Edit: Shortened this post for privacy

Basically I spend a couple grands on music plugins and regret it as the fun I get out of actually using the plugins is relatively little (it IS fun but with fewer plugins I actually used I was much more happy)

 

Last edited: Dec 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM

Which makes it your own fault. Not judging here. I only look for new plugins if I need one and don't update plugins if they're already working fine and do what I need them to do. At some point I DID chase plugins, but quickly realized I shouldn't do that. I firmly believe in "don't fix if it ain't broken".

 

All beginnings are difficult; you have to make your own experiences, and some things work and some don't.
But you shouldn't over-dramatize your path, which is full of obstacles, but rather look ahead.

Before you buy something, download a demo version to test it out.

As the saying goes, "Practice makes perfect."
I think I gathered that you now have a rough idea of where your journey should take you.

Remember, music isn't a fixed process; it depends on what you love and what you want to do.
Failures are part of it; anything else would be stagnation.