Do you mean ONLY the VMR, or are you thinking of the Slate Everything Bundle? The VMR can cover a lot of ground. I could probably do most mixes with nothing else(besides the Waves JJP Drum plugin that I can't live without). If you go for the Everything bundle, the delay and reverb plugins could do almost anything you need(I'd use them a lot more but for habits with previous purchases). I still lean on Echoboy(out of habit) but have dropped several reverb plugins as Slate offers so much. VMR could easily replace most channel needs and has replaced some of my bus processing. And one more fact that might tip the scales; VMR works with zero added latency(so tracking with it is never an issue)