3 Must-Have Effects Plugins for Beat Producers

Making unique beats is a whole lot easier when you have good effects plugins at your disposal. They can help spice up your drums, add variation to your melodies, and even give you new ideas that you would have never thought of without being able to turn a few effect knobs. Here are three must-have effects plugins for any beat producer.

Half-Time

Although it is similar to and has overall fewer functions than Gross Beat, the paid stock FL Studio plugin, Half-Time allows for more streamlined and easy to use effects. Half-Time allows the user to slow down melodies by different looping speeds with useful settings that can change the smoothness and frequency of the affected sound. Playing around with this plugin can lead to some unique sounding melodies.

For only $12, this plugin is quite the steal. Learn more about it by clicking here.

RC-20 Retro Color

If you are looking to make your melodies sound more like they were recorded with actual instruments, you may want to acquire a vinyl effects plugin. RC-20 Retro Color allows you to apply a large variety of vinyl effects, such as crackling, wobble, and distortion, among others. It also comes with presets that have different themes so that you can instantly apply an array of effects onto your sounds (which can also be tweaked to your liking).

RC-20 Retro Color is currently $99.95 - to learn more about it, click here.

Valhalla Vintage Verb

Valhalla Vintage Verb is a reverb plugin that allows for stronger, more deep reverb effects. Although FL Studio and most other DAWs come with their own stock reverb plugins, they are more limited in their functionality. Valhalla Vintage Verb allows for much greater customization and comes with many tweakable presets that are designed specifically for different feels. This plugin is also great for melodies made from one-shot sounds as it makes them sound less dry.

For $50, you could have a whole different world of reverb effects at your fingertips. Learn more by clicking here.