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and why?

The Crystal and Tunefish synths are clear winners, simply because they offer a range of good sounds at a (literally) unbeatable price.

Digits — Phase distortion synth
Good for growly basses
http://www.extentofthejam.com/

U-he Tyrell — VA synth
Top quality
http://www.u-he.com/cms/tyrelln6

Airwindows Drive2 — Latency-free Overdrive
Good for parallel processing; also has low-cut + dry/wet
http://www.airwindows.com/freebies.html

ADT — Artificial Double Tracking
Niche but useful on pads, vocals etc.
http://www.vacuumsound.de/plugins.html

s(M)exoscope — Waveform visualisation plugin
Good for checking clipping/compression settings, especially on drums
http://bram.smartelectronix.com/plugins.php?id=4

Ignite Amps — Amp sims
Great sound
http://www.igniteamps.com/en/audio-plug-ins

TSE Audio R47, 808, BOD — Guitar pedal sims
Great sound
http://www.tseaudio.com/software/tseBOD

Michael Norris SoundMagic Spectral — real-time spectral processors
Totally bonkers. Great for mashing up samples for pads, breakdowns etc.
http://www.michaelnorris.info/software/ ... ctral.html

Flux:: Stereo Tools — Stereoscope
handy on the master buss for checking your stereo field, especially on the low-end
https://www.fluxhome.com/download

Voxengo old school verb — Algo. reverb
Just plain like it.
http://www.voxengo.com/product/oldskoolverb/

MFreeEffectsBundle — Utility plugins (tone generators etc.)
Bread and butter stuff that is missing in Live.
http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins/ ... ectsBundle

SonEQ — Analogue-style EQ w. Drive
Nice interface, good sound particularly on low-end
http://sonimus.com/products/soneq/

Sonalksis FreeG — Master fader
handy for mixing/automation
http://www.sonalksis.com/freeg.htm?

W1 Limiter — Limiter (clone of waves L1)
Good quality limiter
http://www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html

KingDubby — Dub Delay
Good sound/interface
http://www.lowcoders.fr/kingdubby

Dimension Expander — err, the Dimension Expander effect from Massive as a plugin
^see above
http://xferrecords.com/freeware/

Molot — Vintage-style Compressor
Good alternative to stock comp. Very characterful / aggressive
http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/molot/

A bunch of these are AU only but since you're on a mac no biggie, right?

Voxengo SPAN

Sinevibes Filther

Camel Crusher

Ohm Force Fromage

http://www.soundhack.com/freeware/
http://www.fluxhome.com/products/freewa ... ersweet-v3
http://www.voxengo.com/group/free-vst-plugins/
http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads/pr ... pid=ADF002
http://www.mucoder.net/en/

..because they're good.

Glitch 2 is now mac compatible. It is great fun. As the name says, it is good for stuttering, glitching, mangling and bit reduction and it has a really clever interface.

Voxengo MSED

re:dream wrote:Glitch 2 is now mac compatible. It is great fun. As the name says, it is good for stuttering, glitching, mangling and bit reduction and it has a really clever interface.

eskaedj wrote:What are some of your favorite free plug-ins/vst's for mac?

is $60 above the asking price!

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antarktika wrote:

re:dream wrote:Glitch 2 is now mac compatible. It is great fun. As the name says, it is good for stuttering, glitching, mangling and bit reduction and it has a really clever interface.

eskaedj wrote:What are some of your favorite free plug-ins/vst's for mac?

is $60 above the asking price!

Machinesworking wrote: Sinevibes Filther

very nice, thanks!

Toky Dawn Records Feedback compressor and slick EQ! Absolutely top notch.

http://www.tokyodawn.net/tokyo-dawn-labs/

U-HE Zebralette is nice! http://www.u-he.com/cms/zebralette