Fuck it- a thread of my favorite FREE plugins:

Amazing crazy reverb. How is this free?? If you want to absolutely DRENCH something, this is your guy

Fav chorus EVER. So good for Vox, gtrs, even percussion sometimes. You won’t find a project of mine without this in there at least once

One of the best sound design tools ever, whenever a sound is too flat or constant, a touch of vibrato brings life. Absolutely rinse this plug

Another great chorus, modeled after the one on the Juno 106, awesome for synths and gtr

This is technically a free autotune tho I’ve never used that feature, (might be interesting to try that out) I turn that off and use the formant shifting as it’s the CLEANEST out there- better than little alter boy (that shit sucks)

Finally NI gives you a huge bundle of diet software that’s a great start, a lot of useful fx and instruments in here. Honestly you could start making beats with just this

EDIT: I guess Valhalla shimmer is no longer free, but THIS newer Valhalla reverb is!! https://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-supermassive/