Got some good candidates there but always as these thing go, missed a bunch of others deserving equal or higher mention.
One of the best of the best poles where I had everything there except for DRX8R.
Cold sweat excited and downloaded the plug. Good device but didn't seeing it adding anything to call home about. GUI was so dark I couldn't see the knob titles.
Glad to see Ambiance still in the running. Some of you old dudes even more decrepit than me may remember an ancient era where there were no vst's of any worth, unless you paid hundreds of dollars. No DAW could even eq a track without expensive addons. There were free plugins but they were terrible.
Ambiance came out and was a mind blower. Still has the grainy texture, but was state of the art when nothing else could deliver for free. Still has its place, graceful plug.
john