1 DigiRack plug-ins (installed with Pro Tools). 2 Packs and other bundles included with your Digidesign system. 3 Any additional plug-ins. Check with the man-ufacturer of your plug-ins for compatibility in-formation and support. Using Plug-ins in Pro Tools Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for infor-mation on working with plug-ins, including. 32 and 64-bit AAX Downloads. The plug-ins below are both 32 and 64-bit AAX, so you can use them in both Pro Tools 10 and Pro Tools 11. For older version of Pro Tools, you can still download the plug-ins in RTAS format.

I've written out the list of Sound on Sound writers and contributors' choices for essential plugins. Bolded ones were singled out as especially excellent. I've added a few comment of my own in brackets; I'm sure I might have got a few comments wrong or missed some important info so feel free to add or correct me.
Reverb
Audioease Altiverb
SIR Convolution Reverb (FREE)
Voxengo Pristine Space
Nomad Factory Blueverb
Apple Logic Space Designer (Logic)
Universal Audio Plate 140 (requires UAD card)
Waves IR-series
Dynamics
PSP Audioware Vintage Warmer compressor/eq/limiter
Digital Fishphones Blockfish compressor
Waves Renaissance De-Esser
Universal Audio UAD 1176LN compressor (requires UAD card)
Digidesign Digirack Expander/Gate (Protools)
Waves C4 multi-band compressor
Chandler EMI TG12413 limiter
Waves Renaissance Vox compressor
McDSP Channel G eq/gate/filter/compressor/limiter
Equalisers
PSP Audioware Neon HR
MOTU Masterworks EQ (MOTU Digital Performer)
Eliosound Air EQ
Digidesign EQIII (Protools)
Apple Logic EQ (Logic)
Waves Renaissance EQ
TC Electronic Assimilator
Sony Oxford EQ (Protools)
Mastering
Izotope Ozone
Waves L3 Multimaximiser
TC Electronic Mastering Dynamics
Crysonic Spectra'Q
Restoration/Enhancers
Noveltech Character & Vocal Enhancer (TC Powercore)
CEDAR Retouch
Sony Oxford Restoration Tools (Protools)
BIAS Soundsoap 2
Filters
Prosoniq Northpole (FREE)
PSP Nitro
Steinberg Tonic
Sound Toys Filer Freak (Mac only)
Cycling '74 Pluggo Filter Taps
Ohm Force Predatohm
Pitch Processing
Celemony Melodyne
Sound Toys Pitch Doctor (Protools)
Other Effects
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 guitar processing
PSP Audioware 608 Multi-delay
Sound Toys Echoboy delay
PSP Audioware PSP84 delay
Korg MDEX delay/reverb/chorus/eq

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