2019 is going to be the first year that I will not upgrade any of my existing plug-ins or buy any new ones. The latest generation of Waves and Izoptope products that I own have more features than I will ever need or learn for our genres. I find, that for me, trying and buying new permutations of plug-ins that are ultimately combos of similar modules I already own distracts me from focusing on the more basics of mixing and mastering. For the past 18 months I've set up my own mastering chain consisting of a couple of Logic Pro's effects, three of Ozone's modules and Waves' multi-band compressor. I'm happier with it than any of Ozone's presets that I used to tweak. I've also been using the reverb module of Nectar 2 (EMT 140 Plate sim) for all my reverb.

We spend MUCH less time with music than, I suspect most members of the board, and I was overloading on new stuff smile Also my DAW, Logic Pro X, costs but $199 and that includes frequent upgrades for life. And it has hundreds of effects and sounds and loops that I will likely never have the time to explore.

And overriding all this is that I'm an old fart who has a steeper learning curve for EVERYTHING!

Pardon the rant...nothing meant to be negative about those who can explore and incorporate all this new stuff into their routines....wish I could...well maybe smile

Bud

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