Hey guys I wanted to share my top 5 free mixing and mastering VST plugins in 2025, I have used these plugins in the past to mix and master my songs, and tracks and wanted to share these with you. These plugins are so good that I still use them now!
Of course, there are many free-to-download mixing and mastering plugins, but I only wanted to share my top 5 plugins!
These are my top 5 free mixing and mastering plugins!
1. Meldaproduction Mixing and Mastering bundle
This bundle has around 38 free mixing and mastering plugins, such as EQ, Panning, Compression, limiters, FX and loads of great plugins. They are all free, and support Windows and macOS! definitely in my top 5.
Izotope 11 EQ is a free mixing and mastering EQ plugin, just recently this was released, and this is a plugin I will use in the future to mix and master my drums, vocals, and instruments. Supports Windows and macOS. It’s free to download, and free to use, making this plugin in my top 5.
If you are mixing and mastering vocals, I have used vocal doubler to mix and master some of my vocals in which I wanted to add stereo effects or double the vocals and split the mono to stereo, vocal doubler has played a huge part in making some of my vocal mixes sound thick and rich. Vocal doubler is a free VST plugin and supports Windows and macOS.
Finisher Micro is definitely and most certainly a plugin I have used over 100 times in the past to add atmosphere and change the instrument sound output, this VST/AU plugin is so underrated, to be honest, I still can’t believe it is free to download, it comes with 25 core presets and each preset will add a different style of effect to any instrument of your choice, some of this effect will also sound great on vocals and drums. In simple terms, this plugin is awesome, once you start using this plugin, you will keep coming back to it. Supports both Windows and macOS.
Bertom Denoiser is a free VST/AU plugin which I always use whenever I use microphone input inside my DAW, it has the power to turn all my vocal recordings and any mic sound input into a very clean and almost studio-quality crispy sound. This tool is so powerful, that it removes any hissing sound in the background with just a few clicks of a button. This plugin is a must-have for any modern mixing and mastering sound engineer. Supports Windows, macOS and Linux.
There you go guys, I hope you enjoy my top 5 free-to-use mixing and mastering plugins, which I still use today and have done for the past few years, these plugins are 100% well worth downloading and trying out.
I have tried out over 100s of free plugins for mixing and mastering, and these are my top 5.
If you guys have any others you think are worth adding to this list, post them below with a reply.
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