In this article you'll find the top plugins which allow you to change the timbre of any vocal by altering the formants. Let's get started! 1. Little AlterBoy The most popular formant shifter from SoundToys. 2. MAutoPitch  MAutoPitch is a completely free AutoTune and formant shifter from MeldaProduction. 3. The Sauce Besides being primarily a vocal chopping plugin, The Sauce is perfect for formant shifting as well. 4. Izotope Nectar Nectar is an all-in-one vocal processing plugin that uses AI. It also includes very good formant shifting features. 5. Melodyne Melodyne allows you to change the pitch of certain recorded notes...

How to install Vital Banks: Before installing the “Vital Preset Pack”, make sure to download and un-zip it.Remember the location of the downloaded file. It’s most likely going to be in your “Downloads” folder. Vital has it’s own “Preset Banks”. All you need to install the presets is the Vitalbank-File. Here’s an example of how the Vitalbank-File looks: This Vitalbank-File is included in the downloaded “zip.-Folder”.Now that you have located the Vitalbank-File, you want to open your DAW (for example Ableton) and follow the steps below: 1. Open Vital 2. Click on the three horizontal lines and select “Import Bank”...

In this article you'll find how to easily import new preset packs into the Diva synthesizer. Let's get started! Before installing the Serum Preset Pack, make sure to download and un-zip it. Remember the location of the downloaded file. It’s most likely going to be in your “Downloads” folder. Now you want to open your DAW and follow the steps below: 1. Open Serum2. Click on “Menu”3. Select “Show Serum Presets Folder”   4. Open the folder “Presets” in finder 5. Create a new folder “User” (if you don’t already have one) and open it 6. Drag and drop the...

In this article you'll find how to easily import new preset packs into the Diva synthesizer. Let's get started! Before installing the Diva Preset Pack, make sure to download and un-zip it.Remember the location of the downloaded folder. It’s most likely going to be in your “Downloads” folder. Now you want to open your DAW (for example Ableton) and follow the steps below: 1. Open Diva2. Click on “Presets” 3. Right click on "User" and select “Open in Finder” 4. Drag and drop the new “Presets Folder” you just downloaded (in this case “Diva Presets”) into the “Diva User Folder”...

In this article you'll find the top 10 synth VST plugins for music production in 2023. Let's get started!  1. Serum Serum has been the go-to plugin of EDM producers over the recent years for a reason. It features an incredible set of functions and doesn’t fail to deliver bright, punchy sounds. Despite the built-in library of presets being quite small, multiple preset packs have been made for Serum, allowing you to make every genre possible. Check our Serum preset packs here. 2. Omnisphere Omnisphere is a hybrid synth that continues to be amongst the top VSTs. It has a massive library of built in sounds, giving you access to...

1. Arturia V Collection  Since their first release of their Minimoog VST in 2003, Arturia has been the leading developer of analog emulations of classic synthesizers. Today their list of emulations includes over 25 synthesizers (like the classic Roland synths, Oberheim, MS-20, Prophet 5, DX7) and is still growing. All their devices are also accessible through a single plugin called Analog Lab. Check out Arturia Analog Lab on PluginBoutique 2. Roland Cloud Legendary Roland have recently developed an entire line of VST emulations of their classic synthesizers - including devices like the D-50, Juno-106, Jupiter-8, TR-909, JD-800, JX-3P and SH-101. 3. Korg...

In this article you’ll find our top 10 libraries for the full version of Kontakt. We've included all kinds of useful instruments, from orchestras and drums, through guitars and pianos, up to ambient and voice libraries. If all you have is the free Kontakt Player, make sure to see our selection of the Top 10 Kontakt Player Libraries. They work with Kontakt 6 Full as well, so feel free to check them out - in this article we're listing only the libraries we haven't mentioned there. Let's get started! 1. Orchestra - Palette Primary Colors Primary Colors is an amazing, fully free orchestra. It...

In this article you'll find top 10 Kontakt libraries which work not only with the full version of the VST, but also with the completely free "Kontakt Player". Usually when you add third party free libraries, there's a "demo timeout" in Kontakt Player - after 15 minutes, it stops working. Luckily, there are still some free libraries that give you serial codes, which you can use to register them in Native Access. After registration, the instruments should appear on your Kontakt Player sidebar, just like the ones you buy, and work without any demo restrictions!   1. Heavyocity Foundations - Piano Heavyocity...

In this article you're going to find the top absolutely free sampled instrument plugins. All of the included VSTs are incredibly high quality and are made by some of the top developers. These are going to be standalone plugins, not just libraries for samplers. All are available for Windows & Mac (64 Bit). Let's get started! 1. Yamaha C7 Grand Piano - Soundmagic Piano One - Probably the best free piano plugin out there. Let's start with one of the most expensive instruments out there - the Grand Piano. Soundmagic makes an amazing free plugin version of the instrument. The VST is...

In this list we’ve compiled our top 10 Free Vintage Synth Emulations which work on both PC & Mac in a 64-bit format. We’ve tested all of the plugins below in 2024 to confirm they are working. Let’s get started!  1. Oberheim OB-X — OB-Xd - Most likely the best free vintage synth emulator. The Oberheim OB-X became one of the most iconic synthesizers of all time. Its new, completely free emulator captures all of its magic in a VST form. It's really well designed from the very detailed, ultra-realistic, fat sound, up to the visual details. It comes with a huge selection...