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

Interesting topic...
 
Waves SSL. I haven't taken the time to sort out the channel strips productively and I usually prefer the IK SSL comp over the Waves SSL comp...
 
I know I just need to spend more time with it - maybe over the holiday weekend. :)
 
Also Slate Virtual Buss Compressors. I have too many compressors, and none of these have unseated what I already have.

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)

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

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?

Did pique your interest?
I'll look, you want a PM?
 
T

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
 

Thanks DA!

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. 

I use most of the stuff I've got...even if only sporadically.  But, as with Bit, Wusik...which I got on some convoluted group buy thingy...has only been used maybe twice.  As to plugins I do have one which has a terrible price/usage ratio.  It was very expensive and I only need to use it rarely.  That said I wouldn't be without it:  Flux Trax.