Cutting down number of VSTs - too much choice at the moment

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  1. John Thomas

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    I've downloaded just about every synth on the 'sister site', and written (not very good) songs with most of them. I spent most of my 'music' time just going through presets and noodling, never writing any music at all, and then downloading newer VST synths and playing with their presets. Then I'd download collections of presets, so that I had 50,000 for many of my synths, and waste time listening to those presets, instead of actually writing music.
    Then I reinstalled Dune 3, which I had installed a few years ago, and then uninstalled for some reason. Then I tried Dune 3's 'Genetics' feature, and suddenly I was able to make usable new presets out of two or three existing presets, with zero effort. In an hour I had made over 100 fantastic pads, brand new, zero effort, and I thought to myself: why do I need all these other synths, when I know they can't make a bass, pad, lead, pluck, etc. that's any better than what I can do with Dune 3? So I'm going to uninstall a load of my synth VSTs. Sylenth1 is going for a start.

    Has anybody else done the same thing?
    This is what is currently in my VST folder:

    2CAudio Aether 03/10/2023 12:42:49 File folder
    AAS Modelling Collection 02/11/2021 19:23:13 File folder
    Absynth 14/12/2021 21:05:21 File folder
    Air Creative FX Collection 22/02/2016 13:04:49 File folder
    AIR Music Technology 10/11/2023 21:39:30 File folder
    Albino 20/06/2019 21:37:23 File folder
    Algonaut 18/03/2022 20:06:58 File folder
    AlyJames Lab 18/08/2021 23:32:23 File folder
    AmpliTube 4 24/03/2017 19:20:18 File folder
    Atlas 18/03/2022 20:06:57 File folder
    Blue3 18/11/2022 16:35:10 File folder
    BlueARP 18/11/2023 15:10:15 File folder
    Cakewalk 02/01/2022 15:28:21 File folder
    Camel Audio Alchemy 26/01/2023 18:35:20 File folder
    Cherry Audio 08/10/2022 10:39:00 File folder
    Chromaphone 24/12/2018 21:22:26 File folder
    Convology 11/06/2023 14:15:00 File folder
    Cream 04/11/2018 09:57:12 File folder
    Cthulhu 01/09/2018 17:21:14 File folder
    discoDSP 19/03/2023 20:55:06 File folder
    discoDSP Discovery Pro 19/03/2023 20:55:07 File folder
    Diva 03/10/2023 13:08:35 File folder
    DSP56300 23/04/2023 12:32:46 File folder
    E-MU 13/04/2021 11:17:08 File folder
    EON-Arp 19/07/2023 17:16:35 File folder
    Falcon 01/11/2023 23:11:57 File folder
    Full Bucket Bucket One 28/06/2023 22:52:15 File folder
    Full Bucket PECs 18/03/2023 17:20:46 File folder
    Full Bucket Tricent 23/02/2022 21:21:48 File folder
    Geist 2 28/11/2021 20:59:37 File folder
    GForce 13/11/2023 22:46:22 File folder
    Helix 09/08/2023 23:02:05 File folder
    Hive 17/01/2023 18:36:37 File folder
    HomeGrown Sound ARP64 Bridged 24/08/2022 14:30:50 File folder
    Hypersonic 2 11/06/2022 23:16:14 File folder
    Hypersonic 2 JBridged 16/11/2021 23:38:03 File folder
    Icarus 1.6 23/11/2023 20:47:34 File folder
    IK Multimedia 30/09/2022 22:48:51 File folder
    Imposcar 2 24/10/2022 17:32:13 File folder
    Imposcar2 Presets 24/10/2022 17:15:09 File folder
    Instachord 29/07/2020 20:57:54 File folder
    Keyscape 22/07/2023 23:10:54 File folder
    Kirnu 04/11/2018 09:57:14 File folder
    Kontakt 2 01/07/2022 17:17:02 File folder
    Kontakt 7 15/10/2023 12:33:06 File folder
    Kontakt 7 Portable 25/11/2023 17:12:30 File folder
    KORG 24/11/2022 15:20:02 File folder
    Korg Wavestate Native 27/12/2022 15:28:42 File folder
    Korg Wavestation 24/11/2022 15:15:27 File folder
    LibreArp 29/06/2018 08:48:17 File folder
    M1 24/11/2022 15:17:51 File folder
    MiniFreak 02/12/2022 15:26:27 File folder
    MiniFreak V 02/12/2022 15:26:27 File folder
    MODO BASS 2 07/07/2022 13:47:12 File folder
    MODO DRUM 07/07/2022 13:44:57 File folder
    Nerve 18/10/2021 21:55:42 File folder
    NeuralAmpModeler 21/07/2023 16:30:10 File folder
    Nexus 28/02/2023 15:45:34 File folder
    Nexus 4 27/07/2023 19:47:09 File folder
    Nora 2 25/05/2015 16:55:48 File folder
    OB-E 07/04/2023 22:30:23 File folder
    Obelisk 12/06/2020 22:31:23 File folder
    Omnisphere 29/03/2023 19:54:12 File folder
    OmniTag 11/10/2023 16:08:17 File folder
    OP-X PRO-II (64bit) 21/06/2021 19:48:02 File folder
    Pianoteq Portable 23/05/2020 11:14:40 File folder
    Plasmonic 01/12/2022 21:50:24 File folder
    Plug and Mix 27/11/2022 20:16:43 File folder
    Plug and Mix Chainer 23/04/2023 21:20:05 File folder
    Plug and Mix Pro 23/04/2023 21:41:37 File folder
    Predator2 26/10/2021 22:30:12 File folder
    Purity 04/08/2023 13:47:06 File folder
    ravity 20/05/2022 15:56:14 File folder
    ReMIDI 2 29/03/2022 23:06:20 File folder
    RF-AB303 09/03/2023 16:54:41 File folder
    RF-Bassline 09/03/2023 16:55:09 File folder
    RF-Pads 04/07/2023 16:00:32 File folder
    Rhodes Affair 18/07/2018 22:38:49 File folder
    Rhodes Affair 2 13/11/2021 21:37:29 File folder
    Rhodes Affair Drums 14/11/2021 10:31:54 File folder
    Rhodes Affair Premium 14/11/2021 10:28:07 File folder
    Rob Papen 18/11/2022 16:35:13 File folder
    Rob Papen Effects 24/12/2018 12:14:05 File folder
    Roland 24/03/2022 15:21:39 File folder R
    Roland Bins 01/10/2020 16:23:06 File folder
    Roland D50 669 Banks 18/11/2023 13:30:41 File folder
    Roland JD800 Presets 31/10/2022 13:25:31 File folder
    Ronan Fed 25/09/2022 20:57:34 File folder
    Scaler 06/11/2022 20:08:17 File folder
    Scaler 2 v2.8.0 01/07/2023 17:27:12 File folder
    Serum 02/11/2021 19:52:56 File folder
    Sines 08/10/2022 10:39:00 File folder
    Softube 02/01/2021 19:03:45 File folder
    Sonic Projects 05/01/2019 15:57:57 File folder
    Soundpaint 26/10/2021 16:42:53 File folder
    Spark 01/03/2023 11:52:19 File folder
    Spectrasonics 22/07/2023 23:10:54 File folder
    Spire 14/07/2023 23:14:40 File folder
    StiX 04/10/2022 22:03:07 File folder
    Stylus RMX 12/04/2022 17:17:49 File folder
    Sylenth Soundbank Store 14/08/2022 11:15:23 File folder
    Sylenth1 19/12/2022 17:08:06 File folder
    Synapse Audio 08/12/2023 13:12:03 File folder
    Synthwave 07/07/2018 13:40:08 File folder
    S-YXG50 14/01/2022 23:43:02 File folder
    The Legend 18/11/2023 20:15:24 File folder
    Thesys 25/05/2015 17:04:12 File folder
    Tone2 16/08/2023 22:55:54 File folder
    Toontrack 21/08/2020 23:19:03 File folder
    Toxic 2 19/08/2023 21:24:28 File folder
    Transfuser 01/02/2019 15:41:04 File folder
    Trilian 14/03/2023 22:11:42 File folder
    TRITON 24/11/2022 15:19:37 File folder
    TRITON Extreme 24/11/2022 15:18:58 File folder
    UJam 02/10/2021 12:44:17 File folder
    UJam Amber 02/10/2021 12:52:35 File folder
    UJam Iron 02/10/2021 16:05:42 File folder
    UVI 01/11/2023 23:11:57 File folder
    Valhalla Supermassive 26/12/2022 18:16:12 File folder
    Vanguard 17/11/2021 20:20:32 File folder
    Vanguard 64 06/12/2022 21:52:29 File folder
    Vaporizer2 01/12/2023 19:38:52 File folder
    Velvet Content 05/01/2019 16:36:01 File folder
    Virus Editor 10/07/2021 12:23:08 File folder
    VPROM 18/08/2021 23:32:23 File folder
    WAVESTATION 24/11/2022 15:20:02 File folder
    Xfer Records 14/06/2022 16:48:58 File folder
    XILS-lab 04/10/2022 22:03:07 File folder
    XLN Audio 11/08/2022 14:26:48 File folder
    XPand2 28/06/2018 09:29:47 File folder
    XV-5080 23/03/2022 22:39:25 File folder
    z3ta+ 17/09/2023 23:04:46 File folder
    Zebra2 07/08/2023 17:34:33 File folder
    ZebraHZ 02/11/2021 14:02:32 File folder
    2C-Aether.dll 22/03/2015 15:07:02 229 kB Application extension A
    ActivationRequestFile.html 10/12/2015 21:17:10 5 kB Firefox HTML Document A
    Concerto.dll 25/03/2022 17:49:54 20.70 MB Application extension A
    EVP73.dll 01/07/2016 891 kB Application extension A
    FL Studio VSTi (Multi).dll 29/08/2023 13:30:54 3.69 MB Application extension A
    FL Studio VSTi.dll 29/08/2023 13:31:02 3.69 MB Application extension A
    IL Minihost Modular (FX).dll 24/04/2014 15:22:34 8.65 MB Application extension A
    IL Minihost Modular.dll 24/04/2014 15:25:22 8.65 MB Application extension A
    Lethal.dll 07/09/2020 18:00:54 6.98 MB Application extension A
    License.dat 17/12/2022 18:18:57 522 Byte(s) DAT File A
    Massive Sylenth Zebra 2 Presets.zip 05/02/2017 21:05:17 2.52 GB Compressed (zipped) Folder A
    MIDIculous 4.dll 21/11/2020 08:35:02 72.06 MB Application extension A
    Purity.dll 28/01/2011 03:19:48 3.98 MB Application extension A
    Serum_x64.dll 02/02/2022 02:02:22 4.90 MB Application extension A
    Serum_x64.exe 20/02/2020 20:20:20 3.70 MB Application A
    SerumFX_x64.dll 02/02/2022 02:02:22 4.91 MB Application extension A
    TERA3.dll 01/10/2014 17:00:28 5.47 MB Application extension A
    unins000.dat 27/11/2023 17:15:30 4 kB DAT File A
    unins000.exe 27/11/2023 17:15:18 1.16 MB Application A
    VA RAXS (64).dll 05/01/2019 13:02:28 6.33 MB Application extension A
    VPS Avenger_x64.dll 06/08/2019 02:14:36 53.88 MB Application extension A
     
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  3. ZUK

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    The same thing happens to me, I need to reduce the number of plugins to use. I have less and less time and I can't keep trying it and trying it. In the end, it is better to know what a plugin sounds like than to have 20 and not know them.
    But, I also have moments where I like to experiment and I like to try new things and investigate.
    So there they are... How do I have them installed?
    I have in folders by categories, and in the root.

    \SYNTH
    the ones I use the most
    \SYNTH\BANK B
    others

    \DELAY
    only 3 or 4.... the ones I use the most.
    \DELAY\BANK B
    others

    If I'm going to make music I'm going to root, if I want to waste time I'm going to BANK B
    This way there is no folder and 30 reverbs come out... or 40 compressors.
     
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  4. liquidlove

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    There’s no point in hoarding plug-ins, IMO. I’ve decided to limit myself to the full sets from Arturia, Korg and Roland, as well as a few UVI sets. The Jupiter-X is also one of my best purchases (even though I know it’s technically Zenology with keys). There’s literally tons you can do with it, and you’re away from your computer. Of course I have other hw synths and drum machines as well.

    FX and mix/master plug-ins are a bit different. Those you can never have too many :D

    In terms of presets, I try to only use them with digital synths and ROMplers. For subtractive stuff I try to program from scratch.

    One great lesson I learned in university (college) is to do the writing elsewhere - only then move back to the front of your computer. Whether it’s on a hardware synth or workstation, a groovebox or a piano with some pen & paper - doesn’t matter. This is also why ”dawless” is so appealing to a lot of new people.
     
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  5. RajuPalliBabu

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    I have about 1000 vsts, its a really bad thing to gather them all unless you have some way of categorizing them and searching those categories. Even after categorizing its a bad thing to have too many vsts.

    I use streamdeck xl, i made every plugin use an autohotkey script that points to one master script file. That script contains a way of adding the plugin in bitwig (i can change it to recognize what daw is currently on). The master script uses the name that the slave scripts have so it knows what plugin to add

    But im going to get rid off most of them , or organize them somewhere hidden

    Now im in process of making kontakt libraries to be launchable from streamdeck , but that seems timewaste since most of them dont have nicnt and will propably change location at some point

    Also of course iam keeping the installation files of all the vsts too
     
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  6. DJK

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    its your ears are bigger than your belly lol.i used to have tons of it but decided to remove what i dont use, you dont need a ton of compresser delay eq ect
     
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  7. clone

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    you have a lot of junk. I can tell that from these few right off the bat. i'll make a list of what I would delete. You can get off to a good start and sh.tcan these:

    Plug and Mix 27/11/2022 20:16:43 File folder
    Plug and Mix Chainer 23/04/2023 21:20:05 File folder
    Plug and Mix Pro 23/04/2023 21:41:37 File folder

    I would stick all of this in another folder and move it somewhere so that it doesn't load any of it unless you put it back on purpose. Many of the "good ones" are actually duplicates. you have newer versions which are backwards compatible so you do not need every version. Some you keep thinking you may use them, but you won't.

    2CAudio Aether 03/10/2023 12:42:49 File folder

    Absynth 14/12/2021 21:05:21 File folder

    Air Creative FX Collection 22/02/2016 13:04:49 File folder

    AIR Music Technology 10/11/2023 21:39:30 File folder

    Albino 20/06/2019 21:37:23 File folder

    Algonaut 18/03/2022 20:06:58 File folder

    AlyJames Lab 18/08/2021 23:32:23 File folder

    Blue3 18/11/2022 16:35:10 File folder

    BlueARP 18/11/2023 15:10:15 File folder

    Cakewalk 02/01/2022 15:28:21 File folder

    Chromaphone 24/12/2018 21:22:26 File folder

    Cream 04/11/2018 09:57:12 File folderEON-Arp 19/07/2023 17:16:35 File folder

    Full Bucket Bucket One 28/06/2023 22:52:15 File folder

    Full Bucket PECs 18/03/2023 17:20:46 File folder

    Full Bucket Tricent 23/02/2022 21:21:48 File folder

    Geist 2 28/11/2021 20:59:37 File folder

    Helix 09/08/2023 23:02:05 File folder

    HomeGrown Sound ARP64 Bridged 24/08/2022 14:30:50 File folder

    Hypersonic 2 11/06/2022 23:16:14 File folder

    Hypersonic 2 JBridged 16/11/2021 23:38:03 File folder

    Imposcar 2 24/10/2022 17:32:13 File folder

    Imposcar2 Presets 24/10/2022 17:15:09 File folder

    Kirnu 04/11/2018 09:57:14 File folder

    Kontakt 2 01/07/2022 17:17:02 File folder

    LibreArp 29/06/2018 08:48:17 File folder

    Nora 2 25/05/2015 16:55:48 File folder

    OB-E 07/04/2023 22:30:23 File folder

    Obelisk 12/06/2020 22:31:23 File folder

    OmniTag 11/10/2023 16:08:17 File folder

    OP-X PRO-II (64bit) 21/06/2021 19:48:02 File folder

    Plug and Mix 27/11/2022 20:16:43 File folder

    Plug and Mix Chainer 23/04/2023 21:20:05 File folder

    Plug and Mix Pro 23/04/2023 21:41:37 File folder

    Purity 04/08/2023 13:47:06 File folder

    ravity 20/05/2022 15:56:14 File folder

    ReMIDI 2 29/03/2022 23:06:20 File folder

    RF-AB303 09/03/2023 16:54:41 File folder

    RF-Bassline 09/03/2023 16:55:09 File folder

    RF-Pads 04/07/2023 16:00:32 File folder

    Rhodes Affair 18/07/2018 22:38:49 File folder

    Rhodes Affair 2 13/11/2021 21:37:29 File folder

    Rhodes Affair Drums 14/11/2021 10:31:54 File folder

    Rhodes Affair Premium 14/11/2021 10:28:07 File folder

    Rob Papen Effects 24/12/2018 12:14:05 File folder

    Ronan Fed 25/09/2022 20:57:34 File folder

    Scaler 06/11/2022 20:08:17 File folder

    Sines 08/10/2022 10:39:00 File folder

    Sonic Projects 05/01/2019 15:57:57 File folder

    Soundpaint 26/10/2021 16:42:53 File folder

    StiX 04/10/2022 22:03:07 File folder

    Synthwave 07/07/2018 13:40:08 File folder

    S-YXG50 14/01/2022 23:43:02 File folder

    Thesys 25/05/2015 17:04:12 File folder

    Toxic 2 19/08/2023 21:24:28 File folder

    Transfuser 01/02/2019 15:41:04 File folder

    UJam 02/10/2021 12:44:17 File folder

    UJam Amber 02/10/2021 12:52:35 File folder

    UJam Iron 02/10/2021 16:05:42 File folder

    Vanguard 17/11/2021 20:20:32 File folder

    Vanguard 64 06/12/2022 21:52:29 File folder

    Vaporizer2 01/12/2023 19:38:52 File folder

    Velvet Content 05/01/2019 16:36:01 File folder

    Virus Editor 10/07/2021 12:23:08 File folder

    VPROM 18/08/2021 23:32:23 File folder

    XPand2 28/06/2018 09:29:47 File folder

    2C-Aether.dll 22/03/2015 15:07:02 229 kB Application extension A

    ActivationRequestFile.html 10/12/2015 21:17:10 5 kB Firefox HTML Document A

    Concerto.dll 25/03/2022 17:49:54 20.70 MB Application extension A

    EVP73.dll 01/07/2016 891 kB Application extension A

    IL Minihost Modular (FX).dll 24/04/2014 15:22:34 8.65 MB Application extension A

    IL Minihost Modular.dll 24/04/2014 15:25:22 8.65 MB Application extension A

    Lethal.dll 07/09/2020 18:00:54 6.98 MB Application extension A

    License.dat 17/12/2022 18:18:57 522 Byte(s) DAT File A

    MIDIculous 4.dll 21/11/2020 08:35:02 72.06 MB Application extension A

    Purity.dll 28/01/2011 03:19:48 3.98 MB Application extension A

    TERA3.dll 01/10/2014 17:00:28 5.47 MB Application extension A

    unins000.dat 27/11/2023 17:15:30 4 kB DAT File A

    unins000.exe 27/11/2023 17:15:18 1.16 MB Application A

    VA RAXS (64).dll 05/01/2019 13:02:28 6.33 MB Application extension A
     
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  8. Psychoacoustic

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    Clone's advice of moving the VSTs to another folder, rather than uninstalling makes good sense -then set a reminder down the track so you can uninstall the ones you didn't use.

    My general rule is if I find anything frustrating/annoying, I generally uninstall it. Likewise if you don't find it inspiring to use or if the sounds can easily be made with another VST which has a better interface.

    That said, I still have too many VSTs (the essential 80 VSTis I absolutely cannot do without LOL)
     
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  9. Don Gargon

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    Why do people hoard so many vsts ? either because they are probably not very good at producing music or just like playing with them! Stock plugins are all you need today! if you are anygood at your trade.:winker:
     
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  10. ArticStorm

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    That is my basic list, i have them favourited in Ableton's Browser, so that i have them ready to go.
    It looks like a lot, but most of the plugins, i either own or are for a special reason still installed.
    I tend to be very careful with adding new plugins or trying new ones out.

    Synths:
    Albino, there are easy to go pad i love.
    Discovery pro
    Sylenth1 v2 and v3, but only use v2
    Diva
    Repro-5
    Zebra
    Hive 1
    Serum
    Osirus (Virus C emu)
    OsTirus (Virus Ti emu)
    Massive (Still miles better than the new version and i can still get great sounds out of it, idk why people stopped using it. If only NI would create a bigger GUI for it, then it would be future proof.)
    Phoscyon 2
    Vavra (Waldorf MicroQ emu)
    Polysix
    Korg M1 (those patches are absolute classics and if you tweak them a bit, it just sounds awsome.)
    Roland XV5080, one of the best Roland Cloud plugins for me, easy to go synths.
    V-station (just a killer synth ...)
    Spire

    Kontakt 5,6,7, i prefer v5. Is the only Sampler i use which has a timestretching, i wish Ableton Sampler would have timestretching, this would be a game changer for me and i would stop using
    Omnisphere without Sonic Expansions, but with Trillian Library.
    Alchemy (Factory and only 3 Expansions) - I still has very unique Pads, which i really like to use.
    Nexus 4 ROMs only, the ROM from version 2 has some presets, i still love to use.

    Addictive Drums (been using it for ages and it just works for acoustic drums for me.)
    Addictive Keys (easy, good sounding and small Piano Library with a great GUI, its perfect for me.)

    FX:
    Whole Fabfilter bundle
    Whole D16 Bundle
    Whole ValhallaBundle
    LFO Tool
    VolumeShaper 4 - forget the new ShaperBox, this plugin is all need.
    Korg
    AAR
    Wave Arts MasterVerb 5 (last version with VST2 support and i like the Gate before the Reverb.
    Sonalksis Creative Filter Stereo ( old filter plugin, i am using for so long and its fine for me and if i need more control than Autofilter by Ableton offers!)

    Sound Design FX Plugins, only use them, if i really want to Sound Design something.
    Eventide Bundle
    GRM Bundle
    SoundToys Bundle

    Tools:
    VSTNotepad, to add notes on master about the song idea, i wish Ableton had this build in.

    You need to sort them better:
    Give the folder a clear name!
    For example you have DiscoDSP as folder, what is in there?

    I also see a lot of old plugins like TERA3, i did use that 18 years ago ...

    Well open the plugins one by one and decide if you want to use it or if i can be use for anything in your workflow, i not move to another folder or simply delete.
    (i suggest keeping a backup of the packed releases somewhere on an external HDD, if you really need or want it in the future again)
     
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  11. ArticStorm

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    Ableton has very bad synth stock, i tried very long to get along with them, its simply easier for me to use Sylenth1 or something.

    on the FX stock plugins i agree, i use them a lot and i did miss as i had to use another DAW.
     
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  12. Hazen

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    May I ask how you created that list?
     
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    Hazen Rock Star

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    Really? I always found the Ableton synths to be decent at the very least.
     
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  14. jennyblack

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    First, do that extra folder trick/suggestion above (it works! - just go adding to your main folder what you really use or miss a lot. What you never use, you can delete later on).
    Stock fx usually will do the job for basic fx (reverbs, delays, etc).
    Then add some free ones just for smth a little different (TDR, VOS free stuff, for instance).
    Free synths will do the job too, in most cases (Vital, Surge, Tyrell, Synth1,Dexed). You will have wavetable, subtractive and basic FM covered.
    For basic workstation sounds, Xpand!2 and Korg M1 (you won't need anything else).

    I have lots of things installed cause I like to listen to presets to get inspiration to make my own sounds, but when it comes to producing, I use almost just stock or free plugins, and a bunch of the same vsts I use over and over again (Tyrell, Synth1, Vital).
     
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    I guess it's an addiction for me, as after I installed all my purchased plugins and instruments plus the few utilities that I use I promised myself that I would focus on creating and not collecting. I failed at the collection bit...but...it has become much, much easier to nuke everything that I have auditioned so I'm not all clogged up and squabbling with the angel on one shoulder and the demon on the other in deciding what to use in any given situation. I've been doing the audio processing and songwriting thing long enough to know what works for me and diss that which doesn't. Now the only "extended trial versions" that are on my computer that I have as go to tools are the ones that I'd buy right away but that have invasive protection that I don't cotton to...which aren't many.
     
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  16. Hazen

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    Ableton Simpler has different Warp Modes, which can be used for time-stretching samples!
     
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    i know, but i never got it well to work like the one included in Kontakt. This is very visible when working with vocal samples.
    I think Bitwig has timestretching in their sampler device.
     
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  18. RajuPalliBabu

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    Where does one find the OsTirus? I thought they havent yet released it
     
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  19. LiQ

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    I have only 4 TC Electronic Plugins...Thats All:guru:
     
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    Nou that you have found a new drug called "Plugins Collector", don't be ashamed to say that you are dealing with another addiction :)
     
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    MIRL - scanning through the thread to see if there are any plugins I don't have yet.
     
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