Common VST Plugins

Generally speaking, there are five categories of VST plugins:

Synthesizers

• Serum
• Diva
• Korg M1
• ABL3
• Phoscyon
• Juno-106
• Sylenth1

Effects

• ValhallaRoom
• Soundtoys's Echoboy
• Decapitator
• iZotope's Trash 2
• Xfer's LFOTool
• iZotope's Ozone 9

Multisamplers

Realistic samplers that allow you to play acoustic instruments:

• Spitfire Audio's BBC Symphonic Orchestra
• Native Instrument's Kontakt

Grooveboxes

Grooveboxes play musical patterns without requiring MIDI data from Ableton Live:

• D16's Drumazon
• Fxpansion's Geist

Analytical tools

• Voxengo's SPAN
• s(m)exoscope
• MLoudnessAnalyser
• VUmeter
• iZotope's Insight
• Ozone Imager

Relevant Note(s): Digital Audio Workstation