Top plugs you've bought that's just collecting dust?

Hey!
 
SvenArne wrote a post about Drumplugs we dont use. I'm stealing the theme of that thread because it made me curious about what plugs (both effects and instruments) you guys have bought and in the end you turned out not using.
 
1. Waves PAZ. This one absolutely tops the list for me. I think I tested it a couple of times, max. I really wanted the plug a couple of years ago and waited for ages for a sale but still paid overprice for it (as most of Waves stuff even with sale prices..) The plug just didnt fit me at all. It felt kind of sluggish and I didnt like how stuff was presented. It just felt like a really old plug. I think that one definitively tops my list. I now use Melda Multianalyser wich approximately is 1000+ times better.
 
2. Applied Acoustics Chromaphone. Dont get me wrong. This one is a good synth. But I just dont use it much. And I CRAVED for that synth for months.
 
3. BFD ECO. Number of times used=1. Nough said.
 
/M

Thankfully I haven't spent a dime on a plugin thus far. But a lot of synths and tools came packaged with Sonar Studio that I don't even know exist (I'm looking at you, ProChannel)

DeeringAmps
I pulled Waves from the mix; blah! Got tired of watching the "W" turn
BFD Eco: I got this for like $20 I think.
I tried installing to the "Cat"; I don't know what I did wrong, but the install went sideways.
I rolled back to the image I burned prior to install.
Anyone want the Waves or Eco?
Be my guest...
 
T

What Waves?

Yeah, what Waves? For all the grief they get for being overpriced and prior issues with authorization, they are still remarkably musical plugins that really work well in many situations. I'm not too thrilled about their new celebrity plugins because they aren't really anything special, you're buying the presets. But the core plugins are really solid.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Everything Waves. Lots of "cinematic" sample libraries (although if I ever score a sci-fi horror film I'll be glad I have them). Session Drummer. Almost every free synth I've ever downloaded. AAS String Studio. RP Delay (it's popular but I don't know why). Wusik 4000. True Piano Amber. D16 Devastor. Boost11. TS64 Transient Shaper. 

Dumped Waves also, not worth the hassle.

Bajan Blue
All waves stuff - septic tank and drum core although I may use these again when / if updated - Waves GTR and all Waves stuff and did I mention all Waves stuff................

But what about Waves stuff? 

OK...here's one of my typical dimbulbed questions:
 
What's so bad about WAVES stuff??  Just curious as I quite like most of what I have.
 

Not brave, ol pal.  Just stupid:-)
 

I agree with Bitflipper on the R.P delay, I got it in a deal but never used it. AAS string studio is another that's been mentioned, I never found a use for it.

discounting libraries, most of the stuff I have gets used from time to time. I certainly have a few Kontakt libraries that never get used and I really do not know why I bought the No 1 Hits Ezx.

Waves Tune: I think I paid $50.  I tried and tried but couldn't seem to get a handle on that one.
 
I'm not an engineer but if I were I'd think it would be beneficial to be at least familiar with waves plugins.  I would assume if you were working outside your own studio you would find waves to be dominant.

90% of them.
 
As a matter of fact, on my most recent mixes, the only 3rd party plugs I used were... Waves. 
 
EQ and Compression are the two things I use the most - and most of the time I use my native plugs for that. Occasional exception for EQ - IK's Pultec.
Occasional exception for Compression - IK's Fairchild (though I'm getting better at dialling what I want using the VariMU mode of Logic's comp), Waves CLA compressors.
 
Others - IK's British Channel, and, even more rarely, reverbs - Lexicon, IK's CSR and Valhalla.
 
Most used/essential 3rd party: Waves tape emulations and L1. That's the only ones I've been using lately.
 
Which is why I guess I have had my plug-in acquisition syndrome well under control for a while. I'm only getting stuff that my basic set of plug-ins don't cover, which isn't a lot. EQ's and compressions don't really interest me, nor reverbs. 

My UAD-2 Solo card has actually been collecting a bit of dust lately. I try to depend on UAD less and less because the way they're going, I'll barely be able to run a single instance of their next line of plugs on my Solo. I also don't like how they keep replacing the trusted old plugs (LA2A, 1176, Pultec etc.) with new versions requiring 10x the DSP power for 5% more authenticity. Before I know it the "legacy" versions won't even be supported no more!
 
The only UAD plug I can't live without is the Precision De-esser. I've just never tried one that comes close! 

Crysonic, I can't even remember what the plug-in was called. It never worked right, that I remember, and the company was less than helpful.

mumpcake
 
Ultra Analog VA-1 - The GUI is way too small to work with.

 
Yeah whats with all these small GUI's? Especially now when 4k displays are getting more and more common. Thankfully my newfound love (the Melda Plugins) lets ju scale the gui to your liking.
 
/M