My Top 10 Free VST Plugins for Hip-Hop Melody Production

Hey guys, Its PAV here, I wanted to share my top 10 VST plugins when it comes to making and producing Hip-Hop beats.

There are tonnes of free VST plugins which can be used for general hip-hop beat-making and hip-hop music production projects.

I wanted to outline my top 10 recommended list, which I hope will help many music producers that are looking into Hip-Hop music production in general.

I have used over 100s of different virtual instruments (VSTs) and these shown (outlined) below are the VST plugins I would personally use if it came to making some hot and modern hip-hop beats.

Hope my personal recommendation list will help many music producers to make a correct choice when it comes to selecting the correct VST plugins.

These are my top 10 Free VST plugins that I highly recommend for all types of hip-hop production. These are my favourites at the moment, check them out below.

1. (Free VST Plugin) Grand Piano - By Audiolatary.

This is a very nice and free to download piano VST plugin which will sound great on most hip-hop style of beats and productions. There is also an extended premium version.

2. (Free VST Plugin) Decent Sampler - Loads of free add-on virtual instruments.

This is a free virtual instrument which has been build with tonnes of free extensions that have unique sounds, ranging from flutes, pianos, leads, synths, classic emulators of certain instruments and so much more. This plugin is a great choice for hip-hop music production. 

3. (Free VST Plugin) Analog Lab - Over 100 modern synth style instruments.

This is something I have comes across just recently the sounds (instruments) within this plugin are immaculate and sound very professional, I have not had a chance to use this on any hip-hop beat yet, but I will be using this plugin very soon.

4. (Free VST Plugin) TDR Nova - Great free mixing and mastering EQ VST.

I have used TDR Nova so many times in the past when it comes to EQ mixing and mastering drums, melodies or certain instruments. This plugin comes with bundles of presets and some great mastering settings. I highly recommend this for mastering hip-hop beats.

5. (Free VST Plugin) Sapphire Guitar 2 - Modern guitar strum sampler or singular guitar sound output.

Just recently I came across this free guitar VST plugin, It's packed with loads of settings and modulations, this is another VST which I have just recently came across. I will be using this in the future to make a modern hip-hop beat.

6. (Free VST Plugin) Jacob Collier Choir VST - *Requires Kontakt 8 VST, which is free, very pro choir VST.

This choir plugin has to be one of the best ever free choir's out there, it's free to download and free to use choir VST plugins, Kontakt 8 VST plugin will need to be downloaded for this extension of choir plugin to work. Both of these are free to download and I would highly recommend all hip-hop music producers to try this one out! 

7. (Free VST Plugin) Tyrell N6 - Over 500 synthesised virtual instruments.

Every modern hip-hop music producer has heard of Tyrell N6 synth VST, this is a well updated and looked after synths, packed with over 500 free instruments. I highly recommend this one! Comes with some great leads and harps instruments.

8. (Free VST Plugin) Vital VST - One of my most favourite free synthesizers, comes with tonnes of add-ons free presets.

Vital VST is a great free to use synthesizers which is packed with loads of great free instruments, this plugin comes with plenty of free online vital presets. The wavetable and plugins advanced features make this a great plugin for modern hip-hop beats.

9. (Free VST Plugin) UVI workstation Synthesizer - Starter synth with 50 free virtual instruments.

Just recently I have comes across UVI starter synths, this synth has some high quality instruments, which I strongly believe would sound great on modern hip-hop and rap beat production. I will definitely be using this plugin in the near future.

10. (Free VST Plugin) K1V VST - With over 1000 free virtual instruments.

K1V is an emulated virtual instrument which I have downloaded quite recently, not expecting for it to be packed with tonnes and tonnes of some awesome vintage style instruments. The instruments inside this VST will sound better with reverb and extra EQ on the effects stack, I highly recommend this VST!

There you go guys, these are my top 10 current virtual instruments for making my own personal unique hip-hop and rap style melodies. 

Of course, everyone would have a different selection of VST plugins, but these are my top 10 at the current moment. I wanted to share these with you guys, to make your life a little easier, especially when it comes to selecting the correct VST plugins for making hip-hop melodies.

If you wish to add any extra VST plugins to this list, feel free to add them below with a reply to this topic.