Hi , I really like this Thread here :

https://audiosex.pro/threads/looking-for-plugins-with-unique-and-distinct-sound-qualities.83869/

And I want to make a similar thread but for plugins that help you reshape, mangle, bend, or reimagine samples in unexpected ways — whether it’s through modulation, spectral processing, granular stuff, weird time/pitch behavior, or just happy accidents.
What are your go to's to make a simple loop more interesting or something like that?

Greetings to all

Not your standard EQ / compressor / saturation kind of plugins, but more like creative processors that turn a simple sample into something entirely different and spark new creative workflows

 

Zynaptiq morph 3 pro,Sugarbytes Turnado and DS Tantra 2 are a few i use to manipulate samples

 

Why not try a synthesizer (VSTi), for example, the Rob Papen Predator FX version, and experiment? It also includes PredatorFX, allowing you to use the filters, modulations, effects, and vocoder as an FX plug-in within your music host. www.kvraudio.com/product/predator-3-by-rob-papen

 

You would be surprised by what one can achieve just by loading a sample into a sampler and messing with loop points and envelopes. Anyways, these are the ones available rn in my main machine:

 

INNA GRM Tools

 

Tape fiasco is fun for torturing samples and Audio. It's Free.

https://www.erikssonjonas.com/tapefiasco

 

Many from Sugarbytes, but especially their latest Transfigure:
https://sugar-bytes.de/transfigure

Many from lese, most notably their latest, Smear. Even their free Codec is great.
https://lese.io/plugin/smear/

Neutone Morpho, you can get some insane stuff with it.
https://neutone.ai/morpho

All three from Anemond. Factor synth is just wild, Factoid is also impressive, Sloom is essentially Paulstretch but simpler in a good way.
https://anemond.net/

I could go on for hours lol, im a sucker for this sort of stuff, but heres a good start. Ill add more later if I see nobody else has chimed in with some gems.