This page contains download links and installation instructions for a selection of high quality third-party freeware VST plugins known to work well with Zynewave Podium and Podium Free. If you are new to VST plugins then this set of plugins is a good introduction.

Easy Limiter Vst
Vst Plugin Mda Limiter
Best Limiter Plugins
Loudmax Limiter Vst

Limiter #6 is a mastering plugin that includes five modules: RMS compressor, peak. Voxengo Elephant is a mastering limiter AAX, AudioUnit and VST plugin for professional sound and music production applications. The most remarkable feature of this signal limiter is its sonic transparency. Elephant brings sound limiting and loudness maximization without audible 'fuzz' and “pumping” sonic artifacts.

The Plug-In is a true peak limiter that offers recently enhanced levels of processing and metering accuracy. The result is that you get to see and automatically correct otherwise invisible reconstruction overloads - and conform to the accepted industry ITU-R BS.1770-4 standard.

All listed plugins are available as both 32-bit and 64-bit (x64) versions. Use the 64-bit versions with Podium x64. 64-bit Windows is required to run x64 programs.
Some of the plugins are available as both VST2 and VST3 downloads. Use the VST2 versions with Podium.
Most of the plugins can be downloaded and installed without requiring registration. The few plugins that require registration are indicated in the list.

Plugin list last updated: July 2017
Click the plugin name to open the download page on the developer website.

Plugin category/name	Developer
Synths
Zebralette	u-he
Podolski	u-he
Tyrell N6	u-he
Crystal	Green Oak
Charlatan	BlauKraut Engineering
TAL-NoiseMaker	TAL Software GmbH
Various classic synth simulations	Full Bucket Music
Samplers/Sample Players
Independence Free (requires registration)	MAGIX Software
sforzando + Free Sounds Vol.1	Plogue
Pianos/Organs
4Front Piano/E-Piano/R-Piano	4Front Technologies
Instrument/Effect Bundles
Komplete Players (requires registration)	Native Instruments
MFreeEffectsBundle	MeldaProduction
Voxengo Free effects/analyzers	Voxengo
Blue Cat’s Freeware Plug-ins Pack II	Blue Cat Audio
GVST Plugin Package	GVST
mda VST plug-ins	mda open source
Multi/Special Effects
jsCompShaper	jsAudio
Frequency Shifter	Full Bucket Music
Argotlunar	Michael Ourednik
Vinyl (requires registration)	iZotope
Distortion/Overdrive/Amp Effects
Amp Sim Pack	LePou Plugins
TPA-1/NRR-1/TSB-1/The Anvil/PTEq-1a/SHB-1/TS-999	Ignite Amps
TSE808/BOD/R47	TSE AUDIO
SoftAmp PSA	AXP
Amplifikation Lite	Kuassa
IVGI	Klanghelm
Equalizers
TDR Nova	Tokyo Dawn Labs
TDR VOS SlickEQ	Tokyo Dawn Labs
basiQ	Kuassa
Modulation Effects
Multiply	Acon Digital
Azurite	Distorque
Compressors
TDR Kotelnikov	Tokyo Dawn Labs
Molot	vladg/sound
Rough Rider	Audio Damage
DC1A	Klanghelm
Limiters
W1 Limiter	4Front Technologies
Limiter №6	vladg/sound
LoudMax	Thomas Mundt
Vocoders
TAL-Vocoder	TAL Software GmbH
Reverbs/Delays
TAL-Reverb-III	TAL Software GmbH
TAL-Dub-III	TAL Software GmbH
Spatial Effects
Proximity	Tokyo Dawn Labs
Analyzers/Utilities
Youlean Loudness Meter	Youlean

Installation

Most of the downloads consist of a zip file with the plugin dll inside. Installation is done simply by extracting the zip file contents to a folder on your hard drive. Some of the larger plugins require installation of additional data files. These plugins are installed by running an installer that will ask you where you want the files installed.

You can install the plugins anywhere you like. The recommended installation path has changed over the years, so the plugin installers may suggest different default installation paths. Since the introduction of VST3, the officially recommended installation path for VST2 plugins is: “C:Program FilesCommon FilesVST2”.

Here are some recommended practices that will make it easier for you to maintain your plugin library and easier to import the plugins into host applications such as Podium:

Keep your plugins within one root folder. This makes it easier to move your entire plugin collection, and you need only specify the root folder in the Podium plugin setup.
Organize plugins in sub folders named by developer name. You may prefer to name sub folders by plugin category, but this makes it more difficult to manage plugin bundles that cover multiple categories. You can reorganize your plugin list in Podium projects independently of the disk folders.
If you install both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions of the plugins, then keep each platform in separate root folders and use a similar sub folder structure. This makes it easier to port your Podium projects if you switch between the 32-bit and 64-bit Podium versions.

Example Folder Structure (64-bit Windows)

C:Program FilesCommon FilesVST2

Audio Damage

RoughRider_x64.dll

u-he

Podolski(x64).dll

Zebralette(x64).dll

Zynewave

Zynewave zPEQ.dll

Zynewave zPitch.dll

Zynewave zReverb.dll

C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesVST2

Audio Damage

Easy Limiter Vst

RoughRider.dll

u-he

Podolski.dll

Zebralette.dll

Zynewave

Vst Plugin Mda Limiter

Best Limiter Plugins

Zynewave zPEQ.dll

Zynewave zPitch.dll

Loudmax Limiter Vst

Zynewave zReverb.dll