Welcome to the Plugin Overkill Therapy Session:

1. First, acknowledge your addiction, that you are a plugin addict.
2. Insight is the first step to recovery.
3. Now is the time to change your actions, as these plugins have become a serious burden.
4. Since you won't be able to change the system or Audioz, you have to change your behavior yourself.

5. Here are some options I've tested myself:

a. Only download plugins you would actually buy.

b. For every new plugin you download, delete one plugin.

c. Scan your plugins with your DAW (Cakwalk Sonar tells you the number of installed plugins), write down the number, and delete 25%. If you feel like you still have too many, continue deleting until you feel normal and healthy again.

If anyone has any useful ideas or tips for reducing plugin overkill, please post them here.

 

my tips is never think of them as overkill. make peace with it, and learn to be calm and enjoy those 15000 plugins you have installed.

 

Thanks for your idea and perspective, I wrote it because User @Haze says:

FFS, PLZZZZZZZZZZZ DON'T POST ANY MORE FUCKING RELEASES, I CAN'T STAND IT ANY LONGER, I HAVE SO MANY PLUGINS I DON'T KNOW WHAT HALF OF THEM ARE AND NEED AN EXTRA 48 HOUR DAY A WEEK JUST TO TRY THEM ALL. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE, I DON'T NEED 95% OF THEM. TAKE ME AWAY AND TIE MY ARMS UP SO I CAN'T OPERATE A MOUSE ANY MORE. HELP, GET ME OUT OF HERE. SOS, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.

Source replay #42 : https://audiosex.pro/threads/win-plzzzzzzzzzzz.80538/page-3#post-852235

 

Okay, but what about "a friend of mine" who probably has over 150.000....

 

He's a collector! Just like others collect stamps or matchboxes, he collects plug-ins, etc.!

 

that's a rookie number, he/she probably never heard of Kontakt Libraries and the glory of 1 hour scrolling finding a good tambourine library.

 

Oh no, I do have heard form Kontakt libraries...eehhhm I mean he had heard of Kontakt libraries or she has. It is a hell of a job finding a tambourine indeed, of course, that's what he said of she....

 

my name is daxy and im a plugin addict
last night i downloaded a bunch of old 32 bit plugins just for a buzz i need help

 

Time for a Plugins Addicted Anonymous group.
My name is Paul and I am an Plugin Addict.....

 

"Hello, my name is ..., I'm addicted to plugins, libraries, samples and softsynths"
"Thank you ... for sharing with us your problems"
"What problems?!?"

 

1 - I am
2 - Ok
3 - Yeah, I acknowledge that I'm here so I can return to music instead of thinking about all those guitar sims and those d*mn kontakt wallpapers
4 - I'm sure it will be easier than try to lose some kgs by the end of the summer

Let's see if I can match your way

a. ...well, the fact is that I would buy every plugin that I download (if I only could be millionaire)
b. I already do it... I indeed delete the old versions of any plugin I download
c. around 4500 plugins...and 3500 kontakt libraries. yes I would easily erase 25% of them (if it makes you happy). But i should do it quickly, Cakewalk will soon stop to work (oh yeah, I can eventually download and use a cr*cked version, right)

Ok, this conversation is just making me feel better. I'm already feeling healthier and ready to exit this tunnel of the mixing postproduction overdose.

 

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I can quit whenever i want.