Too many plugins? - interesting article

lasselu

@Svetlovska said:

@audiblevideo said:
There aren't "too many" plugins. There ARE too many people who just collect stuff plugins, hardware... It's part of a pursuit of a unreachable "perfection". "If I just get this one plugin or one piece of hardware then I'll have THE SETUP".

I respectfully disagree. I am certainly not reaching for perfection, as anyone who has had the misfortune to listen to my noises can attest. What I am doing is having fun. At the current price point of iOS apps (an issue in itself, I realise) I can afford to buy one or two a week, just to find out if I like them. This would certainly not be the case at the price point of Mac or PC plug in prices.

My own self imposed rule is if I buy it, I must immediately use it in a posted piece at least once, and I have held to that for over four years now, so the fun of messing with a new toy on a regular basis has directly influenced and driven my ‘creativity’.

A bigger problem for me now is that I have so many apps, most of them off the iPad, that I forget I have them, or can’t remember what one is called when I am reaching for a particular flavour. Very much a First World Problem, I know, but still annoying…

Yeah, this...

knewspeak

It’s never enough, until your heart stops beating…

Gavinski

I often find myself hearing about something, thinking 'this sounds cool', looking it up on the appstore and then realising, damn, I actually have this - and haven't even deleted it lol. A recent example was Modulin

KirbyMumbo

I love that there's still tons of cool new ideas and plugins with interesting GUIs and different algos coming out every day with new ways to create and make noise.

I feel that the way to make music is not buying plugins, but using the plugins in we have. It's why I'm taking a year-long GAS hiatus. I'm forced to use every piece of gear I've bought, and what I don't use I clearly don't like for some reason and I strip it away from my workflow.

I say more cool, weird plugins. Especially with AI rearing it's ugly head around the corner with new algos to play with.

Samu

@Gavinski said:
I often find myself hearing about something, thinking 'this sounds cool', looking it up on the appstore and then realising, damn, I actually have this - and haven't even deleted it lol. A recent example was Modulin

Happens to me as well from time to time...
But I have to say that even though I've cleaned out a LOT of apps I don't miss the once that are currently gone from my devices.
(And yes, I've removed a lot of 'classics', Nave, iSEM, PPG Apps, Yonac Stuff, IceGear stuff, Synthmaster One, BeatHawk 2 and shedload of early AUv3 effect apps that are total meh in comparison to what we have available today).

musikeer

Also a good one:

https://www.mixonline.com/blog/craig-andertons-open-channel-profiles-in-gear-lust

Gavinski

@musikeer said:
Also a good one:

https://www.mixonline.com/blog/craig-andertons-open-channel-profiles-in-gear-lust

Spot on!

Samu

This one is also pretty spot on…