Learn about 7 music production plugin bundles that will help you produce, mix, and master your music better.

Many plugin manufacturers bundle their products together and offer them at a discounted price. Some plugins are quite expensive on their own, which makes identifying quality plugin bundles essential if you want to save money. I’ll be providing you with an overview of 7 of the best plugin bundles on the market so that you can decide for yourself which bundle suits your needs most appropriately. ‍1. Waves Horizon Bundle

Waves has been around since 1992, and over almost 30 years they’ve developed a massive collection of plugins. The Waves Horizon bundle brings together 75+ different plugins that include creative effects, as well as mixing and mastering tools.



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Each product included in this bundle has a clearly defined task that it excels at. Performing audio repair? Use RX7. Need mixing tools? Use Neutron. Want to start mastering your own music? Use Ozone. These are all-in-one solutions to otherwise complex problems that require a variety of plugins from different manufacturers to solve. By saying this, I don’t want you to think this means that iZotope products aren’t powerful; they absolutely are. iZotope also does an excellent job of providing educational content via their YouTube channel, so if you own their plugins, it’s easy to learn how to use them.

4. FabFilter Total

FabFilter products are known for being clean, precise, and excellent at surgical processing. The Total bundle focuses on quality, not quantity. It doesn’t consist of as many mixing/mastering plugins as some of the other bundles on this list, but it includes a powerful set of the fundamental mixing/mastering tools you’ll need in most situations.

The thing I like about FabFilter products is that they’re easy to operate, they all have a friendly GUI, and the results they produce lean on the side of transparency. The highlights from this bundle include the Pro-Q 3 (EQ), Pro-C 2 (compressor), Pro-MB (multi-band compressor), Pro-DS (de-esser), Pro-G (gate), Saturn (saturator), Pro-R (reverb), and Pro-L 2 (limiter). These plugins are predictable in the way they apply processing, which makes them reliable problem-solving tools.

Analog modeled plugins may be somewhat limited in the number of controls they provide, but since FabFilter has plunged headfirst into digital waters and hasn't ventured too deep into analog modeling, their plugins include all the bells and whistles. They do a great job of updating their plugins as well, which helps them stay extremely relevant. The recent Pro-Q update brought external sidechain triggering along with dynamic EQ nodes.

5. Universal Audio UAD 2 Ultimate

Universal Audio is a rather unique company because their plugins make use of the digital signal processing (DSP) provided by their audio interfaces and other hardware. This reduces the strain on your computer’s CPU and allows you to run projects with a potentially massive number of plugins. The cost associated with buying into the UAD line of products is quite high in comparison to other plugin bundles (due to the hardware), but the quality of the plugins is unmatched.

If analog modeled plugins are something you’re interested in, Universal Audio creates some of the best emulations of vintage hardware units that I’ve heard. Plenty of plugin companies create analog modeled plugins, but very few companies actually succeed in capturing the sound and feel of the original units. If you search up plugin vs. hardware comparisons on YouTube, you’ll find that UAD plugins often sound indistinguishable from their analog counterparts.



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