Im with Gary.
 
Lance

Any Pro's really using VST 3 ? VST 2 are working great here ..planning on banning VSt3 that installed themselves (i usually do not install RTAS and VST3 when it's availlable)</p>

Gary McCoy
New Rules: 
Anyone with over 200 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about the cost to Upgrade Sonar.
Anyone with over 500 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about anything in Sonar.
Anyone with over 1000 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about anything on Earth.  Ever.

Anyone with over 1800 plugins is king?

Gary McCoy
New Rules: 
Anyone with over 200 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about the cost to Upgrade Sonar.
Anyone with over 500 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about anything in Sonar.
Anyone with over 1000 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about anything on Earth.  Ever.

That's like telling Solomon with his 1000 wives that he's not allowed to gripe about women.
 
Now I'm not comparing plug-ins to women - though numerous potential and/or tasteless comparisons are easily available.
Nor am I saying I want 1000 wives - one is often more that I can deal with.
But you can run up a high plug-in count just exploring the freebies out there.
In the past people complaining about plug-in limits in these forums have often not been treated kindly - accused of being pirate or ne'er-do-wells. 

bapu

Gary McCoy
New Rules: 
Anyone with over 200 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about the cost to Upgrade Sonar.
Anyone with over 500 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about anything in Sonar.
Anyone with over 1000 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about anything on Earth.  Ever.

Anyone with over 1800 plugins is king?

No, just a beginner

TheSteven

bapu

Gary McCoy
New Rules: 
Anyone with over 200 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about the cost to Upgrade Sonar.
Anyone with over 500 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about anything in Sonar.
Anyone with over 1000 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about anything on Earth.  Ever.

Anyone with over 1800 plugins is king?

No, just a beginner

Or...... someone who wants to be compatible with (nearly) any full project file handed to him/her?

how many plugins are doubled up though ? e.g. mono stereo and multi out versions (kontakt)
 
I could double the amount I have just simply by using the automap wrapper

bapu

TheSteven

bapu

Gary McCoy
New Rules: 
Anyone with over 200 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about the cost to Upgrade Sonar.
Anyone with over 500 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about anything in Sonar.
Anyone with over 1000 plug-ins is not allowed to gripe about anything on Earth.  Ever.

Anyone with over 1800 plugins is king?

No, just a beginner

Or...... someone who wants to be compatible with (nearly) any full project file handed to him/her?

+1 good point.
Especially if you work with outside projects or you're running a studio.
 
 

Fog
how many plugins are doubled up though ? e.g. mono stereo and multi out versions (kontakt)
 
I could double the amount I have just simply by using the automap wrapper

Right now, only UAD and Waves as far as I remember. Granted, as Danny says they are not needed but I find that my life is a lot easier if I don't have to remember after every update to delete the mono, and again for potential compatibility not getting into customizing my installs or menus (now in X3) I'm happy as a pig in poke.
 
With that said I do like the new X3 default plug menu. Groups them by type and yes I can now visually see how many compressors, EQs etc. (IOW overlap) I have.
 
I may create a custom plug list of my personal go to plugs but then again, that seems like I'm hiding from what I have and maybe I'll remember how a certain Pulteq EQ was better in a given situation (vendor A over vendor B) whereas if they were hidden I may not immediately recall that.

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
You may be confusing plugin layouts with the actual plugins on your system. Make sure that the plugin browser is showing the "Default - All Plug-Ins" layout. This is a common mistake when seeing fewer plugins. If you have a layout selected only the plugins contained in the layout will show.

Thanks for addressing this Noel. The Plugin browser is showing "Default - All Plug-ins" but definitely there are missing plugins so my question is that is there still a limitation of 255 (or a higher number) VSTs in X3? Or if there aren't any limitations, what could I possibly do to realize the limitless potential of VST plugins showing in X3?
 
maxxx