You have got to be a rookie if you haven't heard of Sinus's plugins, well at least FreeVerb Too, which is based on Jazar's original freeverb code.  For some reason Sinus really made FreeVerb come alive.  I have tried his compressors and they are nice, but the FreeVerb is VERY versatile and warm.  If you're looking for a simple, warm, and versatile reverb (not convolution) than this is your FREE ticket.

Sinus's site

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Now Liquid SOnics has another free plug and a bunch of pay plugs, but I'm reviewing the Reverberate LE.  The plug is VERY easy to use.  It's a convolution reverb that is VERY easy on the CPU/RAM.  Even REAPER's own ReaVerb uses more CPU/RAM than this (sorry Cockos).  This is a good one.  (don't forget you'll need impulses to use this).

LiquidSonics site

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I love Voxengo for two reasons, warmth and ease of use, okay three...they are also very pretty.  These are their free plugins, as they have some pay plugs as well.  Some of these have recently been updated.  Some great plugs to check out.  I love the Tube Amp.

Voxengo (free) site

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These plugins have very specific uses, unlike EQ and Compression, which are used pretty commonly.  I honsestly only use one of their plugs- X-Cita.  X-Cita is a aural exciter/sonic maximizer plugin, which is excellent for mastering.

Elogoxa site

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Some great (really) great plugins are being made over at TAL's site.  I love the ease of use and the sound quality is both retro and clean.  I personally am not huge into MIDI, unless it's percussion related, but the VSTi plugs seemed quite nice sounding as well.  These plugins are all free, but really deserve some cash.

TAL site

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