Top 10 FREE Vocal Plugins 2023

welcome to Sage audio today let's look at the top 10 free vocal plugins of 2023 but first if you have a mixer you need to have mastered send it to us to receive a free mastered sample of it with the link in the description Frank CS by analog Obsession Frank CS is a fantastic combination of a pull text style EQ mixed with solid state or tube emulation and a very useful compressor we get five different bands including high and low pass filters low mid and high frequency semi-parametric filters for introducing pre and post-compression circuit emulation the compressor sounds great and can be transparent with the right settings or incredibly colorful if we were to drive the input while reducing the output let's take a listen tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over conquer by analog Obsession copper shows how some indie developers understand what Engineers are looking for even more so than a lot of established audio companies it offers two compressors in series these can be VCA fet or Optical compressors which can be a 50 50 split between two or a one-third of each type now both compressors offer internal sidechain filters whereas the second compressor also includes external side chain functionality let's take a listen and notice how the vocal is controlled while we simultaneously achieve a really great tone tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over if you're enjoying the video hit the like button and subscribe if you haven't already it's free and it helps us bring you more videos row Gold by black rooster audio this is a great free plate Reaper plugin that works well for vocals due to the base cut and pre-delay options now the controls are super simple we have the 204 mentioned functions as well as a damper that introduces more Reverb at higher settings and then a wet dry let's take a listen and notice how this plugin works great on a vocal when the pre-delay is set to about five milliseconds tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over teq 421 by Vox and go vacsingo makes great free and paid for plugins even though this one is one of their simpler releases it works incredibly well at quickly shaping vocals we only have control over three filters one low shelf a mid band and one high shelf now when affected these automatically compensate the other band's levels but the band's all set to zero the signal is relatively flat but we'll notice that this quickly changes with any operation to the game let's take a listen to how amplifying the high shelf in particular creates a clear and upfront vocal sound tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over hurts multiplier by higher Hertz although this plugin might not have the most modern interface the sound is fantastic and the combination of effects is really useful for vocals a way that we could introduce multiple delay TAPS at varying times and then pan these to the left in the right channels we also get access to free delay stereo expansion feedback and modulation as well as low and high pass filters with respective optional resonances so let's take a listen and notice how it creates a great doubling and chorusing effect that's perfect for blending in vgvs tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over Gate lab by Audio modern this is a perfect effect if you want a creative vocal sound maybe for a bgv or to capture the listener's attention now it's a stereo gate that lets you program the vocals levels at various times up top we can set the BPM as well as randomize the level modulation in the main window we can determine the rate at which the levels are read if the processing is mono or stereo the number of steps or potential level modulations as well as introduce smoothing shuffling change the wet dry and create subdivisions now the preset tab is especially helpful since it comes with 40 different options let's take a listen to it and keep in mind that the effect is definitely more for Creative uses than for practical tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over last final by Superfly DSP if you want to make your vocal sound Lo-Fi or quickly change it from a modern sound to an Antiquated one this is a great plugin it offers both vinyl record noise and artifacts as well as Distortion for different eqs and timing modulation or wobble let's take a listen and notice how the combination of processing that it introduces creates a realistic effect tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over enjoying the channel use the search box to watch more of our videos triple drive by Sophia sound triple Drive is a great albeit simplified alternative to Saturn II or izotopes trash plugin it lets you introduce up to three bands of saturation each with nine optional Distortion types in the middle we can control the band's gain the level of the saturation and the output volume below this we could access the Crossovers and to the left we could alter the input's frequency with a high pass filter lastly on the right side we can perform some quick and simple EQ cut off the high frequencies and lower the output if needed let's take a listen tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over the ref 666 by fuse audio Labs if you want a classic spring reverb sound but with a lot more density than usual this is a perfect free option like some of the other plugins in this video the pre-delay function makes it great for vocals since it's going to let transients pass through unaffected the limiter also helps create a dense and impressive sound and the tone emphasizes important high frequencies let's take a listen and notice how it's great for layering in subtle to aggressive vocal Reverb tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over fresh air by slate digital last up is a personal favorite of mine now I've covered it a lot before but it's so useful on vocals that I'd be remiss not to mention it here but the controls are simple we have two high frequency bands that both increase high frequencies and introduce high frequency harmonics this is going to make it perfect for achieving a bright and modern vocal sound let's take a listen tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over just let me down tell me it's over if you have a mix that you need to have mastered send it to us to receive a free Master example of it with the link in the description thank you so much for watching thank you

Channel: Sage Audio

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Keywords: Audio Engineering, Music Mastering, Music Mixing, Vocal Mixing, Music Production, Audio Mixing, Audio Mastering, Audio Recording, Audio Production

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Length: 8min 29sec (509 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 03 2023