I think you forgot:Mushy Mushy wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 11:59 am People really do make their life difficult.
To assist I put together this little diagram.
"wig out on shrooms, lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
How to pare down an overgrown plugin collection?
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Winstontaneous Winstontaneous https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=98336
- KVRAF
- 2593 posts since 15 Feb, 2006 from Another Green World
"wig out on shrooms, lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
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- KVRAF
- 1525 posts since 23 Feb, 2017
Derisivetoonertik wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 3:07 pmMushy Mushy wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 11:59 am People really do make their life difficult.
To assist I put together this little diagram.
I'd expect no less from you Mushy
pragmatic.. simple.. decisive
Oh.. hang on...
decisive
Signatures are so early 2000s.
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- KVRist
- 122 posts since 29 Dec, 2003
I definitely like the ground zero approach. Trying to weed out plugins to remove from a list of 1000+ just seems like a massive time sink. I would pick perhaps between one and three plugins of each type I need and then start making music. Only add to that list if you find you can't get what you need from what you have. You'll certainly spend less time rooting through plugins, and the more restricted choice might spark some creativity.
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- KVRAF
- 2765 posts since 15 Feb, 2017 from a worn out vinyl groove
Kongru wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 7:59 pmDerisivetoonertik wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 3:07 pmMushy Mushy wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 11:59 am People really do make their life difficult.
To assist I put together this little diagram.
I'd expect no less from you Mushy
pragmatic.. simple.. decisive
Oh.. hang on...
decisive
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 350 posts since 13 Dec, 2004 from USA
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- KVRAF
- 1524 posts since 29 Oct, 2015 from Jupiter 8
Has been mentioned before, but simply install or have just the bare minimum of your most beloved 1 or 2 plugins per category in your actual VST list of your DAW. Don't install, or don't put any more in that list.
If you are feeling you are desperately missing something, include that in your list again. If it (or something else) doesn't get used much at all anymore, remove it again from your list.
The actual amount you truly need varies from person to person, someone just needs one, while someone else might need 5 or more just for EQs.
Of course you can also have >20 EQs installed if that makes you happier and/or doesn't overwhelm you at all.
If you are feeling you are desperately missing something, include that in your list again. If it (or something else) doesn't get used much at all anymore, remove it again from your list.
The actual amount you truly need varies from person to person, someone just needs one, while someone else might need 5 or more just for EQs.
Of course you can also have >20 EQs installed if that makes you happier and/or doesn't overwhelm you at all.
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- KVRist
- 147 posts since 7 Aug, 2011
Delete plugins you don't use and which are overlapping. Do some tests, you will probably realize this and this compressor can sound really similar, no need to keep both. As a side effect, you will be more conscious about your stuff.
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- KVRian
- 732 posts since 9 Apr, 2005 from Japan
Start by only installing your favorite plugins you use all the time. When you go to open an old project (if that's something you ever do), if it complains a plugin is missing and you still care about the project, install that plugin.
If your DAW has any kind of plugin management (such as the custom folders in Logic Pro, or Ableton Live's collections), only put your favorite plugins in those folders, and only use those folders when looking for plugins in new projects. That way the old ones are out of sight, but you can still open older stuff if you want to dig an old idea out of the graveyard.
If your DAW has any kind of plugin management (such as the custom folders in Logic Pro, or Ableton Live's collections), only put your favorite plugins in those folders, and only use those folders when looking for plugins in new projects. That way the old ones are out of sight, but you can still open older stuff if you want to dig an old idea out of the graveyard.
Stormchild
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vitocorleone123 vitocorleone123 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=333504
- KVRAF
- 2495 posts since 30 Jun, 2014 from Pacific NW
It really is simple. Doesn’t mean it’s easy.
Don’t install anything. Start your next track. Install only what you need to make the track.
Limit yourself to just a couple plugins of each type.
Sell or archive the rest - you don’t need them to make music.
Don’t install anything. Start your next track. Install only what you need to make the track.
Limit yourself to just a couple plugins of each type.
Sell or archive the rest - you don’t need them to make music.
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- KVRist
- 395 posts since 6 May, 2020
It seems like you have a decent approach, to begin with. But it seems many people also touched upon keeping just a few plugins of the same type, which is a good point to not make things too clustered. And of course, the great diagram by Mushy. Quite straight to the point, no real better way of putting it without going into too much detail.
Take care 
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- KVRAF
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
consordini wrote: Sat May 30, 2020 1:15 pmAnd of course, the great diagram by Mushy. Quite straight to the point, no real better way of putting it without going into too much detail.
I might start a consulting service for such services
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- KVRAF
- 4329 posts since 26 Jun, 2004
I have a lot, and I tend to just not uninstall anything.
Ive only twice actually uninstalled/cleaned the VST folder. Ive used two methods, and neither is very satisfying;
You can go through recent work, and make a list of what you are actually using currently. Just start there, so you arent 'missing' anything, and can continue from there. That way you get rid of stuff like the old fav EQ that never gets touched anymore...
The other way is to just sit and see what pops into your head. What do you actually want.
The problem, for me, is that then from either of those points the same infinite exploration and expansion of the collection has a renewed excuse to get out of control...
Ive only twice actually uninstalled/cleaned the VST folder. Ive used two methods, and neither is very satisfying;
You can go through recent work, and make a list of what you are actually using currently. Just start there, so you arent 'missing' anything, and can continue from there. That way you get rid of stuff like the old fav EQ that never gets touched anymore...
The other way is to just sit and see what pops into your head. What do you actually want.
The problem, for me, is that then from either of those points the same infinite exploration and expansion of the collection has a renewed excuse to get out of control...
