Best VST And Kontakt Plugins For Country Music
How to choose the best VST plugins and loops which are most suitable for your country music track? In this scenario, we need to consider about 2 types of VST plugins. They are loops and instruments. In this article, I am listing some marvelous VST loops and VST drum instruments that can push your country music track to the next level. I will try my best to update this article every month when the arrival of competitive new products.
I do not discuss details about VST drum instruments because I already discussed some of them in the article under the best VST instruments category. So, let’s consider the loops. Loops are live recorded instrument parts or arpeggios which can adjust according to the tempo of your music track. By using quality and suitable loops, you can increase the quality of your music track or song up to a professional level.
Please refer to the following table which contains important things that we should consider country VST loops. I explained each character one by one after the table. I am a sound engineer and please note that all of these rankings, scoring, and reviewing are done according to my own 10 year working experiences in the music composing field.
| Number | Name | Sound Naturality (%) | Blend/Mix Quality (%) | File Size | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Fish Audio Country Folk | 100 | 100 | 6 GB | $99.95 |
| 2 | Big Fish Audio Americana Songwriter | 98 | 99 | 10 GB | $129.95 |
| 3 | Big Fish Audio Country Guitars | 98 | 95 | 9 GB | $129.95 |
| 4 | Big Fish Audio Americana country | 94 | 92 | 7.2 GB | $99.95 |
| 5 | Big Fish Audio Wire Modern Country | 92 | 94 | 8.91 GB | $129.95 |
| 6 | Big Fish Audio Country Pop | 90 | 93 | 6.72 GB | $129.95 |
what is Sound naturality of Loops?
In this character, I measure how much the instruments of the loops can come close to the real sound of real instruments. This can measure by comparing the loop sound with real instruments.
What is Blend / Mix quality of Loops?
By looking at this measurement, you can choose the best VST loop which can blend with other instruments. It means that how much the sound of the loop can hear separately and clearly when it playing with other instruments especially in songs. This is a very important character because mix quality is a major factor that affects the quality of a music track.
Let's take the best country VST and Kontakt plugins one by one in to action ...
1. Big Fish Audio Country Folk
This is rank number one which includes the styles of contemporary folk, bluegrass, and Americana roots. This is the best country VST loop which I found at the moment when I am writing this article. This plugin included 12 kits with the sound of musical instruments of fiddles, banjos, mandolins, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, cellos and cello sections, vocals, upright bass, djembe, shakers, and tambourines. The file size is 6 GB and you need the full version of Kontakt 4.2 or higher to use the KLI version of this product. Here I add an official video of Country Folk from YouTube by Big Fish Audio channel. Take your time to watch it.
2. Big Fish Audio Americana Songwriter
This is rank number two which includes the styles of folk-rock, alt-country, and alt-rock songwriting. This is the second-best country VST loop which I found at the moment when I am writing this article. This plugin included 20 massive kits with the sound of musical instruments of banjo, acoustic guitars, mandolin, dobro, pedal steel, slide guitar, electric guitars, bass, and drums. The file size is 10 GB and you need the full version of Kontakt 4.2 or higher to use the KLI version of this product. Here I add an official video of Americana Songwriter from YouTube by Big Fish Audio channel. Take your time to watch it.
3. Big Fish Audio Country Guitars
This is rank number three which includes the styles of blues, pop country, bluegrass, and country-rock. This plugin holds the third position in the list of best country VST loops at the moment when I am writing this article. The file size is 9 GB. This plugin included 20 massive kits with the sound of musical instruments of banjos, mandolins, electric picking, acoustic picking, baritone guitars, acoustic strumming, electric steel, acoustic hi-strung, electric rhythm, electric slide, electric effected and electric lead. You need the full version of Kontakt 4.2 or higher to use the KLI version of this product. Here I add an official introduction video of Country Guitars from YouTube by Big Fish Audio channel. Take your time to watch it.
4. Big Fish Audio Americana country
This is rank number four which delivers the loops of alternative country, folk, and blues. This plugin holds the fourth position in the list of best country VST loops at the moment when I am writing this article. The file size is 7.2 GB. This plugin includes 10 kits with the sound of instruments of acoustic guitars, electric guitars, slide guitars, ambient guitars, banjos, mandolins, fiddle, piano, and organ. You need the full version of Kontakt 4.2 or higher to use the KLI version of this product. Here I add an official soundtrack of Americana country from Soundcloud by Big Fish Audio channel. Take your time to listen to it.
5. Big Fish Audio Wire Modern Country
This is rank number five which delivers the loops of pop-country and country-rock. This is the fifth-best country VST loops at the moment when I am writing this article. This plugin includes song sections covering intro, verse, pre-chorus, bridge/breakdown, solo, and outro. The file size is 8.91 GB. You can run these loops by the Kontakt player or momentum plugin. Here I added an overview video of Wire Modern Country from YouTube by Big Fish Audio channel. Take your time to watch it.
6. Big Fish Audio Country Pop
This is rank number six which delivers 20 massive kits of country-pop songwriting styles. This plugin holds the sixth position in the list of best country VST loops at the moment when I am writing this article. The file size is 6.72 GB. This plugin includes loops of many instruments such as banjo, mandolin, pedal steel, slide guitar, acoustic guitars, baritone, electric guitars, bass, and drums. You need the full version of Kontakt 5.3.1 or higher to use the KLI version of this product. Here I add an official overview video of Country Pop from YouTube by Big Fish Audio channel. Take your time to watch it.
Let's Look At Some Drum Libraries To Enhance Your Country Track...
There are hundreds of VST drum plugins in today’s market. Their sound color, feel and characteristics are different from each other. Due to that, we have to choose the drum library very carefully to our country music track because the beat is the major factor to shape the color of your music track. Here I added some VST drum libraries which are specifically designed for country music.
| Number | Name | File Size | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XLN Audio Vintage Dry | - | $89.95 |
| 2 | Toontrack Country EZX Library | 2 GB | €75 |
| 3 | Toontrack Americana EZX Library | 1.2 GB | €75 |
| 4 | Toontrack Southern Soul Library | 4 GB | €75 |
