Your favourite essential free VST in 2023 – Effects Forum

Well we’ve had enough threads about reverb, and going through the monster thread about freebies is getting mind-blowing , so I thought I’d share my must-haves in the free vicinity

ANALOG OBSESSION – analog-flavoured EQ’s and Pre-amps, just discovered the obscenely good quality of these.
CHOW TAPE – still a great sounding tape plug-in that holds it’s own
VOXENGO BOOGEX – lots of nice free stuff from Voxengo, but I rediscovered this amp sim which is now going on my template
KIIVE AUDIO ‘Warmy’ EQ -nice
Tila2 reverb -for those boxy home-recorded DIY sounds.

What’s yer absolute elite must-have essential to-die-for freebies?