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