John
Please list all the DAWs that come with plugins that work in other hosts?

I'll play: studio one and reaper do, live doesn't, tracktion's not installed right now

lawp

John
Please list all the DAWs that come with plugins that work in other hosts?

I'll play: studio one and reaper do, live doesn't, tracktion's not installed right now

To be fair, nether of those are plugins that would likely have much viability selling on their own. In my post, I was referring to third part software and not plugs native to the DAW

frankly I don't get the hype about the Blue Tubes effects.  They have a decidedly "free" look about them, like they would have lit up the internet 5 years ago.  I think it's kind of ridiculous to have half a dozen different EQs which are just rehashings of the same processing, and the other effects too are mostly rendered redundant by Analog Trackbox (which was available for 20 bucks some years ago).  The fact that they will likely be unavailable in Sonar X5 or 6 (in the way that several effects have gone missing in X3) is just another blight upon them.
 
I think the current batch of (actually free) Variety of Sound plugins blows them out of the water.  I can't imagine anyone comparing Thrillseeker VLA or Ferric TDS to these Nomad Factory products, who would decide that the Blue Tubes are superior.
 
I think Addictive Drums is pretty awesome, and it's available in other hosts. 
 
ps, the Reaper VST plugin bundle is actually pretty useful, the EQ can do an all-pass filter (allows you to play with phase) and has a decent notch filter.

brian brock
 
I think the current batch of (actually free) Variety of Sound plugins blows them out of the water.  I can't imagine anyone comparing Thrillseeker VLA or Ferric TDS to these Nomad Factory products, who would decide that the Blue Tubes are superior.
 

These look interesting (they certainly look nice) but as far as I can tell they're 32-bit.
 
Don't know how much that matters.
 

lawp

John
Please list all the DAWs that come with plugins that work in other hosts?

I'll play: studio one

Are you sure?? Which of their effects and instruments work in Sonar and how can you make them work? If I'm not mistaken they are neither VST(i) or DX(i).

studio had ni komplete elements and some drum software iirc, both vsti, melodyne of course...

i agree that variety of sound have top quality plugs, but they're 32 bit only; and you're right about blue tubes lighting up the internet 5 years ago ;-)
 

lawp
studio had ni komplete elements and some drum software iirc, both vsti, melodyne of course...

Ok, but Komplete Element is a highly stripped down version of Komplete (and the included Abbey Road 60s Drums is also stripped down) so it's not really comparable with the full version Addictive Drums or Dim Pro/Rapture, etc. that come with Sonar Producer. Even Studio Instruments work in other hosts, while none of PreSonus-developed plugs work outside S1. I find Cakewalk much more generous.

that wasn't the question ;-)

lawp
that wasn't the question ;-)

Right. You have answered the question correctly. :-)