More free stuff. Yikes. I probably won't.

I swore I was going to limit the amount of plugs in my DAW. And for the most part I have..... Well ...kind of.

I do carefully evaluate the quality of and need for a plugin before I pull the trigger on it.

I'm constantly reminded by the length of time it takes for my DAW to scan the plugins when I add something new to the list. I have the automatic scan on start-up turned off otherwise I'd never get anything done.

I came to the realization some time in the past that I tend to use just a very small number of the plugs in the DAW on a consistent basis. Maybe not more than the same 6 or so. The others are there and get used on an occasional project where I absolutely have to use them. Stuff like Kontakt, Synth master, etc, mostly set unused 99% of the time but when I need them, nothing else will do that part. Same thing with the FX plugs. Do I need 7 different reverbs and compressors and EQ? On occasion, absolutely.

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