Reply To: What are the BEST/WORST sample library & plugin purchases you’ve made & why?

[MagicRuss]

I missed that we were talking about plugins as well as libraries, so here’s a few random thoughts…

 

THE GOOD STUFF:

Rapture has to be up there.  I have made so many great sounds with it over the years.

For pure value, Synthmaster.  I got it for $10 from a Guitar Center deal years ago.  I don’t use it nearly as much as I could but it is quite capable.

Melda MTurboDelay is also up there.  It does so many things that other delays just don’t.  I’m pretty sure I got it surprisingly cheap on one of their flash sales.

Objeq delay was a good purchase.  It would have been better if I got it on one of the deals they often have.

I remember getting EZKeys for $29 a few years ago.  Enough said.

MODO bass was a great purchase as well.  If I’m not going to play bass on a track and it’s not going to be a synth bass, it will be MODO.

Arturia Analog Collection is best and worst in a way.  Best, because there are so many cool things there.  Worst because I don’t use half of it.

rgc:Audio Pentagon also qualifies as best/worst.  Best because I got it half price and it was a great synth for its time and even with its quirks and flaws it is still pretty good.  Worst because not long after it was included in Sonar.

Every Komplete 5 and every update through 12 or so.  Komplete is still an awesome package but the updates have not been impressive for a while.

 

THE BAD STUFF:

After buying the Arturia Collection, VirtualCZ seems like a waste in retrospect.  CZ-V is much better.

There are a lot of amp sim purchases I regret, in particular Bias and Revalver.  Then there’s all the times I bought from IK just before a killer sale.

The Morley collection from Amplitube was a bit disappointing.

I got Carbon Electra included with something else.  I could only use one instance at a time without it freaking out, so not recommended.

That TAL Juno clone.

Cherry Audio Voltage Modular.  I got it because I wanted to try modular.  Just not into it.

Waldorf PPG Wave.  I got it on sale.  It sounds good but none of the presets have names more useful than PRESET 25 and the interface is clunky.

 

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