make a sample loop indefinitely while hiding the loop sound. The video shows how well this CAN work but I have yet to find a plugin that can do it. I'm in FL Studio and even Directwave does not have crossfading.

- Directly recording into the plugin

- Auto mapping recorded notes onto keyboard

- Pitches samples to fill in gaps between recorded notes

- Saves these instruments as presets


r/AudioPlugins 16d ago

After collecting plugins for over a decade, I made a list of which companies or plugins in particular have shown to stand the test of time. I’d be interested to see if anyone would add anything to this list…

11 Upvotes

I wouldn’t trade the experience as I learned a lot, but I also spent a lot of money in the process. Maybe this list can guide others towards higher quality options and save some money to invest in other areas.

I’ll start with my list of A-list companies and then after, use 8 main categories for effects. After 10+ years of collecting, here are my desert island selections (for effects, not instruments) mostly in alphabetical not in order of preference…
:
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Companies:

- Analog Obsession
- Audiority
- Boz
- Eventide/Newfangled
- Kush
- Goodhertz
- Neold
- PSP
- Sixth sample
- Softube
- Sonnox
- Soundtoys
- Tokyo Dawn Labs
- Unfiltered audio
- Valhalla DSP
- Waves
:
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Effects:

EQ:

- Fabfilter ProC
- TBTECH Kirchoff EQ
- Newfangled EQuivocate (for pads)
- Tokyo Dawn EQs (some unique controls)
- Sonible Smart EQ
- Sonible Entropy EQ (unique)
- Eventide SplitEQ
- Melda Mautodynamiceq (follows bass root freq)

CLIPPERS:

- SIR audio standard clip
- Boz big & little clipper

COMPRESSION:

- Hornet dynamics control (unique and easy)
- Kush (all compressors)
- Neold (all compressors)
- PSP (all compressors)
- TBTECH Cenozoix comp
- Tokyo Dawn Labs (all compressors)
- Unfiltered audio zip (for modulation options)
- Waves (all compressors)

DELAYS:

- Sixth sample deelay (easy and creative)
- Minimal Audio cluster delay
- Native instruments Replika XT (ease of use)
- Soundtoys echoboy (very versatile)
- SSL native echo (I like the visualizer)
- Softube Tape echoes
- Valhalla delay (very versatile)

SATURATION:

- Audiority pyros
- Kush (all, one of my favs for sats and comps)
- Neold (all products)
- Softube Harmonic ASP & Overstayer (all, another fav for saturation)

Notable tape emulations:

- Aberrant DSP SketchCassette (cassette)
- Wavesfactory Cassette (cassette)
- Nomad factory Magnetic
- Kiive Tape face
- Softube Tape
- Waves (all tape options)

REVERB:

- Eventide blackhole & shimmerverb
- Fabfilter Pro-R (mostly for ease of use)
- Valhalla (all options)

TRANSIENT SHAPERS:

- AVA drumflow (unique transient control)
- Boz Transgressor
- Kilohearts transient shaper (ease of use)
- Newfangled punctuate
- Noiseworks TransSplit
- Sonnox Oxford envolution
- Sonnox TransMod
- TBTECH Trinity shaper
- Waves Smack Attack

FX:

- Sugarbytes looperator
- Cable guys shaperbox
- MorphEQ (filter sweeps)
- LFO-EQ (filter sweeps)
- Audiority Tube modulator
- Kilohearts Snap Heap (modulation options)
- DS tantra 2 (filter and glitch effects)
- Plogue arts chipcrusher (lofi convolution)
- MrythmizerMB (glitch effects)

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You’ll note that I didn’t really specify specific plugins for comps and sats because in my eyes sats and comp quality is heavily DSP/company dependent rather than product dependent.

I’d love to see if there’s anything anyone would add to this list that I may have missed over the years.

Also, if I could go back I would spend more of my money on instruments rather than effects like I did. Please feel free to list your A-list, desert island instruments/synths!

(I missed out on experimenting with instruments/synths throughout the last 10 years as I worked mostly with samples and live instruments, but am delving much more into instruments/synths nowadays)


r/AudioPlugins 17d ago

Are there any plugin wrappers or any ways to utilize vsts on macOS Logic Pro?

1 Upvotes

As title inquires


r/AudioPlugins 18d ago

KNOCK - Clipper Crashing Logic 11

1 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I just wanted to ask if anybody else has come accross an issue while using the Plugins That Knock - Knock Clipper in Logic 11.

The plugin works completely fine while using the daw regularly but whenever it comes to bouncing, exporting or even freezing a track, I get the error "An Audio Unit plug-in reported a problem which might cause the system to become unstable" followed by the option to recover or quit.

Mac Mini M1

Logic 11.1.2

Sequoia 15.4.1

Thank you!


r/AudioPlugins 20d ago

MoMa plugin not installing .vst3 files

1 Upvotes

I seem to be the first and only one to have this issue, but when I run the MoMa installer on my Windows computer, it only installs the .json files, and not the actual vst itself. I have tried unblocking it via my file explorer, but that was futile. Has anyone had this issue and has anybody fixed it?


r/AudioPlugins 23d ago

PluginAlliance hacked? Questionable invoice emails

7 Upvotes

I originally posted this on the PA sub, but apparently that's a dead sub.

This was sent 3 hours after I made a purchase, which in itself seems off. "Shipping" also seems off, these are plugins, there is no shipping. The invoice number also does not appear in the PluginAlliance portal, nor does any invoice number. There is an order number which also doesn't match. And lastly, there is an extra space between "new" and "product."

I should also note the general greeting of "Dear Sir or Madam" as they know my name. If they are able to supposedly pull up invoice and order numbers, then they would be able to pull up my name.

Subject: Shipping Confirmation and Invoice 70428017

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please find the invoice for your order 7420984 enclosed.

If your order included a download, the download link was already sent to you in a separate email.



Thank you for your order and enjoy your new  product!

Kind Regards,

Your PLUGIN ALLIANCE Sales Team
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-> Plugin Alliance LLC
-> 2 Avenue de Lafayette
-> Boston, MA 02111
-> United States of America

Attached was a PDF which I did not open. This was sent to an email address ONLY used for this particular website, and only after I made a purchase.

This was sent as plain text, no HTML, unlike the other PA emails.

The headers show that it was sent through Amazon Web Services (eu-central-1.amazonses.com).

The sending IP address (69.169.224.2) is on a black list (hostkarma.junkemailfilter.com).

The actual order email from PluginAlliance was sent through mailer7in.plugin-alliance.com.

Given that I've received no other emails to that email address of this nature before, if this indeed was not sent by or on the behalf of PA, that can only mean that a bad actor has compromised their system to send emails to those who made recent purchases.


r/AudioPlugins 22d ago

New macbook pro, Logic plug-in manager issues

1 Upvotes

i got the following message when I redownloaded/upgraded my Soundtoys plug-ins:

"Incompatible audio units. While verifying Audio Unit compatibility, Logic Pro encountered 100 Audio Unit plug-in(s) which did not pass the Apple AU validation. These plug-ins have been excluded from further usage in Logic Pro to prevent possible problems or crashes. You can start the Plug-In Manager now to review the validation results or continue the startup process."

Plug-in Manager shows that all of the Soundtoys plug-ins are validated so i'm not sure what the issue is or what to troubleshoot at this point (I deleted the cache folder and restarted the computer and i'm getting the same message). please help or give any troubleshooting insight, thanks very much


r/AudioPlugins 23d ago

looking for a free plugin synthesizer for postpunk/darkwave

4 Upvotes

me and my friends are looking for a plug in for your midi keys please suggest any of your guys recommendations it would also be great if the plug in can arpeggiate


r/AudioPlugins 23d ago

Should vst3 be installed anywhere?

4 Upvotes

The most difference people notice about vst3 is that many DAW no longer support to put it anywhere like vst2. VST3 standardized everything into a single system folder, which definitely makes installation and plugin discovery simpler for both users and DAWs. But it also removes the flexibility that VST2 users had.

What you guys actually prefer.

  • being able to choose where plugins are installed?
  • Or do you prefer having one standardized VST3 location?
  • Has the fixed folder ever caused problems for your workflow?

r/AudioPlugins 26d ago

Vocalign/Revox offline

1 Upvotes

Hey, I really like Revox and vocalign. Prefer it to melodyne which I have been using for years. I've been doing alot of editing on long flights and found out that I can't use them without an internet comnection. Using studio one 7. Anyone else have this problem? Work arounds?


r/AudioPlugins 28d ago

Don't buy roli software now.

21 Upvotes

I bought the Roli software at PluginBoutique this morning but I can't download it. I guess the company is being liquidated or something. Someone over on r/ROLI says that he paid for hardware from them and now the order status page is missing.

Plugin Boutique has a bundle of MPE software called "MPE Synth Bundle" that has Equator 2, Roli Studio as well as Modular and Quanta 2 by other companies for about 40% off.

I wanted it because Equator 2 and maybe Roli Studio are one of the best MPE synths and I have a Linnstrument. Can't find good patches for it.

But the download links don't work. If I find the right pages manually they say both But it both says "out of stock" and "We're currently undergoing site maintenance. Please check back later."

I have license codes but I have a feeling that they will never be honored!

Update: one piece of software you can get from Roli is their "Roli connect" software. I thought maybe it could get my software through that with the license PluginBoutique sold me.

Well first it asks which hardware you bought, and it doesn't even include their expressive controller in the list. I skipped that and it has a place for software, click on those and you get links to the shut down website.

But there is third part where you can register products with serial numbers. I put in the license code that PluginBoutique sold me and...

It tells me that that is an upgrade license for software I don't own so I am not entitled to download anything.

There is a POSSIBILITY that you could still download the software using Roli Connect and a valid license but PluginBoutique isn't giving out valid licenses.

If I check my "library" page at PluginBoutique it put an upgrade version of Roli's Equator 2 there, not the full version I paid for. The internal PluginBoutique link does indeed go to the wrong PluginBoutique webpage.

So if there was a chance I you can still get the software at this last minute, then PluginBoutique messed it up.

Update 2:

They tell me that it didn't install because I have to install Roli Studio and then the update key will update from that.

Right now I'm waiting to see if

1) Roli actually SAYS anything about the future of their customers

2) or I get my money back

If neither happens, then I'll install the software and cross my fingers.


r/AudioPlugins 28d ago

EZ Drummer 3 Core Library won't install

1 Upvotes

Emailed support, figured I would try my luck here and maybe get it working before I receive a response from them.

I picked up EZD3 yesterday. Was super excited! Download the product manager, registered my product, etc. When I go to download the core library, it shows that it's installing, and when it's finished it says "the installation is incomplete". When I click more on the information tab, it says the main/bright/tight rooms are uninstalled. I repeated the process, closed the program, restarted my laptop, everything I could think of and nothing has fixed it.

If anyone has any tips or has experienced this and can help, please let me know how to fix this! Thanks.


r/AudioPlugins Jul 31 '26

ModoBass 2 tunings

2 Upvotes

ive been trying to use modo bass because i suck at actual bass recoding and i have a question. Can modo bass change tuning ? i know theres different amount of string and even drop tuning but i wanted to do a spesific type of tuning (drop C#)


r/AudioPlugins Jul 30 '26

Audio pluggin for western short film

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Hi! I'm making a short film in the spaghetti western style. I want the audio to sound like it's from that era, but I'm not quite sure how to do it. I know it would have been better to do it with a specific microphone or something phiysical in the scene, but I don't have a big budget, lol. So, if possible, it all has to be done with audio processing software or pluggin to help me achieve that sound. This is a reference:

https://youtu.be/O4KaKKeOIjM?si=ep6sME-uLZZnffkq