20 Best Plugin Bundles For Mixing, Mastering & Composing

Looking to upgrade your plugin arsenal? Let’s go through these top 20 bundles spot-on for contemporary music producers.

As music producers, plugins are a vital part of our creativity. However, finding the right plugins or even finding the kinds of plugins you need can take a painstakingly long time.

Think about it: I’m sure you’ve read our articles on compressors, exciters, or equalizers, and they all have a bunch of varieties. What on earth are they all for? Well, some work better for a type of use case, whereas others work better for different uses.

Here are our picks:

1. u-he All Synths Bundle (Ultimate Synths Bundle)

2. iZotope Neutron 4 (Mixing Bundle / Channel Strip)

3. Moogerfooger Effects Plugin Bundle 

4. Cableguys ShaperBox 3 (Mixing Bundle)

5. Waves Vocal Production Bundle (Vocal Mixing Bundle Including Synth)

6. Native Instruments KOMPLETE 14 Collector’s Edition (Composing, Mixing & Mastering)

7. UJAM Beatmaker 2 Bundle (Drums & Beats For Various Genres)

8. Eventide Anthology XII (Mixing & Mastering Bundle)

9. SWAM Solo Strings Bundle V3 (Collection of String Instruments)

10. Baby Audio Bundle (Mixing Suite)

11. SSL Native Essentials Bundle (Minimal Bundle)

12. FabFilter Pro Bundle (Mixing & Mastering Bundle)

13. SoundToys 5 Bundle (The Ultimate Mixing Tools)

14. MeldaProduction MCompleteBundle (Complete Production Suite)

15. IK Multimedia T-Racks 5 (Mastering Bundle)

16. Softube Weiss Complete Collection (Mastering Bundle)

17. Blue Cat’s All Plug-Ins Pack (Mixing & Mastering Tools)

18. D16 Group Audio SilverLine Collection (Mixing Suite)

19. KiloHearts Ultimate (Composing, Mixing & Mastering)

20. iZotope RX 10 Advanced (Audio Restoration Bundle)

A plugin bundle is a collection of plugins from a developer. Most of these are designed to fit together for a specific use case. For example, you might find a bundle for audio restoration or genre-specific sound designing.

Similarly, bundles provide a group discount to make the plugins further affordable.

Furthermore, some developers also offer an ecosystem of plugins that help make mixing and mastering easier. You can buy a bundle of such plugins to reduce costs and enjoy the exclusive features.

Similarly, you might prefer a bundle for aesthetic reasons. After all, nothing beats a custom channel strip of your favorite plugins.

Now, without further ado, let’s have a look at twelve of the best bundles I have for you today:

Top 20 Bundles For Music Producers 2024

1. u-he All Synths Bundle (Ultimate Synths Bundle)

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Urs Heckmann or u-he has been developing synths and plugins since 2001, first as a single developer and now as an acclaimed brand.

The u-he All Synths bundle features six synths, covering elegant analog synths to the modular sound-designing playground. Many people choose the u-he synths for their reliability, user-friendly design, and incredibly clean sound.

However, user-friendly doesn’t mean limited. You’ll find these to be a bunch of powerhouses.

Furthermore, most of the u-he’s synths tend to be light on the CPU, although Diva is quite an exception. Then again, its detailed analog emulation and oversampling make the CPU usage self-explanatory.

Hence, I must say that u-he synths never hog CPU resources unless it impacts the sound, making them ideal for electronic music producers.

Key Features:

• Zebra 2

Zebra 2 is u-he’s flagship synthesizer characterized by its surprisingly high-quality sound and low CPU usage. It is a semi-modular synth that lets you add modules to create your perfect sound. It features four FM oscillators and four wavetable oscillators with sixteen built-in waves and 11-voice unison.

Furthermore, you can create new waves using its node-based and additive wave editor. There are four multi-mode filters and cross-modulation filters. Each module also features effects and tools that help you create sounds before you even think about modulation and effects.

You load each oscillator and filter module on a 4×12 matrix that allows you to patch between various modules. Or, you can load a series of modules per column and get four engines in an instance of the synth.

Next, you’ll find a 12-slot modulation matrix, where you can load four LFOs, four envelopes, four multi-stage envelopes (node-based envelopes), and four XY-pads. Furthermore, you’ll find 21 effects, including chorus, delay, reverb, parametric EQ, etc., and a 16-step sequencer.

Combine all of that with its excellent drag-and-drop modulation support, and it’s not difficult to see why Zebra 2 is so revered.

• Diva & Repro-5

The bundle features two analog synths: Diva and Repro 5. Diva accurately recreates the sounds of some of the most revered analog synthesizers in history, making it arguably the best-sounding virtual analog plugin ever made. You’ll find five oscillator models and filter models that you can mix and match to create the synth sound of your choice.

Furthermore, it features two LFOs, two effect slots, an arpeggiator, three envelopes, and over 1,200 presets. Repro-5 is a near-perfect clone of the Prophet 5 synth. Although, u-he has added a few quirks that better fit a modern producer’s needs, such as 8-voice polyphony instead of only five.

You’ll find two oscillators (saw/pulse and saw/triangle/pulse), a 4-pole low-pass filter (24 dB/oct), a 32-step sequencer, and three modulation sources. Furthermore, it has a “Tweak” page that allows you to adjust the behavior of its internal components, giving you the ultimate amount of control.

• Modular Madness

Bazille and Ace are the modular counterparts of u-he’s All Synth bundle. I call Ace the younger sibling, although it’s an entirely different synth. Ace is a fairly straightforward modular synth that allows for a very flexible workflow.

You’ll find two analog oscillators, multi-mode filters, envelopes, LFOs, mixing modules, one ramp generator, and three effects. You can patch cable from just about any module to another, leading to a world of discoveries despite Ace’s compact appearance. I’m also a fan of its oscilloscope that shows what’s happening with your signals quickly.

Unlike Ace, Bazille is a digital modular synth with four oscillators, multi-mode filters, envelopes, mixing modules, effects, two LFOs, and a 16-step sequencer. You’ll also find tool modules like inverters, rectifiers, lag generators, etc.

And similar to Ace, Bazille allows you to patch any module to another, including using oscillators as LFOs. Overall, it’s a powerful synth that begs for exploration and comes in handy with over 1,700 presets.

• Hive 2

Hive 2 is a wavetable synth with two oscillators (16x unison), filters, LFOs, and four envelopes. At the center of the interface, you’ll find an arpeggiator, an 8-step sequencer, four XY pads, seven effects, and an oscilloscope.

Similarly, it features a 12-slot modulation matrix that lets you modulate just about any parameter, including effect parameters. The wavetables have multiple modes: normal, reverse, and cyclic, where the latter lets you cycle the wavetable seamlessly. And it features a “shape sequencer” that allows you to create complex modulations and rhythmic patterns.

It can output up to four modulation signals. Overall, Hive 2 feels ideal for electronic music producers who require dynamic and exciting sounds.

Compatibility:

The u-he All Plugins bundle is available for Windows 7 or higher, macOS 10.9 or higher, and Linux, all 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, and AAX formats. Note that macOS AAX is currently unavailable.

Summary:

Whether you’re an electronic music producer, a performer, or a composer/sound designer for films, u-he has you covered. My favorite thing about u-he synths is how natural and organic they sound.

Furthermore, several of their products feature XY-pads, ideal for performing live, and almost all of their presets utilize the feature with Native Instruments NKS support. Similarly, as complicated as Zebra 2 and Hive 2 are, the intuitive user interfaces help make their intricacy easier to understand and exciting.

Overall, the u-he All Synth bundle is undoubtedly one of the best purchases you could make in music production.

Related Reading:

Top 13 Synth VST Plugins (And 5 FREE Synths Plugins)

2. iZotope Neutron 4 (Mixing Bundle / Channel Strip)

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iZotope Neutron 4 is a comprehensive mixing tool suite offering various improvements and additions to previous versions.

The plugin features an Assistant View that provides an easy-to-use and intuitive interface for beginners to change a channel’s sound. Additionally, it includes an Unmask module that allows for easy separation of different sounds and an Exciter module that features new distortion signal mashers.

Key Features:

4. Cableguys ShaperBox 3 (Mixing Bundle)

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In cutting-edge electronic music production nowadays, a variety of complex automation and modulations are enabled by a combination of plugins and the DAW. If your digital audio workstation doesn’t include modulators, you may always resort to using MIDI sequencers and modulators instead.

However, imagine if certain plugins were capable of processing and modulation simultaneously. The core of the new functions in ShaperBox 3 is the ability to use a single plugin to do both simple ducking and complicated modulation for the drop.

ShaperBox 3 is the go-to plugin for inspiration, musical motion, and mixing magic, thanks to feature-rich updates, including Audio Triggering, Sidechain View in VolumeShaper, and the new LiquidShaper flanger/phaser.

In addition, the nine powerful multiband effects in ShaperBox – Volume, Time, Drive, Filter, Crush Noise, Pan, Width, and  Liquid – are each a clean slate for your imagination.
With a simple visual interface that makes production quick and enjoyable, add a Shaper and draw any waveform you can think of to control the impact.

Key Features:

• New Browser

There’s no longer any need to sit around and hope for ideas. The redesigned and improved browser in ShaperBox 3 provides quick and simple filtering and categorization of presets to help you quickly discover what you’re looking for.

 As a result, you can find rhythmic chops, jazzy fills, motion-packed sweeps, and more with just a few clicks and endless possibilities.

• LiquidShaper

LiquidShaper gives you wild jet-plane flanging and deep, lush phasing in one Shaper. Custom LFO shapes take you far beyond the traditional. Modulate Centre and Feedback independently across three frequency bands. You can create gentle stereo modulations… or monstrous robotic comb filter FX!

• Audio Triggering

Activating the new Audio setting to have the LFO reset with each sound effect, you may alter transients and add a rhythm-tracking creative effect with the help of ShaperBox. Modify the dynamics, saturation of assault, filtering of sustain, and more by redrawing the envelope of any sound.

Make use of the innate rhythm of drums, melodies, basslines, real instruments, and even complete orchestras to activate tape-stops, filter patterns, noise sequences, and more.

• External Sidechain Input

So long as your kick isn’t in 4/4, you can still utilize Volume Shaper to bury your bass, thanks to the new Audio Triggering feature in ShaperBox 3. You can use this function when the External Sidechain Input is switched on.

However, you can use this function for more than simply kicks and sidechain ducking; for example, you could activate a bitcrushing pattern on your synth every time the snare hits.

• Compressor Unchained

In ShaperBox, the multiband Compressor is now a standalone effect that you may add to the Shaper chain at any point. Dynamically manipulate even the most intricate Shaper chains, or smash them to pieces with pumping compression.

Compatibility

The plugin is available for Windows 8 or higher and macOS 10.9 or higher, both 64-bit only. It comes in VST2/3, AU, and AAX formats.

Conclusion

In the third installment of the ShaperBox series, you’ll find a comprehensive collection of effect processors ideal for creating any sound you can imagine. There are nine different Shaper modules included. Moreover, the plugin’s user interface is well-designed, so it’s easy to use and pleasant to interact with.

As great set of tools, ShaperBox 3 covers both static and moving effects. The LFO engine’s generative node interface allows you to create rhythmic envelopes, glitches, and even basic waveforms. The envelope follower’s multiband features also make it possible to use external side-chaining and internal filters.

 The Shaper plugin allows you to adjust the time, pan, drive, width, and loudness and apply filters and noise.

5. Waves Vocal Production Bundle (Vocal Mixing Bundle Including Synth)

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If you record a lot of vocals, you cannot go wrong with this toolkit.

Waves Vocal Production bundle features fifteen of the most loved vocal plugins, including a de-esser, reverb, compressor, pitch-shifter, vocoder, doubler, etc. All of them are calibrated for vocal manipulation, making them some of the fastest tools to get release-ready vocals. Let’s have a look at some of the bundle’s plugins.

One of my favorite plugins here is Sibilance. It’s a de-esser plugin with an algorithm called Organic ReSynthesis, a spectral filter that intelligently identifies sibilance. It has merely four knobs but sounds smooth and natural.

Similarly, Vocal Bender and Vocal Tune Real-Time are excellent pitch correction software. We featured the latter, which can correct the pitch in real-time, on our top 6 autotune list.

Key Features:

• A Comprehensive Collection

Every beginner or even an experienced producer has run into a tricky dilemma in selecting plugins. Waves makes the process far easier by providing this handy collection at a very affordable price. It features everything from staples like the R–Vox compressor, Doubler, and TrueVerb reverb to the Ovox, a futuristic voice-controlled synth and FX processor.

Another plugin many people love is the Vocal Rider, which adjusts the vocal levels automatically without any coloration as a compressor might.

• Intuitive

Each of the Waves plugins is straightforward with an intuitive user interface. Several of them are even meant to make the process faster by only providing the basic controls while letting the plugin take care of the rest. And yet, they sound smooth and musical, making the suite an excellent choice for musicians of any skill level.

• Support And Updates

Waves provides free updates throughout their current major release, ensuring that any changes in your OS or DAW software don’t break your workflow. And you can do all installations and modifications using the proprietary Waves Central software. However, note that each major release costs a specific amount depending on how many plugins you own.

Compatibility:

The Waves Vocal Production bundle is available for Windows 10 or higher and macOS 10.14.6 or higher, both 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, AAX, and RTAS formats.

Summary:

The bundle provides plenty of value for its price. The plugins are of excellent quality and fit any kind of music production. Similarly, the documentation and online tutorial videos ensure ease of learning.

I’d recommend any of the plugins in this bundle like Sibilance, Vocal Rider, Bender, Ovox, Doubler, DeBreath, and Tune Real-Time, even if they weren’t in the bundle. Furthermore, the rest of the plugins allow you to fully mix your vocals without using anything other than what’s available.

Related Reading:

20 Best Waves Plugins For Mixing, Mastering & Producing

6. Native Instruments KOMPLETE 14 Collector’s Edition (Composing, Mixing & Mastering)

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From one of the biggest audio software and hardware developers comes an extensive music production suite.

Around 2003, Native Instruments released their first Komplete bundle with all of their best instrument plugins. And now, that collection has grown exponentially to become a comprehensive suite of plugins covering every kind of music production need.

There isn’t an area where Native Instruments doesn’t excel from complex synthesis to in-depth sampling.

Apart from the tools by Native Instruments, it also includes plugins from Knif Audio, Izotope, Brainworx, and more. The collection is created to provide all the tools a producer, composer, and sound designer needs in one place.

It consists of Kontakt 7, Choir: Omnia, the Session series, Knifonium, the Ozone 10 bundle, and many more great plugins.  We highly recommend checking the bundle comparison page to compare all four versions of KOMPLETE 14 where you can see in a great detail what each version includes.

Key Features:

• Well-organized

The collection is categorized into tabs like Applications, Instruments, Effects, Expansions, Kontakt, and Reaktor. It shows you all the items/plugins in the collection in one place. Using the Native Access application, you can get Access to the entire collection and the option to install & download it.

• Versatility

You get 27 high-quality orchestral instruments that are well-sampled and modeled after strings, choir, horns, etc., to give you a well-rounded, sufficient and expansive orchestral tool kit. In addition, you also get 19 synthesizers, from analog to digital, wavetable to granular, and MONARK to Massive.

• Beatmakers’ paradise

For beatmakers, you get 48 sampled instruments and 15 percussion tools/virtual drum machines like Battery, Abbey Road Modern Drummer, and more. In addition, you get 32 effect plugins to manipulate your sounds tonally and shape them to your taste and sensibilities.

• World Instruments

KOMPLETE 14 is the best collection for you if you compose or produce world sounds from different cultures and geographies. You can find anything from East Asian percussions to African instruments and more in the bundle.

• Plugin Alliance Additions

The bundle includes plugins from Brainworx, Unfiltered Audio, and many mastering plugins, console emulations, analog synths, and studio-quality effects. These are the plugins from the Plugin Alliance collection, a company that provides an aggregation of high-quality mixing-mastering plugins on rent.

Compatibility:

The minimum system requirements of KOMPLETE 14 are macOS 10.15 or Windows 10 OS, the Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, or Apple Silicon (using Rosetta 2), and 4 GB of RAM. The plugins are available in AAX, AU, and VST formats.

Summary:

Native Access allows you to update the collection, so you don’t have to browse for new sounds repeatedly. In addition, you can plug and play these instruments/plugins with Native Instrument’s physical equipment. Of course, it’s an expensive collection, but it also offers great value. However, the updates are paid.

Related Reading:

Top 20 Native Instruments Plugins & Kontakt Libraries 

20 Best Kontakt Libraries For All Categories (Synths, Drums, Vocals)

7. UJAM Beatmaker 2 Bundle (Drums & Beats For Various Genres)

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Ujam is most known for its intuitive plugins that help you create music effortlessly.

If you’ve been following the developers, you’ve probably noticed how much they prioritize ease of use. And the Beatmaker Bundle makes no exception. The entire suite of plugins is minimal, chock full of radio-ready sounds, and fast.

These qualities make the bundle an excellent choice for beginners, intermediates, and experienced producers working a tight deadline.

The bundle features ten plugins:

Eden 2

Eden 2 provides drum sounds and driving loops ideal for creating pumping EDM tracks. It features 1,035 patterns encompassing over forty-five dance styles alongside 10 kits and 12 mixing presets. It also lets you make risers/downers easily by automating a fader.

• Dope 2

As the name suggests, Dope 2 is a street-certified beatmaker filled with polished hip-hop sounds and loops. From authentic gritty kits straight from the vinyl to modern rap sounds, you’ll find everything in its 1,180 phrases and 10 drum kits. It also features a vinyl drive knob to add Lo-Fi flavors to your drums.

• Hype

Hype best fits large stadiums stomping with progressive house and EDM. You’ll find a collection of 10 drum kits and 12 mix-presets that you can mix and match with 460 patterns covering twenty genres. As with Eden 2, you can create risers by automating a knob.

• Nemesis

Take your listeners to a far galaxy in a dystopian era with Nemesis’ aggressive and futuristic drum sounds. It best fits contemporary sci-fi game scores. You’ll find 10 drum kits and 12 mix-presets. And you can explore 30 styles to find your perfect loop.

• Hustle 2

Bass music styles like trap and grime demand carefully treated snares, gritty hats, and booming bass drums. Hustle 2 seeks to ease the process of achieving just that. You can explore over 40 different styles of patterns to find your inspiration.

• Kandy

Whether you are at the top of the charts or on your way up, your beats define your pop and RnB songs. Kandy is the perfect virtual drummer to achieve sparkling drum sounds. It features 460 patterns over 20 styles. And you can explore 10 drum kits and 50 presets to find your perfect sound.

• Void

Void gives you hard-hitting beats fast and ideal for Drum & Bass and breakbeat. It’s a beatmaker designed for higher BPM. It lets you stay true to your genre while discovering inspiring sounds from the 10 drum kits and 12 mix-presets in the plugin.

• Vice

There’s nothing like a bit of nostalgic synth-wave and pop music from the 80s. Vice equips you with the retro sounds of the past with its 10 drum kits and 12 mixing presets. Also, it contains 690 patterns spread over 30 styles.

• Glory

Glory provides modern trap, hip-hop, and pop drum sounds. It features 10 drum kits with 460 patterns covering 20 styles. It lets you change the pitch of the bass easily and add grit to your sound with a single knob.

• IDOL

Artists like BTS and Black Pink have shaken the music industry to its core. So, it’s no surprise to see a drum instrument dedicated to K-pop. Idol features 10 drum kits and 12 mixes with 460 MIDI patterns spread over 20 styles. The Juice fader allows you to add multi-band compression to emphasize the clarity and punch, instantly bringing out the polished K-pop style.

Furthermore, the plugins are categorized by genre so that you can try each one and discover your favorite style.

Similarly, they are also excellent for finding inspiration when you feel burned out after working on a single genre for too long. The bundle covers EDM, pop, hip-hop, trap, boom-bap, big room, and synth-wave best.

Key Features:

• Mix And Match

Each plugin comes with multiple kits, mix styles, and a library of loops and fills. Each loop bank features a set of grooves for intros, fills, endings, and breakdowns. So, once you find a preset you like, you can change the mix styles, switch up the beat loops, and get a custom groove going in no time.

• Integration

All of the plugins in the bundle feature two critical features in every drum plugin: MIDI export and multi-outs. You can drag and drop any groove you want into your DAW and continue editing the pattern. And the multi-outs feature lets you connect each piece in your drum kit to a new track, where you can add effects and mix them as you like.

• Mixing

If mixing your DAW feels too old school, spice up your sound using ujam’s built-in effect processors and tools. You can change each drum element’s volume, decay, pan, and filter. Similarly, the master output features a filter sweep (instant risers and downers), saturation, limiter, and reverb ambiance.

And, as I already mentioned, there are various mixing styles, beat intensity, Lo-Fi effect, etc., at the top of the interface. Note that the available parameters change based on the plugin you’re using.

Compatibility:

The ujam Beatmaker bundle is available for Windows 8 or higher and macOS 10.11 or higher, both 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, and AAX formats.

Summary:

If you produce a lot of beats for your clients, you’ll save a lot of time with this bundle. Furthermore, if you are a beginner and don’t know where to start with sample packs, UJAM Beakmaker makes finding excellent sounds and grooves effortless.

As I’ve stated, the products are best suited for various electronic music genres like EDM, House, Trap, Pop, and Hip Hop, and the sounds are spot-on.

However, I must mention that Void may sound too rough and raw compared to the latest Drum & Bass trends. In the end, it’s worth your time giving it a try and ensure for yourself before you buy.

Related Reading:

11 Best Percussion & Drum VST Plugins (And FREE Plugins)

8. Eventide Anthology XII (Mixing & Mastering Bundle)

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Eventide has released Anthology XII, a massive collection of 33 plugins packed with innovative features and creative possibilities.

This collection grants you entry to the entire 50-year catalog of groundbreaking audio technology developed by Eventide, and it features not only the company’s most popular but also some of their newest effect plugins. Some examples of these updates are the multi-band tool,  ShimmerVerb, ambiance effects, the Spring, and many others.

Of course, it’s easy to get sidetracked by all the cool effects plugins like reverbs, delays, filters, and pitch shifters in the Anthology XII collection.

In this pack are some of the company’s most popular plugins, including several reverbs (including the SP2016 Reverb, Spring, Blackhole, MangledVerb, Tverb, and UltraReverb), multiple Harmonizers ( H910 Harmonizer, H949 Harmonizer, Octavox, and Quadravox), an Omnipressor, a few intelligent EQs ( SplitEQ, EChannel, and EQ 65), the Physion Mk II Moreover, also Instant series plugins are included in the package (Instant Phase Mk II, Instant Phaser Mk II).

Along with these, the classic H9 series effects are also included, including (ShimmerVerb, TriceraChorus, CrushStation, Rotary Mod, Undulator, MicroPitch, Crystals, UltraTap, etc.). Additionally, there are a few helpful utilities like Precision Time Align and UltraChannel.

Key Features:

• EQ

This plugin introduces a new EQ approach that producers have needed for decades due to its pinpoint accuracy, filter curve, and rich functionality; SplitEQ is a surgical equalization tool.

SplitEQ’s transient controls can individually modify a sound’s transient and tone; this keeps a sound’s signature or transient groove while adding EQ filters, making mixing fixes easier.

With a routable gate, parametric EQ, adjustable compressor, and output transformer simulation, EChannel is a great audio engineering channel strip. EChannel lets you apply Eventide effects on several songs without compromising quality or taxing your computer’s CPU.

The EQ45 is a Four-band parametric EQ with high and low cut Butterworth filters, breadth and gain controls for each frequency band, and overload protection accessible via a streamlined interface.

• Pitch Shifters

Octovox is a powerful MIDI-enabled 8-voice diatonic pitch shifter. The variety of effects it can generate and the amount of control it gives you over the sound make this plugin stand out. With this plugin, you can layer chords, expand the sound of your instruments, and quickly put together rhythmic patterns.

Twin reverse pitch shifters, reverb, and delay may all be found in Crystals plugin. You can use this classic Harmonizer effect to make reverbs that sound like nothing else or climb, and cascade pitched delays that sound out of this world.

Two granular delays are reversed, and you can adjust the length and pitch. Crystals bring out the best in synths, guitar, and vocals, making them seem full and rich.

• Reverbs

Tverb was built by a great producer, engineer, and musician, so you know it has to be one of the best reverb plugins ever. The reverb engine in Tverb is based on this idea, making it possible to relocate the microphones within an on-screen concert hall physically.

The Anthology XII bundle also includes the iconic plugin Blackhole. It’s a reverb plugin with the ethereal, odd, and qualities necessary to produce sounds. Most reverb plugins aim for transparency and authenticity when creating plate or room reverbs.

With Blackhole Reverb, you may adjust the reverb’s algorithm from a regular reverb in one half of its travel to a reverse-envelope type in the other half with the slider labeled “Gravity,” which appears to be the equivalent of decay time.

• Harmonizers

Octavox is a clever piece of software that can transform any sound source, even drums, into up to eight voices in any key and time signature. Your melodies and ideas will soar to new heights with the help of Octavox, based on technology from Eventide’s flagship H8000 hardware effects processor.

To help you write songs, layer harmonies, expand your instrument palette, and come up with new, original rhythmic sequences, Quadravox is a great compositional tool and allows you to take input tones, including drums, and synthesize up to four voices based on the selected key and temporal interval.

The H949 was Eventide’s first pitch-shifter to be de-glitched, and it introduced MicroPitch, which relied on a unique single-sideband modulation approach to allow for fine-grained control over subtle pitch adjustments.

• Utility

Precision Time Align is a high-precision sub-sample delay that can adjust the timing of a track by as much as one or two bars. For multi-miked drums, singers, and instruments, it will help you get perfectly synchronized double-tracked recordings, free of any timing anomalies or phase difficulties.

UltraChannel offers numerous fully-loaded versions of iconic Eventide effects in a single, high-precision channel strip.

Compatibility:

This bundle is available for macOS 10.10 or higher (64-bit only) and Windows 8 or higher (64-bit only). It comes in VST/RTAS/AU/AAX formats and supports 32 and 64 bit systems.

Summary:

The effects and customization options available in Anthology XII are quite impressive. There are countless ways to improve your music production skills, from the countless inspiring presets to the onboard plugin controls.

With great reverb and delay effects, jaw-dropping pitch warping and manipulation tools, a genuinely creative EQ tool, and much more can all be found in Anthology XII. You need to start using these plugins in your production process right now.

9. SWAM Solo Strings Bundle V3 (Collection of String Instruments)

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Stefano Lucato and the rest of the Audio Modeling team created the SWAM Solo Strings library to serve as a resource for musicians who perform on solo string instruments.

These tools don’t require samples because they’re built on Physical Modeling technology. You can use a bow or finger pizzicato to simulate playing any SWAM Solo Strings product. Finally, several extra parameters to govern the instrument behavior are available and are not found in the normal SWAM controls.

Key Features:

• Four Instruments

SWAM Solo Strings Bundle includes Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass.

• Controller Mapping

You can map an external MIDI controller to the instrument’s controls in the corresponding section. In this perspective or setting, the parameters set for a controller are shown in purple, surrounded by dashed lines, whereas the parameters that have not been set for a controller are shown in green.

You can use none of the unselected parameters in the mapping. In this setting, you’ll have access to the whole UI and can pick and change any mapping parameter you like.

• Articulations

There is also a weedy col legno option for the solo strings that lacks real force, in addition to the more powerful straight arco bowing and the modest-sounding pizzicato. There is also a sordino button, which darkens and softens the sound, as well as good harmonics and variable tremolo speed.

These instruments, like the SWAM woodwinds, are mostly monophonic, but they also feature a polyphonic mode with a wonderful ‘hold’ option for playing double-stopped country licks.

There is a universe of complex, key-switchable playing options beyond these basic ones, showcasing the obsessive attention to detail that proves no element was overlooked in the pursuit of authenticity.

• Microtuning

Their method of microtuning allows for a great deal of customization, with scales that the player creates, and the degree of detuning (in the range of +100/-100 cents) controlled individually for each note via a set of sliders.

Presets for the instrument can be saved along with these adjustments. You can detune notes on demand by clicking or switching between them using the mouse or keyboard. This is the quickest approach, but it’s only useful for static configurations that won’t change frequently.

You can detune a note by clicking on the microtuning bar on the instrument’s primary user interface. If you click this, You will detune the selected note according to the microtuning settings you made in the Options menu.

Compatibility:

The library is available for Kontakt 5.7 or higher (NOT the free Kontakt Player). Kontakt 5.7 is available for Windows 7 or higher 32-bit and 64-bit and macOS 10.10 or higher 64-bit. It comes in VST 2, AU, and AAX formats.

Summary:

Due to the extensive customization options, the SWAM solo strings bundle may require some practice to master. However, once you’ve gotten the hang of playing these instruments, you’ll be able to create and execute string parts in your music.

10. Baby Audio Bundle (Mixing Suite)

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With this bundle, you can get all of Baby Audio’s plugins at once and save a ton of money.

Baby Audio has the expertise to make your existing mixes seem even more expansive and dramatic. You can now get all of Baby Audio’s excellent plugins in one convenient bundle for a steal of a price.

Included in this package are seven separate plugins, ranging from a delay and reverb effect (Spaced Out) to lo-fi sounds (Super VHS) to heavy-duty compression and saturation (Parallel Aggressor), and much more besides.

Key Features:

• Reverbs

Spaced Out has all the wet effects you need, including echoes from beyond the cosmos. This robust plugin comes equipped with a 16-step delay sequencer, a crystal-clear reverb engine, and a treasure trove of modulation possibilities that will allow you to spend hours exploring your creative potential.

Crystalline is an algorithmic reverb that pays homage to the classics while also taking advantage of the advantages of modern computing power. It’s supposed to be unrealistic but in a good way. The rooms and hallways inside won’t have the same echoey feel as your own home.

• Delay

The Baby Audio Comeback Kid delay plugin has the tonality and personality to give your recordings a nostalgic jolt, whether using digital dog-ear repetitions or reel-to-reel approximations. The Comeback Kid’s retro aesthetic and user-friendly interface are immediately appealing.

There are no nested menus to access or modify sounds; instead, you select a preset, toggle a few switches, and turn a few knobs. In addition, the Comeback Kid has over a dozen flavor enhancers that boost your source audio in both high and lo-fi creations.

• Parallel Compressor

The Baby Audio I Heart NY 2 parallel compressor plugin is here to become your new favorite tool for creating mind-blowing drum mixes.

The I Heart NY 2 plugin combines heavy compression, EQ, and “a load of non-linear wizardry” that is simple to adjust to get New York-style compression, which goes beyond basic parallel compression (blending a heavily compressed signal in with the dry audio).

This compression can be useful for more than just making drum mixes seem full and powerful; you can also apply it to guitars and other instruments in the mix. The Baby Audio I Heart NY 2 plugin is bound to become your go-to because it can be used as a standard insert compressor by simply pressing the Solo button.

• Aggressor

You’ve probably been stuck with tunes that needed to sound bigger at some point in your production pursuits. Unfortunately, this frequently results in a subpar mix that lacks the fullness of a professional studio recording.

With the power to process several copies of songs and combine them into a natural-sounding final result with lots of punch, Baby Audio’s Parallel Aggressor Compression and Saturation Plug-in are here to repair those terrible mixes.

This plugin begins its audio magic by dividing your signal into three distinct forms. Then, once your audio is recorded, Parallel Aggressor begins constructing your sound with a built-in mixer to adjust the levels of the three signals and controls for the Spank and Heat signals to dial in just the right amount of swagger.

• Tape

Like a sonic glue gun, TAIP makes your tracks sizzle and stick together. This tape emulation plugin isn’t just another digital simulation powered by digital signal processing; it uses a state-of-the-art AI-powered algorithm to simulate analog tape’s peculiarities accurately.

You also get many robust features designed to work with today’s DAW-focused production methods. For example, without requiring any external signal routing, TAIP allows you to add analog-style coloration to your instruments and vocals, whether for subtle warmth or full-on distortion.

Compatibility:

This bundle is available for macOS 10.10 or higher (64-bit only) and Windows 8 or higher (64-bit only). It comes in VST/RTAS/AU/AAX formats and supports 32 and 64 bit systems.

Summary:

Regarding quality, integration, and user interfaces, Baby Audio is always introducing fresh new options to the market. Thanks to the package they offer, fans of these plugins can get closer to them without paying a lot.

There’s little doubt that this package has everything a music mixer might want, but if you’re still unsure, you can test out the quality of their plugins in the trial version; some are even free (the free versions are not these in the bundle).

11. SSL Native Essentials Bundle (Minimal Bundle)

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The ultimate toolkit for the most important uses in a single packaging.

As previously said, SSL is one of the world’s most significant audio production firms, having an incredible portfolio of excellent hardware and software. The SSL Channel Strip 2 and the SSL Bus Compressor 2 are combined into one window in the Essentials Bundle.

Key Features:

• Channel Strip 2

The SSL Channel Strip 2 is a recreation of the legendary SSL 9000K SuperAnalogue mixing console, complete with four-band parametric EQ, compressor, filter, and gate/expander settings. There’s also the option to swap between the E-series and G-series sound profiles at any time, giving you a lot of versatility.

• Bus Compressor 2

This is a computer replica of the classic bus compressor used in so many memorable recordings taken over the years. The ease with which the mixes are merged using this bus compressor is one of its most sought-after features, making it nearly universally admired.

Compatibility:

This plugin is available for macOS 10.15, 11, and 12 (64-bit only) and Windows 10 or higher (64-bit only). It runs in VST, VST3, AAX and AU plugin formats.

Summary:

Having two of the most iconic studio tools in one package is fantastic, and you can be confident that this bundle will help you in the most diverse and complex mixing circumstances. Combining an amazing console with a fantastic bus compressor is the secret sauce for tight, clear, and resonant music that sounds like it was mixed on the real hardware components.

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12. FabFilter Pro Bundle (Mixing & Mastering Bundle)

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FabFilter and its high-quality plugins need no introduction for most conventional music producers.

FabFilter has been producing professional effect plugins and instruments for nearly twenty years. And the Pro Bundle features their mixing and mastering line of plugins. It comes with seven effect plugins: Pro-Q 3 EQ, Pro-R reverb, Pro-L 2 limiter, Pro-C 2 compressor, Pro-MB multi-band compressor, Pro-DS de-esser, and Pro-G gate/expander.

You probably noticed that pretty much every plugin by FabFilter has found a spot on our best-plugins lists, and that is no coincidence! For example, Pro-Q 3 is pretty much the industry standard for EQs, and Pro-R sounds incredibly smooth and realistic despite being a digital reverb that barely uses any CPU.

Similarly, Pro-L 2 is one of my favorite limiter plugins that provides multiple algorithms to enhance the punch, retain transparency, maintain dynamism, etc.

Key Features:

• Sleek Interface

You’ve got to hand it to FabFilter when it comes to designing user interfaces. Every plugin in the bundle looks elegant and feels fluid and modern. They all feature a customizable frequency spectrum that helps you understand what’s happening. Furthermore, it can display helpful tooltips that get you started without having to refer to a manual.

• Mastering Quality

Every plugin dealing with frequencies (Pro-Q, Pro-MB) feature a high-quality linear phase mode. Similarly, all plugins provide up to 4x (Pro-L has 32x) oversampling.

They ensure alias-free and phase-shift-free performance, fit for mastering your tracks. Although, I recommend keeping oversampling off while you are mixing and only using it to render your project to avoid CPU overload.

• Side-Chain

Every dynamic plugin in the bundle (including the Pro-Q 3 as it has dynamic EQ features) features an internal and external side-chain. You can use external side-chaining to link the dynamics of one track to the level of another (for example, bass to kick). It helps you achieve clean mixes quicker.

• Efficient

The FabFilter Pro bundle plugins are efficient in audio performance and CPU performance. You can load many instances of the plugins in a project with barely any noticeable CPU usage or latency. Of course, it all changes when you enable linear phase mode and oversampling. Still, the plugins sound clean and transparent, even without enabling oversampling.

Compatibility:

The FabFilter Pro bundle is available for Windows Vista or higher 32-bit and 64-bit and macOS 10.10 or higher 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, AAX, and RTAS formats.

Summary:

If you are looking for a complete mixing and mastering bundle, I recommend keeping this one high on your list. Nowadays, almost every studio relies on FabFilter products for many of their tasks because of their quality and reliability.

However, the biggest issue with their plugins is the steep price. Often, music producers don’t truly exploit all the features you can find in FabFilter products making the considerable investment hardly worth it. Still, I recommend demoing the plugins and seeing if you need what they have to offer.

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13. SoundToys 5 Bundle (The Ultimate Mixing Tools)

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Soundtoys is a well-known developer focusing on bringing analog sound to your virtual studio.

The Soundtoys 5 bundle contains all of the plugins produced by the developer to date. It features twenty-one excellent plugins, including the famed saturator Decapitator and advanced delay plugin EchoBoy. Owning this bundle means being fully equipped to handle just about any kind of mixing task.

Let’s have a look at a few of the plugins briefly.

The bundle has staple plugins like Little Plate reverb, Radiator tube saturator, Tremolator tremolo effect, FilterFreak advanced filter plugins, etc. These are the ones you’ll use on pretty much every mix you do.

However, the plugins that shine are the unique ones like Crystallizer granular reverse delay, MicroShift stereo widener, Devil-Loc Deluxe aggressive compressor, and Sie-Q coloring exciter/EQ. Try Sie-Q on vocals to add airy shine on the top-end, or add the MicroShift stereo widener on the back vocals to add movement and life.

Key Features:

• Effect Rack

The bundle comes with a plugin called Effect Rack, which allows you to load fourteen of the Soundtoys plugins in a virtual rack to create channel strips and effect chains. You can save the setup as an FX chain and load it any time you want.

Similarly, you’ll also find many presets using multiple plugins. Another feature I love is Recycle, which lets you send the rack’s output back into the input. Creative use of the feedback loop results in extreme effects like modulated reverb, strange ambiance, and distorted sounds.

• Tweak

Many of the plugins feature a button called “Tweak.” It opens a special panel that reveals deeper editing features. These could include saturation styles, adjusting the timing, selecting a different algorithm, etc. Furthermore, you’ll also find modulation options here, including an LFO and a sequencer.

• Shapes

The modulators in the Soundtoys 5 plugins contain an extensive collection of LFO shapes that encompass much more than your standard waveforms. Furthermore, it lets you draw and edit fully custom LFO shapes using its handy Shape Editor. You can create side-chained ducking effects or complex warbles that are unique to only you.

Furthermore, you’ll also find a Rhythm Editor, which is a rhythmic modulation sequencer. You can assign the length and playing rate of the pattern, customize each step’s level and length, change the shapes, humanize them, etc. You can even copy the shapes from one Soundtoys plugin to another.

Compatibility:

The Soundtoys 5 bundle is available for Windows 7 or higher and macOS 10.10 or higher, both 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, AAX, and RTAS formats.

Summary:

Soundtoys plugins are excellent for mixing any kind of music. Most have a classic yet distinguished sound. On the surface, the plugins are straightforward and appropriate even for the very beginners.

However, if you uncover the Tweak page, you’ll find a degree of customization that will satisfy the needs of an experienced producer.

Furthermore, the customizable LFO shapes and Rhythm Editor provide excellent value for electronic music production. So, if you don’t already own a mixing suite, the Soundtoys 5 bundle could be the ideal choice.

14. MeldaProduction MCompleteBundle (Complete Production Suite)

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Comprehensive is the only description.

Although a relatively new company (founded in 2009), MeldaProduction has gained a reputation as one of the best developers with a wide variety of plugins. The MCompleteBundle contains every plugin, instrument, and tool ever developed by the company.

And presently, that means a whopping 112 plugins covering basics like reverb, compressor, and EQ to auto-align, automatic dynamic EQ, looper, pitch shifting, etc.

Key Features:

• Instruments

The MCompleteBundle comes with three instrument plugins: MDrummer, MPowerSynth, and MSoundFactory. MDrummer is a powerful drum machine with a large library of sounds and loops covering pop, DnB, rock, RnB, jazz, EDM, percussions, etc.

Furthermore, it features an intelligent rhythm generator that can create new loops or variations of your custom loop. MPowerSynth is a synth with three oscillators, one noise generator, two 100+ mode filters, and an FX section.

Furthermore, it features customizable LFOs, envelopes, and random generators to modulate just about anything in the synth. And it has a feature-rich polyphonic arpeggiator.
And finally, MSoundFactory is a synth-sampler hybrid instrument that is Melda’s ultimate sound designing instrument.

It uses a grid-based workflow, where you can add as many oscillators as you want and route them to filters, modulators, effects, etc. Furthermore, you can even load MDrummer inside MSoundFactory to make use of its tools and samples. It also comes with many built-in instruments that are fully customizable as well.

• Effects

The effect plugins in this bundle are far too many to cover here. However, I’ll attempt to point out the highlights. MAutoEqualizer analyzes your track and automatically EQs your track based on your preference without any latency. Similarly, MCabinet is a cabinet simulator for guitars and bass.

However, instead of providing you with impulse response samples, it lets you create custom cabinets using “profiles” of real-world cabinets as the foundation. MCharacter lets you control the first 32 harmonics of any monophonic audio like vocals, lead guitar, etc.

Unlike traditional EQs, it lets you control the brightness or thickness of a sound smoothly regardless of the audio’s pitch. Furthermore, you can generate synthetic harmonics to add a sub-octave, for example.

Many plugins have a multi-band variant (like MChorusMB, MCombMB, MConvolutionMB reverb, MDynamicsMB, MRhythmizerMB, etc.). These let you control the sound of a specific band of frequencies, leaving the rest untouched.

For example, MRhythmizer is a gating/glitching plugin revered by many EDM and electronic producers. However, if you want more control, you can use the MRhythmizerMB to glitch only the high frequencies, for example.

• Life-Time Free Updates

When you buy the MCompleteBundle, you will own the current range of MeldaProduction plugins and all of the future products. These include updates of your existing plugins, all upcoming effects, and even instrument packs. This generous business model makes the bundle have an enormous value despite the high price tag.

Compatibility:

The MeldaProduction MCompleteBundle is available for Windows 7 or higher 32-bit and 64-bit and macOS 10.9 or higher 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, and AAX formats.

Summary:

If you’re looking for a massive package of plugins that covers everything from production to mixing and mastering, the MCompleteBundle is probably the only one. I’ve barely even scratched the surface of this bundle in my description.

There are even niche tools for analyzing audio, manipulating pitch, generating MIDI modulation, etc. However, being a large collection also makes the first investment quite high. Still, if you consider the number of plugins, instruments, and future updates you are receiving, the price feels well worth it.

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15. IK Multimedia T-Racks 5 (Mastering Bundle)

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Discover the sound of analog with this classic mixing and mastering bundle.

IK Multimedia T-Racks 5 is a collection of nine effect plugins ideal for mixing and mastering. You’ll find a variety ranging from a classic analog compressor, EQ, and clipper to modern parametric EQ and one-plugin mastering solutions.

Furthermore, every plugin is fully resizable and often features a mid/side and dual-mono mode. I find them particularly useful for mastering and taming synths.

Key Features:

• Analog Sounds

Four of the plugins are labeled classics, including Classic Compressor, Clipper, Classic Multiband Limiter, and Classic Equalizer. All of them are analog-modeled and produce fantastic sounds. I particularly like using the Classic Compressor for vocals and mastering, and the Classic Clipper is ideal for clipping a drum mix.

The Classic Equalizer is excellent for adding top-end shine and other broad sound-shaping. Similarly, T-Racks 5 also features a vari-mu tube compressor called Dyna-Mu. It’s a faithful emulation of Manley’s classic compressor, known for fast, smooth, and distortion-free sound.

Furthermore, it features individual controls for each channel, left/right or mid/side.

• One Plugin To Rule Them All

The ONE plugin is an all-in-one mastering processor that features only the essential controls, keeping it easy for producers of any skill level. It includes an EQ, compressor, exciter, low-end enhancer, and limiter.

I’m usually not a fan of such plugins, but ONE somehow delivers awesome results in most cases. So, if you’re not used to mastering chains yet, try this plugin out – it’s surprisingly good!

• Master Match

This plugin is a mastering processor that analyzes up to three reference tracks and matches your track to the reference tracks automatically. It matches the spectral information (frequency spectrum) and the level (volume and dynamics).

Furthermore, Master Match allows you to inspect different segments of the reference tracks. So, you could analyze the verse of the first reference, the bridge of the second, and the third throughout.

And while mastering is a delicate process best done manually, I’ve often heard better results from Master Match than from many intermediate producers. Hence, it’s worth a try for everyone.

• Mastering Suite and EQual

T-Racks 5 comes with a standalone application, ideal for mastering your tracks. You can load multiple tracks, add plugins on each track, add metadata, and analyze the tracks using Metering.

T-Racks Metering is a loudness analyzer plugin that comes with the bundle and is also available in your DAW. You can inspect the frequency spectrum, loudness, true peak, stereo image, etc., using Metering.

Finally, EQual is a 10-band parametric EQ with a sleek interface and multiple types of filters, including transparent digital, analog emulations, and passive. I recommend it for all sorts of mixing tasks. And it also includes a linear phase mode, perfect for mastering.

Compatibility:

The IK Multimedia T-Racks 5 bundle is available for Windows 7 or higher and macOS 10.10 or higher, both 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, and AAX formats.

Summary:

The T-Racks 5 bundle features some of the highest quality dynamics and EQ plugins available today. They are well-regarded by many industry professionals and hobbyists alike.

However, since the plugins are oriented toward mastering, I only recommend them if you already own a suite of plugins for mixing (could also be your DAW’s stock plugins). And if you do, learning mastering is the natural next step, and T-Racks 5 is one of the finest bundles to work with.

Furthermore, ONE and Master Match might even save a lot of time by letting you master your tracks with a single plugin.

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16. Softube Weiss Complete Collection (Mastering Bundle)

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Softube is a Swedish company that has created many analog emulation plugins, working with the original designers to ensure authenticity.

From the same company comes the Weiss Complete Collection bundle, featuring fully accurate emulations of the Weiss hardware plugins for mastering your music.

The bundle includes Weiss EQ MP 7-band mixing EQ, EQ1 mastering EQ, Gambit Series: Console 1 channel strip, DS1-MK3 mastering processor, MM-1 mastering limiter, Compressor/Limiter, and Deess.

Softube developed each plugin in partnership with Weiss Engineering Ltd. to ensure accuracy and quality.

Key Features:

• Authentic

The Weiss plugins are no mere emulations. They feature the same code found in the original hardware, written and ported line by line painstakingly. So, according to Softube and Weiss Engineering, these software plugins are the same products as the hardware ones.

The only difference is the tangibility, making the Weiss Complete Bundle a value product that provides the mastering-grade sound at an affordable price.

• Quality Sound

The Weiss plugins work at 32-bit depth and 192 kHz sample rate, ensuring sample-accurate results. The high bit-depth also provides noise-free sound. Similarly, the mastering EQ features linear phase and dynamic phase mode. Overall, these plugins are meant for quality mastering.

• Extended Features

All of the plugins support Softube’s Extended Features. Enabling Extend Features provides you with digital input and output meters, headroom gain, a high-pass filter, and a phase-inversion control.

Furthermore, you’ll also find an input-output gain difference meter, LUFS target control, etc., on the output panel. These features are handy for mastering.

Compatibility:

The Softube Weiss Complete Collection bundle is available for Windows 10 or higher and macOS 10.6.1 or higher, both 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, and AAX formats.

Summary:

If you are serious about mastering, the W eiss Complete Collection bundle is an outstanding suite of plugins for you. They genuinely provide the authentic sounds of the pioneering hardware plugins, which can help you achieve a distinct sound otherwise impossible with digital gear. Furthermore, the user interfaces of these plugins are elegant. So, they should be a joy to work with.
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17. Blue Cat’s All Plug-Ins Pack (Mixing & Mastering Tools)

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This digital audio processing environment includes Blue Cat Audio’s commercial audio plugins and applications.

Blue Cat Audio’s PatchWork standalone application and all of their commercial audio plugins rolled into one convenient package for digital audio processing.

This bundle includes all of the company’s options over the years, including instrument solutions such as AcouFiend, an acoustic feedback simulator that makes your guitar scream, Axiom, a virtual amplifier, Destructor; Hot Tuna, which helps you tune and intonate your guitar; and effects like Flanger, Chorus, PolyVibe, and others.

They didn’t stop there; in addition to plugins that aid in the creative process, they also provide Metering solutions such as FreqAnalyst Pro/Multi, DP Meter Pro, StereoScope Multi/Pro, Oscilloscope Multi, Utility plugins such as Remote Control, Gain Suite, Connector, Re-Head, also Compressors such as Dynamics, Dynamix, Protector and Mixer.

Key Features:

• Multiband 

The MB-5 Dynamix from Blue Cat is a great multiband dynamics processor, able to act as a multiband compressor, limiter, gate, expander, or waveshaper across the whole frequency range or any combination thereof.

To process each of the five bands independently, this plugin incorporates and streamlines the specialized dynamics processing component of Blue Cat’s Dynamics plugin.
You can simultaneously use Blue Cat’s Dynamics as a compressor, limiter, gate, expander, waveshaper, or any combination of these effects.

The plug dynamics’ response is adjustable via a two-threshold approach, and its behavior is reflected in clear visual feedback.

The MB-7 Mixer can treat several frequency bands as individual tracks for mixing and processing. You can alter the gain, the “stereos,” and the position in the stereo field for each band individually, just as on a mixing console, and you can even bypass, mute, and solo each band individually to zero in on specific frequencies.

Also, a master mono switch allows you to test mono compatibility as you work with the stereo image.

• Metering

The StereoScope Multi evaluates numerous songs’ stereo quality at the same time. You’ll know where each instrument is in the stereo field, which helps with mixing. StereoScope Pro is an analyzer that can output MIDI and automation.

It helps spot phase and mono compatibility difficulties and analyzes the stereo audio stream. You may also use it to inspect your project’s effects chain and see how audio effects affect the stereo image.

The X-Y view in Blue Cat’s Oscilloscope Multi allows you to compare the contents of numerous audio channels. In addition to synchronization options, the plugin can extract stereo and mid-side waveforms.

FreqAnalyst Multi is a real-time spectrum analyzer with great temporal and frequency resolution. It’s great for blending sounds since it reveals which parts of the spectrum two instruments use when their frequencies match. In addition, FreqAnalyst Pro’s smooth algorithms give smoothness and high temporal and frequency resolution.

• Processing Tools

Protector is a stereo brickwall limiter with a 0 dB threshold and a customizable dynamic range. It is often placed on the master bus of your digital audio workstation to prevent clipping, control the overall volume, and increase the apparent loudness at a transparent frequency.

Destructor is a robust modeling tool for emulating any sort of distortion, from savage digital destruction to subtle compression or guitar amp emulation.

If you use a DAW and want up to 64 VST or Audio Unit plugins at once, PatchWork can make a series of effects, or up to eight parallel chains, each of which can be activated separately.
This eliminates the need for multiple buses and allows you to configure your preferred effects and instruments directly within the plugin.

• Utility

Remote Control is a plugin that allows you to manage and keep tabs on several MIDI-controllable plugins or devices from a unified, fully-customizable interface. It allows you to select any control or meter, tweak its response curve, and map it to a specific MIDI channel and control change message (CC) number.

You can customize the existing skin for each plugin installation or use one of many premade skins. By simulating the shape and density of your head, Re-Head restores the original sound quality of the audio sent to your ears without using headphones.

The most prevalent issues connected with headphone use in work, such as artificial sound and ear strain, are addressed by Re-Head in addition to stereo processing, impulse response therapy, EQ, and more.

Compatibility:

This bundle is available for macOS 10.10 or higher (64-bit only) and Windows 8 or higher (64-bit only). It comes in VST/RTAS/AU/AAX formats and supports 32 and 64 bit systems.

Summary:

In addition to being highly effective and dependable professional-grade tools, they also have a great design, and, what’s more, the company responsible for making them is always working on new, fresh skins to make them look good with any user to an interface you might be using.

Such behavior, especially from widely used plugins, is one of the most appropriate recipes for commercial success in the era of Vista’s Aero-looks madness.

18. D16 Group Audio SilverLine Collection (Mixing Suite)

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The SilverLine is a package of essential, foundational effects designed to elevate your work.

Since there are other packages like this one, they’re doing their best to provide specific feedback on the distinctive sound character, user-friendliness, and other salient features.

These plugins have a clean and clear GUI, easily visible and usable concerning all parameters, and a sort of old metal optics, something d16 has never had a problem with. Parameter fonts could be larger; they aren’t always easy to read.

Key Features:

• Reverbs

The hybrid room technique developed by D16 Group is called Spacerek, and it uses a combination of virtual-environment emulation and a dynamic delay network to produce warm, realistic-sounding early reflections and vivid, multicolored late reflections.

Toraverb 2 can rid annoying flutter echoes and produce a stunningly smooth background sound thanks to its diffusion network design based on improved all-pass filters.

A built-in ducker helps to clean up the sound field and prevent mixes from getting dull and muddy, and the two parametric EQs, modulation controls, and realistic crosstalk give you the freedom to create the perfect reverb sound for any application.

• Lo-Fi

One of the Silver Series plugins with the “most normal” appearance is Decimort. The characteristic lofi sound is delivered, ranging from subtle to shouting or unpleasant, once the high frequencies are taken care of.

Having the stereo signal split back in place is great, as it facilitates channel-specific bitcrushing. Each channel in d16 was additionally equipped with its filter, making it a veritable eldorado for musical experimentation.

• Distortion

Devastor is a plugin that captures the legendary distortion sound in its purest form, delivering a powerful, nasty, screaming overdrive. However, a configurable diode clipper and three filter sections are taken to a new level with adaptable routing options.

Redoptor plugin is a priceless find for those who adore the tube distortion sound. Redoptor on audio or a plugin adds all kinds of distortion to the sound in a very relaxed way.

As a result, your sound won’t take on a brutal, hell-screaming fuzzy quality; rather, you’ll hear vintage sound at its finest and understand why tubes have always been and will always be prized for their distortion effects.

• FX

With its three independent delay lines, Syntorus 2 emulates classic bucket brigade chorus units, allowing for the creation of incredibly luxuriant modulation. Additionally, the triple-LFO part of Syntorus 2 can control the modulation rate and depth, with various waveshapes, tempo sync, and note division options to choose from.

Fazortan 2 is the modern software realization of a vintage hardware device from the 1971s. D16 painstakingly modeled the all-pass circuits responsible for phase shifting to get you even closer to the real analog vibe of the original.

In addition, Fazortan 2’s graphical user interface allows for pinpoint control over all phase shift parameters, allowing for extremely precise contouring. To handle its sixteen individual delay lines, the Tekturon uses a complex delay matrix.

Consider it a delay sequencer with a simple user interface that makes it easy to create complex echoes. For adding personality to your time-based delay patterns, a global effects section offers cutoff and resonance controls for the master filter, feedback, and shuffle.

Antresol provides anything from a light thickening to whirling jet plane sounds using a delay feedback loop controlled by an LFO generator.

• Advanced Modulation

Godfazer’s twin Modulators add energy and variety by allowing four distinct cutoff/center frequency modulation types to be applied to the Multi Filters. Create your own synced or free-running cyclical progressions with the 16-step Step sequencer, and apply a constant offset to the left and right channels using the Constant Modulator. 

Compatibility:

This bundle is available for macOS 10.10 or higher (64-bit only) and Windows 8 or higher (64-bit only). It comes in VST/RTAS/AU/AAX formats and supports 32 and 64 bit systems.

Summary:

The sound quality of the SilverLine line is exceptional and unparalleled. This comes at a slightly higher CPU cost than normal, so there may be room for improvement.

On the other hand, these will add a great deal of priceless personality to your production; in fact, SilverLine’s sole purpose is to add that extra something to your audio; the plugins in this series are not meant to replace your standard plugin setup.

19. KiloHearts Ultimate (Composing, Mixing & Mastering)

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Each of the 26 “snapin” effect plugins included in KiloHearts Ultimate can be used independently in your DAW, making this a full FX bundle.

The Works’ was developed by the Swedish firm KiloHearts. Reputable musicians use this plugin suite in their production setups. You may purchase the plugins independently, but they shine when used together; you can load each effect into either of two hosts as “snapins” to give you even more control and link the effects’ parameters.

In this bundle, you can find snapins like Bitcrush, Chorus, Comb Filter, Compressor, Compressor, Delay, Dispreser, Distortion, Formant Filter, Faturator, Frequency Shifter, Gain, Gate, Haas, KHs One, Ladder Filter, Limiter, Phase Distortion, Phaser, Pitch Shifter, Resonator, Reverb, Reverser, Ring Mod, Stereo, Tape Stop, Trance Gate, Transient Shaper, Snap Heap and Multi Pass.

Key Features:

• Bit Crusher

Though bit resolution and dither are commonplace, this one offers additional de-rezzing options for the input. A low enough sample rate will cause an overtone at the playback frequency, allowing you to add a musical flourish.

Complete command over the AD converter and DA Converter allows for fine-tuning the destruction without resorting to wet/dry control. The dither’s effect might be subtle, adding only a touch of smoothness or pronunciation, creating a fuzzier digital version of sustain.

Filter

The filter takes a notch out of a filter and its harmonics, nudge the hands of time on another instance, and behold the constructive and destructive results. It adds a jarring stereo effect to the music, which can be useful when you need an effect to stand out, but the file retains its original sound in a mono-summed medium.

The ongoing risk of stereo separation loss of information through the wrong medium makes this a very useful tool.

• Lowpass Filter

Ladder emulates the lowpass filter used in analog synthesizers by adding a variable amount of resonance just before the cutoff frequency. While its intended use is to impart a comfortable familiarity to synth compositions, it may also be useful for molding the tone of a kick track.

Includes a saturate function that you can adjust with the help of the drive and voltage bias settings. While the bias isn’t overt, the drive is useful for everything from a touch more kick at low settings to total digital annihilation when cranked up to eleven.

• Modular

With Phase Plant, you can create everything from simple synths to intricate developing patches because of its open modular architecture and user-friendly environment.

You can easily and precisely construct your sounds by combining as many generators, modulators, and effects as you need. You can mix and match these Snapins in the three effects lanes of Phase Plant to create the sound. Don’t venture outside Phase Plant for FX processing; do it all there and bake the results into your presets.

Compatibility:

This bundle is available for macOS 10.10 or higher (64-bit only) and Windows 7 or higher (64-bit only). It comes in VST/RTAS/AU/AAX formats and supports 32 and 64 bit systems.

Summary:

The KiloHearts plugin suite’s extensive feature set has impressed me deeply. “The Works” has worked its way into routine because of their reverb device’s incredible brilliance and the Disperser’s pure wonder. There are five free plugins; you may test out the others for 30 days at no cost. See for yourself how useful KiloHearts’ efforts can be.

20. iZotope RX 10 Advanced (Audio Restoration Bundle)

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The RX 10 Advanced is a collection of plugins for audio editing, correction, restoration, and enhancement. 

The RX Voice De-noise is a smart denoiser that, in its adaptive mode, automatically detects voice/speech signals and sets a threshold for reducing the noise from it, with variable noise floor. It’s a great plugin for editing podcasts, interviews, vlog audio, location recordings, and more.

Spectral De-noise is a noise removal plugin for removing hiss sounds, background noise, ground loops, fans, winds, and other sounds from electronic equipment used in your recording system. It also has an adaptive mode for automatic noise reduction, or you can set the threshold and reduction the amount yourself.

Guitars, whether acoustic or electric, catch squeaks, picking sounds, and buzz or hum sounds from pickups and amps. There are also room sounds that may induce wrong intonation or bad-sounding harmonics on the instrument. The Guitar De-noise is the perfect tool for cleaning your guitar recordings and reducing or eliminating all artifacts and noise.

The repair Assistant detects issues with the audio signals and helps you remove them. It has algorithms for cleaning the Voice, percussions, musical/melodic instruments, and sound effects. For each module/algorithm, the controls are different. For example, Voice has controls like De-ess for clearing sibilance, De-click for cleaning pops and clicks, De-clip for cleaning clipping/distortion, and so on.

Similarly, the Percussion algorithm has De-harsh, tine, De-reverb, and De-clip parameters, for all-rounded de-noising of percussion recordings and samples. In addition, the plugin is smart enough to listen to the audio profile and give suggestions based on that by using the Learn switch/button.

The RX De-click looks for amplitude irregularities to find any clicks, pops, impulses, etc., within the audio caused by digital errors or performance. The plugin operates in single-band, multiband (periodic clicks/random clicks), and low latency algorithms, with sensitivity and frequency skew parameters.

De-crackle is created to remove any continuous set of clicks or noise in an audio signal, with parameters like Quality (low, medium, and high), Strength, and Amplitude skew. The plugin is easy to use, with a click of a few buttons and can help you free your audio of any crackle noise/sounds.

The RX De-ess removes any sibilance within the audio, especially the vocals. Sibilance usually lies in the high-mid and high frequencies. However, you can select the exact frequency by selecting the cutoff frequency and the threshold after which the sibilance starts occurring.

You can also set the algorithm to Classic or Spectral, such as the Spectral de-esser works like multi-band compressors with dozens of bands acting to compress the sibilant frequencies. On the other hand, the classic De-esser works like any traditional de-esser.

The RX De-plosive removes any plosive sounds captured in the vocal recording. Unfortunately, only so many plugins are designed to work on that especially. However, it’s quite easy to use, with few parameters/sliders.

While recording vocals, you may capture clicks and lip smacks in the audio. The RX module has a plugin for getting rid of those sounds, called the Mouth De-click, and has only three parameters and an easy workflow to work with it.

We live in great times where we have the technology to fix clipping issues. Clipping occurs in digital or analog recording/conversion whenever the audio exceeds 0 dB in amplitude. It’s great, especially for live recordings or location sounds you cannot fix.

The RX De-reverb is great for bedroom producers who record at home and wants to get rid of the room ambiance that gets recorded. It’s also great for other recordings where you want to eliminate the room sound from the vocals/instruments. The plugin takes a reverb profile and gives you a multi-band mix slider window for balancing the lows, low-mids, high-mids, and mids.

The De-hum is created to remove hum sounds captured from the ground or any circuitry/digital issues. You can make the plugin capture the tonal profile of the sound by making it “Learn” the audio, after which you can use frequencies that you want to remove, along with the Q-values of the bands and their harmonics.

By RX Connect, you can access the offline processing and visual interface. It sends clip(s) to the standalone application for editing and repair, after which you get Access to all the modules in one place.

The RX Breadth Control is a smart plugin for detecting and removing breadth sounds from dialogues or vocal performances. It saves you time and effort manually looking for breadth and cleaning them. It does that in a very clicks, with only two parameters: Gain and Sensitivity, by which you can control the sound.

Izotope has greatly improved in providing the ideal tools for noise reduction with the RX10 Advanced bundle. In addition, audio post-processing and enhancement have never been so easy, smooth, and efficient. With re-synthesizing and recovering missing frequencies to generating and displaying speech transcriptions, the bundle is a great buy!

Key Features:

• Great utility

The RX 10 Advanced is the most sophisticated noise reduction and audio cleaning tool. You can use it for efficient audio cleaning, restoration, and editing. All the tools in the plugin pack serve different purposes, and you get specialized tools for hums, clicks, pops, reverb, etc.

• Ease of use

All the plugins in the RX 10 are intuitive and quite easy to use. The plugins have a uniform interface with common controls, so if you can use one, you can use others.

You may require a bit of manual diving to understand the parameters in some specialized plugins, but the language and labeling used by Izotope are simple and easy to understand.

• Advanced Features

The plugin has advanced tools like Spectral Recovery to recreate the missing frequencies (lows and highs) in less ideal recordings, like phone recordings/voice notes. In addition, there’s a Master assistant tool, tone, dynamics, and width-matching technology. Similarly, the bundle has some ground-breaking audio tech tools.

• Text Navigation

The plugin can listen to speech audio and turn/transcribe it into text, so it can be used to select and edit recordings, making your workflow easier, especially as a podcast or film dialogue editor. 

•  Artificial Intelligence technology

The repair assistant uses AI to detect problems and suggest fixes that you can make and sculpt the audio to your sensibilities. That makes the work easier and deploys the more clerical parts of the job to the AI.  

Compatibility:

The bundle is available in the following plugin formats: AU, AAX, AAX Audiosuite, VST3, and AU ARA, and requires a minimum of macOS Catalina (10.15.7) or Windows 10 operating systems.

Summary:

The bundle needs a tool for preparing transients specifically. However, the repair assistant has a percussion algorithm that could fix any percussive deficiencies, but a dedicated transient cleaning plugin would have been great.

Other than that, the bundle is all an audio engineer, and editor could ask for. It’s the gold standard for audio enhancement and noise reduction plugins.

Best Free Plugin Bundles 

1. MeldaProduction MFreeFXBundle (Free FX Bundle)

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If you thought the MCompleteBundle’s selling strategy was generous, wait till you learn more about this bundle.

MeldaProduction’s MFreeFXBundle is a suite of thirty-seven effect plugins covering almost everything in most mixing tasks.

You’ll find staples like a compressor, EQ, filters, analyzers, saturators, etc., and also special tools like loudness matcher, autotune, auto-panner, MIDI signal generator, etc. Overall, if you don’t own the paid suite, this bundle is a must-have for every producer.
Key Features:

• Powerful

Despite being free, the plugins in this bundle are surprisingly capable. For example, you’ll find a convolution reverb called MConvolutionEZ with a ton of impulse responses. Similarly, MEqualizer is a powerful 6-band EQ with integrated tube saturation and harmonics control.

And the MLoudnessAnalyzer features everything you could need from a loudness metering plugin.

• Excellent UI

Each plugin in the MFreeFXBundle has a fully resizable user interface. Furthermore, the design is intuitive and allows your creativity to run free without having to overthink. Similarly, you’ll find large dB meters and spectrums in many of the plugins that help you get better results.

Compatibility:

The MeldaProduction MFreeFXBundle is available for Windows 7 or higher 32-bit and 64-bit and macOS 10.9 or higher 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, and AAX formats.

Summary:

For a free plugin bundle, the plugins you’ll receive in MFreeFXBundle are laudable. Although you’ll find several of these in stock plugins of your DAW, there are few with surprisingly excellent features that surpass stock plugins.

For example, I find the MEqualizer sleeker and usable compared to many other free EQs, thanks to its design and built-in analog elements. So, if you are just getting started with music production, go ahead and get this bundle.

2. Blue Cat’s Freeware Plug-ins Pack II (Free FX Bundle 2)

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Blue Cat is well-known for creating analog-style effect plugins, and this free collection is no different.

The Freeware Plugins Pack II contains a wide range of modulation effects, a guitar amp simulator, a 3-band EQ, a midi-controllable gain suite for gain-staging several tracks at once, and a spectrum analyzer. I love the modulation effects the most from this collection. Despite being simple, they have a distinct taste that adds life to any sound.
Key Features:

• Modulations

This bundle has three modulation effects: Chorus, Flanger, and Phaser. The Blue Cat’s Chorus adds anything from a light ensemble effect to a warbling modulation. Similarly, try the Blue Cat’s Flanger and Phaser on guitars and synths to recreate the sounds from the 70s, from the Led Zeppelin keyboards to sci-fi sound effects.

• Guitar Amp & EQ

The Blue Cat’s Free Amp offers three models of guitar amps. Each respectively suited for clean, crunch, and heavy, distorted sounds. Furthermore, you can even load custom impulse responses to change the sound of the plugins. Next, the 3-band Triple EQ is a semi-parametric equalizer with a high-shelf, low-shelf, and bell filter.

Compatibility:

Blue Cat’s Freeware Plugins Pack II is available for Windows Vista or higher 32-bit and 64-bit and macOS 10.9 or higher 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2, AU, and AAX formats.

Summary:

Although not the most impressive collection of plugins, the Blue Cat plugins have a distinct charm in their sounds. The developer does talk about vintage emulations. So, it could be some analog emulations going on under the hood. Either way, I suggest giving the modulation and guitar effects a try. You might also like the spectrum analyzer.

Bonuses:

PSP MixPack 2 (Essential Mixing Tools)

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The tools in MixPack2 are top-notch, and the sound quality is excellent; it’s a nice change of pace from the usual EQ and compression setup.

The Polish company PSP Audioware makes audio plugins that have been praised by critics and studio owners worldwide. MixPack, as the name suggests, is a collection of plugins best used on individual tracks, but its high quality also makes them ideal for mastering.

PSPAudioware MixPack2 is a collection of six different plugins, and they were made specifically for mixing. They assist your digital music with an analog feel while also fixing frequent problems. Bass and treble frequencies, gating operations, compression, and time alignment for numerous microphones are all manageable with the available tools.

Key Features:

• Low-Frequency Processor

MixBass, as the name suggests, is a bass processor/compressor designed to function at low frequencies to create deep, analog sounds rich in character and well-defined. Using the Tune knob in the left-hand Input area, you can fine-tune the frequency between 25 and 610 Hz.

Depending on the value of the green threshold setting, the Compress section’s circular meter will show you how much gain has been added to the processed signal. There does not appear to be a way to adjust the compression ratio.

There is no way to change the ratio, yet it doesn’t stop this plugin from having “earth-shattering” effects. There are twenty-one predefined settings, ranging from moderate psychoacoustic bass enhancement to severe distortion. MixBass is a powerful plugin that excels at enhancing bass and drum sounds.

• Compressor

MixPressor features de-essing and limiting tools that mimic the performance of optical and valve-based compressors. The input knob on the left can either lower or raise the incoming signal. The compression level can be changed using the Compress slider up top, even if you cannot change the ratio.

The compressor’s Attack, Hold, Release, and Makeup gain knobs follow.

You can set the Attack and Release controls to one of three different speeds (automatic, slow automatic, or manual). To activate automated makeup gain, turn the Makeup rotary knob counterclockwise; all other locations allow for varied manual level control.

• Saturation

MixSaturator was created to simulate the saturation effects of tape and valves, and you can use it to compress and add warmth and sparkle to an entire mix or individual tracks. First, with your left hand, operate the Drive knob by… I mean that the left-hand Drive knob adjusts the input signal strength for the procedure.

Next, a rotary knob labeled “Input” can adjust the input volume. The next three controls, Freq, Warmth, and Adjust, modify the low end of the audio spectrum and are activated by the Bass button up top.

The 31 included presets in MixSaturator showcase the versatility of this plugin by providing optimized settings for various uses, from vocals to full mixes.

• Hiss Removal

MixTreble has four separate channels for hiss removal, treble enhancement, processing individual tracks, and processing full mixes. The high-frequency content of a reverberant signal can be lowered using this component, which is primarily intended for hiss removal but can be very helpful for salvaging records with excessive reverb.

With the Threshold slider, you can determine at what point the discount kicks in. The volume can be lowered or raised with the Attenuation control. Shifting the phase allows you to use the enhancer to make stereo recordings wider.

You can change the filter’s slope from flat to 6dB with the Filt Slope control. Using the boost knob incorrectly might have a devastating effect on mono compatibility.

• Utility

MixGate2’s inline lowpass and highpass filters for frequency are specific gating, making it simple to filter out extraneous noise and mic spillage without distorting the intended signal. Moreover, this gate is ideal for producing stuttering audio effects because it can function at extremely high speeds while maintaining a smooth sound. 

Time alignment is essential for cross-recording setups like an acoustic drum kit. With MixSync2, you have the fine-grained control to zero in on individual sound sources from a room full of microphones.

Compatibility:

This bundle is available for macOS 10.10 or higher (64-bit only) and Windows 8 or higher (64-bit only). It comes in VST/RTAS/AU/AAX formats and supports 32 and 64 bit systems.

Summary:

All of the plugins included in MixPack sound great used on individual tracks or when added to the final mix, thanks to the internal signal processing using 64-bit floating-point precision. All MixPack controls may be reset to their defaults by holding Ctrl and left-clicking; each plugin also sports a mix control to blend the processed and dry signals.

The tiny audible distortion or “zipper” noise introduced by altering some MixPack parameters is a minor cause for worry. The noise can be a little disconcerting when adjusting the MixBass Tune control knob, but it is not recorded, provided you don’t attempt to automate the controls via the host.

Acon Digital Mastering Suite (Mastering Bundle)

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Acon Digital is renowned for its handy audio restoration suite, but its lesser-known mastering suite is a surprisingly good bundle.

This bundle consists of five plugins for mastering your tracks. Each was designed to deliver transparent results. So, unlike the two other bundles on our list that were emulations of analog gear, Acon Digital’s Mastering Suite adds no coloration to your sound whatsoever. The plugins include dynamics processors, EQ, and a dithering tool. Let’s have a look at these in detail:

Key Features:

• Dynamics

Under dynamics, you’ll find three plugins: Dynamics, Multi-band Dynamics, and Limit. The first plugin is a combined compressor and expander/gate. It features both internal and external side-chain signals, making it useful for mixing as well. Similarly, the Multi-band Dynamics is a 4-band compressor.

It supports linear phase mode to make it better suited for mastering. And finally, Limit is a transparent limiter with a built-in pre-compressor that helps reduce distortion. All of these plugins support up to 4x oversampling for true-peak response and reduced distortion.

• Equalizer

The Equalize plugin is a parametric EQ with the filter slope ranging from 3 dB to 120 dB per octave. It also supports linear phase mode to help prevent aliasing.

What I love about this EQ is how you control the Q and slope. Instead of turning a knob or scrolling your mouse wheel, you can intuitively drag on arrows at the side of the filter node to change the resonance and the slope shape (bell to table-top) smoothly. It’s handy to visualize the way your EQ affects the audio spectrum.

• Dither

When you render audio equal to or less than 16-bit depth, you will introduce some artifacts. Dithering adds a specific noise that will mask the artifacts of the lack of bit depth. Acon Digital’s Dither plugin is a flexible dithering plugin that visualizes the noise graphically.

Compatibility:

Acon Digital Mastering Suite is available for Windows 7 or higher and macOS 10.9 or higher, both 64-bit only. It comes in VST 2/3, AU, and AAX formats.

Summary:

This bundle is a collection of digital mastering plugins that ensure sonic transparency. Furthermore, the bundle is priced very reasonably.

However, if you are looking for an analog-sounding suite of plugins, avoid this bundle. But if you value transparency, Acon Digital Mastering Suite is an outstanding collection of dynamics and equalizing effect processors. Also, these plugins are just as suited for mixing as they are for mastering.

Conclusion

And there you have it: twelve of the best plugin bundles available for music production today. I’ve attempted to cover a wide range of use cases from electronic music production to traditional recording. However, many of these are excellent for more than one kind of use. So, you can only truly evaluate after trying out the demos.

I recommend checking out the u-he All Synth and Komplete 14 bundles if you are after a production suite. Both of these include excellent synthesizers.

For mastering, I suggest the iZotope Ozone 10 and IK Multimedia T-Racks 5. Both of them provide automatic mastering features and high-quality sound, however, T-Racks 5 is much more affordable. Still, since mastering is a complex and delicate topic, you can only decide after listening to the results from both.