🎁 How to Redeem Free Slate Digital Plugins
Looking to grab some incredible free tools from Slate Digital? We’ve got you covered.
We offer three powerful free plugins you can download today:
- 🔥 Heatwave
- 🌬️ Fresh Air
- 🛠️ Virtual Mix Rack - Free Modules (includes Trimmer, Revival, and Monster)
Here’s a quick overview of each one, plus how to redeem and activate them!
🔥 Heatwave
Heatwave is a fast, powerful tool that adds instant loudness, punch, and vibe to your tracks. Whether you're mixing drums, vocals, or entire mixes, Heatwave gives you that extra edge without overcomplicating things. Perfect for slamming your sound with rich, colorful saturation.
🌬️ Fresh Air
Fresh Air is your secret weapon for adding sparkle, clarity, and life to your tracks. Powered by dynamic high-frequency processing, Fresh Air makes it easy to add brilliance to vocals, drums, or the whole mix — all without sounding harsh or brittle.
🛠️ Virtual Mix Rack Free Modules
(Trimmer, Revival, Monster)
Virtual Mix Rack Free gives you access to three essential tools inside our modular VMR system:
- Trimmer: Quickly adjust the input/output levels of your signal.
- Revival: Add extra shimmer and depth using analog-modeled harmonic enhancement.
- Monster: Smash your tracks with an aggressive, “all-buttons-in” style compression.
🧩 A Quick Note About Virtual Mix Rack Installation
When you install Virtual Mix Rack, it installs all available modules (35+ modules) — not just the free ones.
This is totally normal and helps introduce you to everything VMR has to offer!
You’ll see all modules in the rack, but only Trimmer, Revival, and Monster will be available to use with your free license.
The rest will simply show as unlicensed until you decide to add them.
If you prefer to remove the unlicensed modules from showing up in the rack, you can easily do that by following the guide here:
➡️ How to Remove Unlicensed VMR Modules
🛠️ How to Install and Activate Your Plugins
After redeeming your plugins, you’ll activate and install them using the Slate Digital Connect app.
Follow this article for a full walkthrough:
➡️ How can I activate and use my plugins?
Alternative Option:
If you prefer not to download Slate Digital Connect, you can manually install the plugins from the "Offline Installers" section here:
➡️ Offline Plugin Installers
⚡ Using Slate Digital Connect is still the easiest way to stay up-to-date and discover new tools we’re adding all the time! 😜
⚠️ Important Installation Notes
‼️ Make sure your DAW is completely closed before installing any plugin ‼️
Opening your DAW during installation can cause issues like plugins being blacklisted or failing authorization checks.
Only open your DAW after installation and activation are fully complete.
🧩 Troubleshooting License Activation
If you don't see your new licenses inside the iLok License Manager app after redeeming:
✅ Double-check that the iLok ID linked to your Slate Digital account matches the iLok ID you’re logged into on iLok License Manager.
You can find your iLok ID on the left-hand side of the iLok License Manager app:
You can view which iLok ID is linked to your Slate Digital account under your Profile section:
➡️ Need to change your linked iLok ID?
Check this guide here:
How can I link a new iLok ID to my Slate Digital User Account?
⚠️ Note: If you're in the middle of an active trial or subscription period, you won't be able to change your iLok ID until that trial or subscription ends.
🎶 Ready to Start Creating?
We can’t wait to hear what you make with Heatwave, Fresh Air, and VMR Free!
If you run into any trouble or have questions, feel free to reach out to our Support Team:
➡️ Submit a Request
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