Hey fellow audio enthusiasts, Ive created a free audio plugin I've created called Setekh. It’s a completely free, ultra-streamlined distortion plugin that leans into soft clipping/saturation territory, perfect for adding warmth, grit, or controlled edge to your sounds. It’s minimal by design but surprisingly sonically powerful.

I have builds available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. VST3 and AU available.

There's no sign up, shopping cart checkout or email required to download. Just a direct download link with no fuss. Im working on a kick synthesis plugin next. Add your email to the subscribe on my site to get notified of the free public beta I'll be doing for that.

In addition, I've made this plugin open source. You can find links to the GitHub project on my site:

https://fullfxmedia.com/plugins/setekh/

Happy tweaking. Would love to hear how you use it in your mixes!

Curious if theres such a thing as cloud based server hosting in place of a soundgrid interface to offload processing power onto?

Does such a thing exist? Any alternatives at all to help conserve cpu when it comes to plugins apart from daw settings being changed?

Thanks in advance.

Is there a plugin that emulates the Obi-Wah effect from the Line 6 FM4? Or what effects can I combine to get a similar sound?

So recently i updated from reason 12 to 13, and in doing so its told me on older projects that the vst 3 plugin could not be found (reason rack plugin v12) wondering if there is anyway to be able to get it back and get my patches back atleast, i got a couple big unfinished projects i would need those sounds for

People that have used this plugin from Arturia or the actual hardware have you ever come across a situation where you are tweaking a preset or a patch from scratch where the sound just never seemed to end after you play a few notes?

ive recently found an interest in composing music similar to mac demarcos. unfortunately he uses all analog instruments. i was wondering if anyone could recommend any free plugins to repleicate his sound?

Hello guys, does anyone know of a website or plugin where I can change my voice to a musical instrument voice like dubbler 2, but one that is free or a little cheaper?

I suspect a lot of people go through this. Especially people who came from the hardware era. We can own "all the plugins" for less than the cost of a single bit of popular vintage gear. Awesome, so why not?

But then comes upgrade-itis. The desire to stay current with your tools. The more you own, the more you spend maintaining the collection. But it's not just money -- it's the installation time. And if something goes wrong during installation the downtime can cost you even more!

Then there's the chase of always having the latest and greatest thing. After all, most plugins only cost as much as a nice pizza. (Sometimes a really nice pizza.) But eventually all those pizzas add up and now you're bloated. (Or your PC is anyway.)

Then you risk choice paralysis - where you have so many options it's hard to choose what to go with. So you spend a lot of time figuring out "Which plugin is the best for ______." That takes a long time.

Or worse, you end up with more plugins than you know what to do with. Then you have great tools that go unused because you don't know when to reach for them, or you forget about them!

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So how does one escape this trap?

For me, I probably need to stop reading so many online forums. Especially Gearspace, oh boy that's a dangerous one. What happens is you see others enjoying a new product and celebrating it, and it's almost like a social experience to get the new tool, explore it, and share your experience.

But all of it eventually adds up to time and money that could have been spent in a more productive way.

The other possibility is --- instead of chasing the latest upgrade to your favorite tools, view them like hardware. Stick with the version you have and just like hardware, only update it if something is wrong.

Another thing is to figure out the "best tool of each category" and avoid buying duplicates. How many compressors do we really need? Reverbs? Delays? Maybe it's better to have fewer tools and get to know them deeply.

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I don't really regret my previous expenditures. The time and money was worth it, because I discovered some plugins (and plugin makers) are better for me than others.

If I had stopped too soon, I would never have found my favorites. But I'm at the stopping point a lot of people reach, when they realize they have too much. The "everything bundle" is often the best deal, and that leads to owning every plugin by every plugin maker. It's too much!

So I'm scaling down and optimizing my process. Locking my machine into a great working state and keeping it that way until something critical requires an update...

This is a long post, but I thought I'd share it for anyone else going through the same thing.

Been using ML Drums Free - it's great, love it. Decided to take advantage of the 50% off sale and picked up 3 expansions, including Essentials.

I followed the instructions, as best as I can tell. But it won't let me activate any of the licenses. Admittedly, the instructions are fairly vague.

I noticed that my Request Key changes every time I reboot the software. So the Request Key on my order, tied to my Licenses, is different. I wonder if this is why it won't accept the License when I click Paste?

Anyone have any experience with the ML Sound Lab activation process? I tried their contact form, and one of the guys already responded with something - but it didn't work. They're on the other side of the globe for me, so it's hard to catch them during daylight hours. Hoping somebody on Reddit has experienced this and knows what to do.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I recently installed Celestion SpeakerMix Pro (v1.2.1) together with my purchased DSR libraries on a new Apple M3 Mac (macOS Sonoma). Unfortunately, I cannot use it at all:

• At first, it showed “workstation offline – please check your internet connection”.
• After changing DNS settings, that error disappeared.
• But now the password field stays greyed out/disabled, so I cannot log in.
• I tested this in Logic Pro (Rosetta enabled) and in Reaper – same problem.
• I already tried reinstalling, clearing caches, disabling firewall/proxies, and creating a fresh macOS user.

At the moment I cannot access any of my purchased DSRs, and Celestion Support has not responded to my emails.

Is anyone else experiencing this on M2/M3 Macs? Did you find a workaround (offline activation, license file, older macOS, etc.)?

Thanks in advance – I really love the Celestion speakers, but right now I’m stuck.

Greetz Meik

When I download the windows installer and run it, it just loads shortcuts and not the files for the plugin. The patreon post said they dropped zip file support last sept, is there something I’m missin yall?

Audio Plugin Deals website legit? they market it on the beat community got a app from them with a bad code is this website snake oil ?

I bought Nexus 5 today. I also downloaded Nexus 5 Cloud, but when I try to download Nexus 5 from Cloud, it keeps saying there’s a Permission Error in the Nexus Library, and it won’t download. What could be the problem? I once downloaded a cracked version of Nexus 5 before, but since it had a lot of preset errors I just left it alone. This time I deleted everything just in case, but could that be the issue? Please help me!

I am a bit confused because it is asking me for the serial number, I already gave my Gmail to the website but I haven’t received any number, I have no idea what to do? The instructions just says it will give you the serial number, and it asks me for the username as-well.

Any Sound Forge fans here? I do have Izotope Rx and I use that for "sound cleaning" purposes and such... But something about Sound Forge has always felt more 'hands on', immediate, and direct with regard to audio editing.

I find both tools useful.

My question is -- has anyone upgraded in recent years? Is the jump from 16 to 18 worth it? They seem to be avoiding critical updates... (For example, if you use Sound Forge with Windows Scaling (a normal thing for HiDPI displays)) you end up with buttons that aren't even clickable in the UI. Inexcusable. I had to buy a lower resolution monitor just to be able to use it.

So I wish they'd focus on things like that, but they don't.

They do have some new noise/clipping fixes which might bring them into being more competitive with Rx.

Anyhow, did anyone else make the jump? Are you glad you did? I know it's only $80 but I own enough software now that the cumulative update fees are substantial... But I do like Sound Forge even with its imperfections.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

I already own a few PA plugins but I still have one free 10-plugin code unused, what are your favorite plugins currently from PA?

First and foremost, I am on a 2023 MacBook Pro, and I’m using GarageBand as my DAW. I installed a drum plug-in. Ugritone drums. I went and selected it in GarageBand and it was giving me a duplicate error code which on the website it tells me to delete the files and reinstall them once I deleted the files and reinstall them now GarageBand says it is missing and it does not show in the plug-in Drop-down bar. Before you say it, I’ve already refreshed the audio units in GarageBand and I’ve deleted multiple cash files from my computer. Does anybody have any other advice they could give me?

Hi friends, I’m thinking about getting into metal production as a hobby and have been looking around online at drum sequencing plugins (like GGD, for example).

I’m having a bit of analysis paralysis because there are so many options and I’d really appreciate recommendations for some decent free drum sequencing plugins so I can dip my toes in the water and see if it’s something I want to invest the time and money into. TIA :)

For a while, I was using Ample Hellraiser and Eclipse but found they weren't cutting it, perhaps it was user error but I recently came across Heavier 7 Strings and absolutely adore it.

The One Fifths option alone made it worth it to me.

Has anyone used Heavier 7 Strings? Thoughts?

If so, do you find anything better?

Oracle Sohnd Plugins HELP

Hey everyone!

i just downloaded and also purchased the Oracle ritual tone pack and the amp loader.

im confused as the ZIP file doesnt have a downloadable item in the files. i go to the Windows section of the files and it just gives me a VST. what do i do? im used to the Nueral DSP plugins where you buy it and then just download from the ZIP file.

any help would be lovely!

Rec'd sale notification on this as well as U17, U2A & Wunderlich from Plugin Alliance & it piqued my curiosity... wondering if these are worthwhile/opinions? I'm mostly looking for use on vocals.