Essential Plugins

[loopdon]

I will try, it's always a momentary shot and i surely COULD live without any of these:

- Crysonic Spectralive NXT (partial to newB as well)
- Nugen Audio Monofilter

- Voxengo Glisseq (esp. because of it's spectral overlay function!)

- Sonalksis Compressor and Eq (for usability and allover niceness);
- NI Battery is becoming more and more attractive
- Elevayta Spaceboy

These are the ones that jumped to my mind. Esp. for compressors i think you can get very nice results via freeware. With FX as well. Some nice Eqs as well.

Disclaimer:
This list ain't complete by any means, leaves out loads of great freeware and is more fx-based.