Free plugins every house producer should have
Live's stock devices plus these. No cracks, no trials.
All free from the official sites, and all on my plugins page. Download from the links below only.
Space and sound
- Valhalla Supermassive: huge reverbs and delays. Breakdowns and stab tails.
- Valhalla Space Modulator: flanging and doubling. Movement on perc loops.
- Vital: wavetable synth. The free tier is the full synth with all features.
Rhythm and movement
- Kilohearts Trance Gate: gate sequencer. Chops pads and chords into rhythms. Free with an account.
- Rob Papen RP-PAN: creative panning. Keep it off kick and bass.
Width
- Polyverse Wider: widener that stays in phase in mono. Pads and tops only.
- iZotope Ozone Imager: width control plus vectorscope meters.
Top end
- Slate Digital Fresh Air: two-knob high-frequency processor, in Slate's free collection. Go easy.
Analysis
- Voxengo SPAN: spectrum analyser. Compare your low end with a reference.
- Youlean Loudness Meter: LUFS meter, free version. Level-match references.
Skip the rest
Live's stock EQ, compressor, saturator and limiter are enough to finish tracks. Learn those first.
FAQ
Is Vital really free?
Yes. The free tier is the full synth with fewer presets and wavetables.