Soundspot Plugins: Good Flexible Plugins for Cheap

At the time of this post, Soundspot plugins are on sale at a super discounted price of $7 for their producer bundle which includes: Union, NEVO, Velo 2, Oracle & Axis.

Union

Union is SoundSpot’s wavetable synthesizer that can run up to 96 voices per note play and gives each oscillator its own filters, allowing the music creator to truly mold their sound.

Other features include

Features

• Intuitive workflow for control over every aspect of your sound.
• Up to 32 voices of unison per oscillator
• Spectral anti-aliasing.
• 2 analog-style oscillators.
• Wavetable generator oscillator.
• Simple and Intuitive modulation system.
• 9 FX modules.
• 300+ presets professionally designed.

NEVO

Features

Drive – Allows you to transition between light tape and hard tube when increasing or decreasing the % control. 0 – 50% = tape-style drive. 50 – 100% = tube style drive.

Curve – This feature allows you to transition between clipping the high and low end of your sound.

Smooth – The Smooth control works by increasing the release on the 16 clipping bands, whilst smoothing the effect of the Drive distortion.

Crush – Simple Bit Crushing effect for total sound destruction.

Breach – Control the amount of transients you want going through the clipper.

Transient Emphasis – This allows you to control your transients across the frequency domain: LOW, MID, or HIGH frequencies.

Soften – This function will give you a fatter sound whilst retaining the transients that Breach has allowed to pass.

Coloration – 3 different color options to spice up your sound: WARM, TRANSPARENT, and BRIGHT.

Clip Wall – This feature PULLS and SQUASHES your audio signal to the extreme, It’s very aggressive!

Waveform Display, Soft / Hard Clipper Mix Controls & Signal Level Ring – Here is where you’ll find a visual representation of your settings and how it relates to the sound it’s processing.

Velo 2

Velo2 is Soundspot’s brick wall limiter. Limiters are used for maximizing loudness by taking compression to the extreme. Velo2’s adaptive release makes it versatile enough to use on the master or drum and bass bus. It works extremely well with dynamic and rhythmic content such as drums, percussion, and bass.

Features

• Intuitive, easy to navigate user interface
• Designed to work flawlessly with touch controllers such as the Raven by Slate Media
• Adaptive release control
• 4 Style Settings
• Transient Control
• Real-time RMS display
• Real-time Reduction display
• Preset Manager to save & share your settings

Oracle

The Oracle is a reverb unit. It has built-in filters and dynamic control making it ideal for adding depth to instruments without washing them out or muddying a mix. Use it to add depth to pianos, synths, and pads.

Features

• Intuitive, easy to navigate user interface.
• Designed to work flawlessly with touch controllers such as the Raven by Slate Media.
• Stereo imaging controls for accurate placement in the stereo field.
• Analog style compressor with visual waveform feedback.
• Bandpass filter to sculpt the sound and remove unwanted frequencies.
• LFO effect to create movement to the amplitude of the signal.
• Flanger to make your reverbs interesting.
• Saturation effect to add warmth or distortion to the signal.
• Preset manager to save & share your own reverb designs.

Oracle is a lot better than I thought it would be.

Axis

Axis is a mix of the MSW1 & Propane with an added upwards and downwards compressor. Both upwards and downwards compression can be done at the same time resulting in some unique characteristics.

SoundSpot made the whole unit multiband, for complete control over the incoming signal, allowing you to manipulate the audio to get punch, clarity, groove, or sparkle without the need to load up a huge number of individual plugins.

The only limit with this plugin is your imagination.

Features

• Intuitive, easy to navigate user interface.
• Designed to work flawlessly with touch controllers such as the Raven by Slate Media.
• Multiband Layout
• Individual Compressor, Imager & Metering module per band
• Simultaneous Upwards & Downward compression
• Parallel Compression mixing
• Mid Side Panning
• Mono Maker
• Stereo Widener
• Individual Band Anti Pop Bypass
• Individual Band Isolation Mode
• Preset Manager with new preset scrub through feature

Thoughts About Soundspot Plugins

For the money, the Soundspot Plugins are a good buy and definitely usable. Don’t let price or look determine quality, go by how the plugins sound in the mix. Experiment with different settings outside of the presets and remember to have fun with it.