[jim1960]

Plugins
Below are some recommended plugins at a variety of price points (including free) in the most common categories. Full 2022 retail prices are shown in parenthesis but please note most of these can be bought on sale during the Black Friday period and during the summer sales, sometimes at GREATLY reduced prices. Check the requirements for any plugin before purchasing. Some may require an iLok.

Equalization
Acustica Coral Bax-ter EQ (free)
elysia niveau filter (free)
FabFilter Pro-Q3 (179)
Kush Clariphonic (199)
lkjb Luftikus EQ (free)
Plugin Alliance Maag Audio EQ4 (229)
Sonible Smart:EQ3 (129€)
Sound Theory Gullfoss (199)
Toyko Dawn Labs TDR Nova (free)
Toyko Dawn Labs TDR VOS SlickEQ (free)
Waves F6 Floating-Band Dynamic EQ (30)
Waves Puigtec EQs (60)
Waves Scheps 73 (60)

Compression
Acustica TAN (free)
AdHd Leveling Tool (free)
Arturia Comp Tube-STA (99)
Brainworks Purple Audio MC 77 (249)
Chandler Limited Curve Bender (299)
FabFilter Pro-C2 (179)
FabFilter Pro-MB (199)
Klanghelm MJUC (24€)
Klanghelm MJUC jr. (free)
Softube Summit Audio TLA-100A (199)
Softube Tube-Tech CL 1B (449)
Toyko Dawn Labs TDR Kotelnikov (free)
Toyko Dawn Labs TDR Molotok (free)
Waves SSL G-Master Buss Compressor (30)
Waves CLA-76 (30)
Waves PuigChild 670 (30)

Mastering Limiters
DMG Audio Limitless (£149.99)
FabFIlter Pro-L2 (169)
iZotope Ozone Maximizer (varies)
Sonible Smart:Limit (129€)
Sonic Anomaly Unlimited (free)
UAD Precision Limiter+ (199)

Reverb
Audio Ease Altiverb (595)
FabFilter Pro-R (199)
Lexicon Native Bundle (825)
LiquidSonics Cinematic Rooms (199-399)
LiquidSonics Seventh Heaven (69-299)
Smartelectonix Ambience (free)
TAL Reverb 4 (free)
UAD Capitol Chambers+ (349)
Valhalla Vintage Verb (50)

Delay
FabFilter Timeless 3 (129)
Kilohearts Delay (free)
Soundtoys EchoBoy (199)
Tal Dub Delay (free)

Channel strips
Acustica Coffee ‘The PUn’ (free)
Acustica Eminence (free)
Sonimus Burnley 73 (59)
SSL Native Channel Strip 2 (329)
Waves Renaissance Channel (30)

Noise reduction
iZotope RX (399)
Acon Digital Restoration Suite (free-100)

Saturation
AVID Sansamp (free with ProTools)
FabFIlter Saturn 2 (154)
iZotope Ozone 9 Vintage Tape (129-499)
iZotope Trash 2 (free)
Kazrog True Iron (60)
Kit Burier (free)
Klanghelm IVGI (free)
Klanghelm SDRR (29€)
Massey Tapehead (70)
Softube Saturation Knob (free)
Sonnox Oxford Inflator (£115)
Soundtoys Decapitator (199)
Soundtoys Radiator (129)
UAD Ampex ATR-102+ (349)
UAD Studer A800+ (349)

Free Bundles
Melda Production MFreeFXBundle (free)