You Know You Own Too Many Plugins When....

[DonaldM]

...you take advantage of a Black Friday deal and buy one you already own. And that's all I'm going to say about that!


Now it's your turn...You Know You Own Too Many Plugins when....

[Ben Jenssen]

…when you discover a plugin that you didn't even know you had. I found today that I actually bought Waves CLA Epic some time ago, and I haven't even tested it out.

[itsjustmeee123]

You realize that almost every bundle you’ve bought over the years comes with sort of compressor or EQ and then you look at your plugin list by type and don’t recognize (or have even used) half of them.

[audiolex1]

Originally Posted by DonaldM

...you take advantage of a Black Friday deal and buy one you already own. And that's all I'm going to say about that!


Now it's your turn...You Know You Own Too Many Plugins when....

That and you have no more room for licenses on the iLok 2 and need to upgrade to the iLok 3 to install and use plugins you opened once and never used it again.

[::F-L-E-X::]

... when you get RSI from scrolling plugin lists trying to find the plugin you can't remember the name of.

On a serious note, since plugins are virtually worthless on the 2nd hand market, I'd love to donate all my surplus plugins to a charitable or educational organisation. I think every plugin dev should offer this option - without fees or penalties... wishful thinking perhaps!

[thin ice]

I spent some time moving a list of plugins to the unused folder and it is a much nicer experience when mixing now. You can always bring them out again, if you load an old mix that needs one.

[::F-L-E-X::]

Me too... although every time I do an update they're all added back...

My new mantra is to only buy individual plugins that are actually useful - the bundle model is seriously outdated, & only adds to the plethora of useless plugins. I don't know many people who go out & buy a bundle of hardware... so why do the same for software? The scattergun approach of trying to have a plugin for every scenario simply doesn't work - the only winners are the plugin devs.

[cwsand]

Originally Posted by thin ice

I spent some time moving a list of plugins to the unused folder and it is a much nicer experience when mixing now. You can always bring them out again, if you load an old mix that needs one.

Exactly what I did!

[Eric Lambert]

When you have so many options that it becomes challenging to choose one and continue moving forward.

I was often more productive and creative back when I only had a few VIs and a keyboard workstation. Now, with 1,000 instrument plugins, I often struggle (i.e. waste time) just sifting through possibilities. With limited options, the musical ideas came out quicker.

That's my fault, of course, but all the composers in our company have said similar things about their processes and the effects of having "too many plugins."

[TOM@METRO]

My unused plug-in list is larger than the ones in the main folder.