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Howdy doody, frienderoonies! Today we're here for a new free plugin roundup - it's been a minute since I've done a free plugin video and I wanted to change that and share some more of my favorite secret weapon plugins that I think more people should be talking about because they're some of the best.
All of these plugins are absolutely free, and absolutely worth trying out! These free plugins are compatible with Mac and PC, and most are even compatible with Linux which is pretty neat!
This time around I've got the magic of Airwindows, a few dynamics processors, a synth, and some other goodies that can bring a bit of fun and neat effects to your DAW!
Download Links:
Airwindows NC17:
👉 www.airwindows.com/nc-17-vst/
👉 Patreon: / airwindows
TDR Molotok:
👉 www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-molotok/
Klanghelm DC1A:
👉 klanghelm.com/contents/produc...
Zebralette:
👉 u-he.com/products/zebralette/
Tal Reverb 2:
👉 tal-software.com/products/tal...
Acon Digital Multiply:
👉 acondigital.com/products/mult...
Audio Blast Instalooper:
👉 www.audioblast.me/product/ins...
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[@SufferahsmusicHD]

all garbage

[@VenusTheory]

Keep us posted on when your plugin releases.

[@SufferahsmusicHD]

So you guys feel butt burt because i said these plugins are all garbage ….well i tried them months ago …theres wayy better out there ….look as men its ok for other men not to agree with your opinion…dont get upset like a bunch of females ….skip over my comment move on….because in real life if i said it i front your face you would have kept your mouth shut

[@VenusTheory]

@@SufferahsmusicHD Not only did you manage to sound like a hyper-aggressive dipshit in your initial comment, but now you've managed to somehow go full blown backwoods sexist on top of needing to flex a deeply unconvincing limp-dicked tough guy act to strangers on the internet. Congratulations, and have a great day.

[@FellowScorpio]

I like garbage, yummy

[@JasonGillmanJr]

@@SufferahsmusicHD So what's your list there, guy?

[@MarvelJAM]

Why would anyone downvote this video. You always offer advice that comes from your experiences. I noted while upvoting the video. Thank you for all your content

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@InternalEye]

Awesome list :) Great help as I'm in the middle of an album production and needed some fresh inspiring. Big fan on Valhalla, TDR and Klanghelm. Love your channel, keep up the amazing videos :)

[@VenusTheory]

Hope they're helpful! And glad you dig the channel!

[@grateful4068]

Wow, they REALLY made Zebralette beautiful.

[@sjaeron]

Ikr, I literally went "Woah" from how good the updated interface looked

[@stephenroldan5107]

Actually yeah

[@AnnaBMay]

TAL Reverb seems to be a nice addition to my reverbs arsenal ;) Thank you!

[@ZethKeeper]

2:57-3:04 Cameron's pre-sneeze face.

[@VenusTheory]

I should gif that.

[@jigggyjaythebeast3856]

Great video. Would def recommend getting Tal Reverb 4 as well

[@lichenmusic133]

Nice as hell, those plugins, thanks Cameron ! For another herbs experiment, and 100% free, there arealso the Freakshow Industries' plugins which are amazing for destroying almost every sound. Also, the oldd odd Inear Display vst are insanely good (Gorgon, Regressif, Danaides, R-MEM, Bow Echo) Edit : I forgot to mention the two giant-creative glitchy vst from Glitchmachines, "Fracture" and "Hysteresis"

[@TazzSmk]

I expected some plugin from Analog Obsession, since they're all free, great looking and great sounding :)

[@ileryon4019]

But there's a patreon fee 😭

[@ramizian]

@@ileryon4019 You can get them for free tho, you donate if you want/can :)

[@ramizian]

These plugins are really good, I just found them a couple weeks ago 😍

[@JayTheLane]

@@ileryon4019 Donate a $1 :)

[@tuneboyz5634]

@@JayTheLanea smol donation

[@jkgreen5043]

Thanks Cameron, I also really like your Reason+ sound packs. U-He Cheese 🧀 is one of my favorite free synths out there as well.

[@VenusTheory]

Glad to hear it! Hopefully more Reason stuff on the way soon!

[@yousifaldailami4241]

Triple cheese i guess was the name

[@niedec_hello]

If you like NC-17 by Airwindows, check out Loud by Airwindows as well. Instead of focusing on speaker breakup like most distortion plugins, it tries to mimic the distortion in the air following insanely loud sounds like space shuttle launches. There's also Dupster Fire by Freakshow Industries. It's $20, but has a "steal" option if you want. It's some sort of pitch-shifting reverb, but it's got an extreme, borderline unusable circuit-bent sound with the knobs cranked. Usually I open it up and keep everything at its default save for the knob on the right, which I raise up just until it sounds like a smeary metallic short reverb. It's hard to place in a busy mix because it's a hot mess frequency-wise, but it's got a ton of character and it's fun to use.

[@CartyCantDance]

that chorus effect might be the best free one I've heard

[@MRFickNuggetsvanderFlex]

awesome thanks for continually< proviting the community with you knowledge and insight

[@troybengger9751]

Thanks for these free plugins-ALL GOOD

[@VenusTheory]

What are some of your favorite free plugins? 🤔

[@yousifaldailami4241]

Damn it I didn't read 'free' For synths: Fuzzpilz - oatmeal for sure! Extremely underrated, looks ugly but just get a skin they are nice looking. Everyone knows vital and surge so ye Kiratune is good too FB-3300 and ModulAir by full bucket Zebralette and tyrell N6 ToneZ Tunefish 4 BR808 is definitely interesting but seems hard to work with, it has 8oscs and lots of modulation. If there is a way to use it, it will be cool too For effects: Krush (distortion and bit crush) I think the rest are well known, maybe even krush

[@lineriderrulz]

Majken's Subduer, it's not the most amazing sounding but it really is so versatile as to be my workhorse, and it's really nice to have four distortion modes built-in, in addition to all the other stuff. BlauKraut Engineering's Charlatan is also great. Shortcircuit is an insanely versatile sampler but has a learning curve to match. Finally for VSTi's, SuperWave P8 for those delicious supersaws *for free*, I believe it's pretty much a Roland JD-8080 VST. For VST effects: Musical Entropy's GuitarGadgets - it's a little old now but it's really useful to have some niche effects and be able to layer up to four of them in one instance, and the Niagara Falls reverb seems to sound lovely on anything I put it on at any setting.

[@lukasgossmusic]

VITAL and OTT

[@adhoccerswings]

HeadCrusher (saturation/rather distortion). 5/5. I use it in every mix, friggin amazing. Very versatile, fits pretty much anywhere, and the "tone" setting is super useful as well. Coffeepun EQ (eq w/saturation): friggin amazing. I use it in mixing and mastering. Also makes you use your ears, despite having otherwise great visual look CoralBaxter: super crispy and airy top end, also good for low end. Master EQ and saturation. TDR Kotelnikov, really, really damn nice compressor. Comes with a very thorough and practical manual (great examples, great info). Valhalla Supermassive, really nice "ufo" delay TDR Nova (dynamic EQ), really nice in mastering, lifting drums, taming annoying bullshit that is not constant (no iLok bullshit with any of these) (I found all of these from In The Mix's tutorials (free plugin lists). If you don't believe me, believe him :D)

[@lloydmckay3241]

Sitala, Synth1,Cobalt,sequincair. And Firebird.

[@samarium7487]

Didnt know about instalooper, good stuff !👍

[@huemorris6099]

The free Podolski synth sounds very, very good as well.

[@aquaticborealis4877]

I like the melting face you got when you cranked up the NC17.

[@VenusTheory]

Consult a doctor before using NC17 on the master buss

[@tw4025]

Thanks dude!!!

[@HARSHRIVASTAVA]

Thanks man🙏🏼❤️

[@trevoryearwood6377]

Kool ! Thanks for the info ! (fyi, I needed to de-ess the voice quite a bit, to get through the whole video. Not as prevalent on the intro & outro. I couldn't nail the exact frequency. Maybe, a compression adjustment ?) Diggin' your vids. cheers!

[@Darro2017]

Dude. You have ideal voice for radio broadcasting.

[@challyss7]

NC17.... That shit is so simple yet so incredible

[@erkamoztoprak]

Loudmax simple but effective and clean sound

[@ryanpaulretouch]

ALL GREAT 🖤

[@Gusrikh1]

Very helpful.

[@AndreasR86]

Splash pro is an amazing and free inspiration device, as well as a vocals generator in a pinch.

[@CartyCantDance]

what is it

[@AndreasR86]

@@CartyCantDance it's technically not a plugin, but it's kinda like captain plugins or orb producer. You can either generate midi for specific types of instruments, or drag in your own midi for it to work off of. On top of that it has a singing TTS component which isn't amazing or anything, but decent enough to use

[@kylominylo]

recently came across your channel, newly subbed. Is your voice overdubbed?

[@stuartwrigglesworth9339]

Excellent voice for VoiceOver work

[@Mol-cha-nie1144]

Thank you from Russia with love 👍☺️

[@akira20ish]

analog obsessions has the best ones

[@evamatenoglou9662]

Distox slaps

[@raagadevanisai4091]

Please advise any upmix vst 3 like nugen audio upmix

[@marconurra5511]

Thanx...about instantlooper It Is only a live effect, not possibile to rec loop and effect in the track?

[@adhoccerswings]

Edit: for FL users, here's an alternative to NC-17 (Maximus), with the possibility for only upwards compression of the quietest parts and/or waveshaping with adjustable ADSR kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4OZgmN8hJloqsk Maximus (just FL) does it all, not only cranck-it-up of course. Also: every single soundgoodizer preset is based on Maximus, and the presets can be found in Maximus. The soundgoodizer "Amount" knob in the center is the LMH Mix knob of Maximus (how much Low, Mid and High band processing is fed to the Master processing in Maximus)

[@shaboogen]

NC-17 is free and easy to download. Why would anyone complain that it can't be found?

[@adhoccerswings]

@@shaboogen Yeah sorry, took me 6 minutes to realize that the completely innocuous-looking grey "title" was supposed to be clicked, I just saw comments there saying that the download link was broken (not true apparently), so I initially didn't bother with it since I already have Maximus and Soundgoodizer in FL Studio. Now I downloaded it, tried it out, it's ok but maximus has a lot more options, including upwards compression of the quietest parts with the adjustable waveshaper, and two types of saturation, and adjustable curves so I'll go with it. Not that NC-17 isn't good though.

[@kimyona9746]

I do love me stuff that can make extratoning things easier

[@agreen9903]

that Audio Blast Instalooper has psytrance fun written all over it, thanks for the heads up dude

[@kimyona9746]

Makes it easier to make extratone too so that's fun

[@VenusTheory]

It's a bit of an oddball but it is fun to mess with! Combined with some delays or filters or whatnot you can get some really wild things to sample and mess with!

[@FreeThink1984]

Instalooper looks Heckin based as heck bruhseph

[@Ensi48]

I just closed fallout 3 to watch this video and vault boy made my day :D

[@VenusTheory]

Fallout is the best - had to uninstall it or else I'll get nothing done haha.

[@Ensi48]

@@VenusTheory unfortunately I know what You mean :D

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

FEROCIOUS!!!

[@gearforest9746]

TAL Reverb is great!

[@maximilianpluckoldaccount2874]

Could one say the NC17 is a bit like an OTT but it sounds more "grounded" and doesn't get as high-end-focused when you crank it up? Really cool video by the way, thanks!

[@VenusTheory]

In a way yes but it's not providing reverse compression/upward compression. So, it's more or less a very extreme version of a single band of downwards OTT + a bit of clipping at extremes. Only fair comparison I could think of would be something like Camelphat but less distorted haha. Airwindows has some really unique stuff!

[@maximilianpluckoldaccount2874]

@@VenusTheory Thanks!!

[@Freak1331]

Not free, but WXAudio Nani is worth to check out. 😏

[@SoundPeaks]

Nice

[@elektrikblu7331]

we even got two free plugins on the free plugin vid!

[@shadrack3370]

Tdr nova is the best. I cant believe its for free

[@yousifaldailami4241]

I really want you to review zebra 😭😭😭 make some sounds play some presets and all that stuff pleaaase :)) Edit: ok you actually said you want to, so PLEASE DO SO, i will be so happy :)))

[@VenusTheory]

It's on my list - just waiting on a sale for it!

[@yousifaldailami4241]

@@VenusTheory hell yeaaaa :))))) i will be waiting for that. Btw in the video, you could morph between the 16 waves by pressing alt from any wave to any wave. I advice u to read the manual when you get zebra because there are some weird stuff like reducing resolution of the osc to minimum works with a specific osc fx i think it is trubulance or smthn like that

[@akira20ish]

the tal effects are built into serum

[@AutPen38]

I just looked up this claim and was surprised to find it is apparently true. The code for the reverb in Serum is apparently the same as in TAL Reverb, presumably because Togu originally released it as open source. I'm a big fan of TAL's plug-ins.

[@shreepadgandhi6739]

Loved this immensely...Hadn't heard about these plugins...Thanks a ton...On a lighter note, your face and the bass in your voice heard here doesn't match...😉 Anyways, thanks again. Pune city, India

[@ileryon4019]

NC-17 What about LoudMax?

[@VenusTheory]

Great free limiter!

[@akc21adt]

First and last one are new plugins which i didn't know . And plz make video less cpu intimating subtractive synth like sylenth ,if some comes in future.and i am not talking about vital or surge .m

[@HayleyandKayleigh]

What kind of chair do you have?

[@VenusTheory]

Yo! This is my current chair: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Y8BXBX8/ Held up well so far - basically as close to the Aeron that I could find and didn't cost a fortune.

[@HayleyandKayleigh]

@@VenusTheory Thanks! Not in my ballpark right now, having to rebuild my computer.

[@FeastTheStoic]

Thanks Anthony Fontano's Handsome younger brother.

[@DjViceroy]

Benny L used to use AirWindows plugs for years until recently where he switched on to some secret shit.

[@troybengger9751]

Guys a genius at airwindows

[@vahidarba7915]

N9ce

[@dariosusu1529]

cant see it now, leaving a comment for the algoschmithm

[@troybengger9751]

algorschmitsm

[@bille77]

Dude.

[@pf844]

Nooooooo! Installed the first plugin, cranked it and it blew the hair off the cat 🐈

[@yousifaldailami4241]

Oh no, try adding OTT

[@pushqrdx]

his voice is ear massage

[@MC-eh6tf]

I agree he has a nice deep 'radio' voice to listen to, but i suspect alot of that is FX (what with him being an "Audio guy") . In reality his voice is probably soo high pitched that only my dog can understand!

[@DeafyDeaferson]

An actual minute?

[@nathancunningham587]

How the fuck do you download nc17????????????

[@carlosp.1846]

Sometimes I feel the biggest issue women have is with or between themselves: 1rst reason: when you look at their boobs it's: Hey! why you look at my boobs! when you don't pay attention, they wonder: What's wrong with my boobs? 2cnd reason: considering the number of random girls showing them on Instagram to literally get some attention. Now my problem with this plugin is that it seems to gets quick good results and no way to avoid the ridiculous interface.