I think i have too much plugins

[tcrano]

I'll trade you some of your plugins for a couple rolls of toiletpaper

[pekbro]

Plugins are like pokemon, collecting them can be somewhat addicting I think. Might seem like it's just
a little money here and there, but after a while that can add up to obscene amounts of coin. I make
pretty good money myself, but I never had so much extra cash lying around until I (for the most part)
quit buying plugins. This at the same time as spending $15k on hardware in 1 year.

[midi_transmission]

That's true. I'm totally afraid to calculate how much I spend on plug-ins and of the question if I better had bought hardware with this money

[Aloysius]

... or a house.

[midi_transmission]

The house question is rather something for the eurorack modular synth folks, isn't it?

[Greenstorm33]

... or a house.

I can't hear you over the sound of all the avocado toast plugins I'm going to buy with my Coronavirus stimulus money

[Aloysius]

[vmood]

Is it possible to export the contents of a folder to a TXT/XLS file? (Windows10)

It is possible, but you'll need to use the command promt as far as I know.

Open the command promt (CMD.EXE) and navigate to the folder you want exported (if there are spaces in folder names you need to quote it, for example [cd "Program Files"].

Then use the dir command to list the folder and send the output of the command to a textfile with the ">" command, for example [dir > "c:\log files\dir of Program Files.txt".
Hint: TAB is your friend when you start to type filepaths, works as autocomplete and adds needed quotes.

You should then have a textfile with the same output that the dir command presents which you then can open in excel.

[Obsolete462444]

I'm a Plugin Slimmer these days.

I good quality plug per job.

2 at a stretch.

eg Valhalla verbs & delays, neutron eq & compression, ozone for master outs.

Life's simpler and I can get on with writing my synth masterpieces

That's the ideal situation, but it's so hard to say goodbye to so many of the plugins (and samples and impulse responses too). I'm trying to slim down based on reasonable considerations (eg plugins that do essentially the very same, than I get rid of the one that doesn't require copy protections or authorization managers, since it's easier to re-install in case of crash etc).

[Obsolete462444]

That's true. I'm totally afraid to calculate how much I spend on plug-ins and of the question if I better had bought hardware with this money

I'm glad that I mostly use freeware and only buy 2 - 3 inexpensive (think Klanghelm, Tokyo Dawn etcetera) plugins per year. But even with the mostly freeware and magware plugins in my collection, I have way to many for an efficient workflow without 'decision fatigue'.

[sjm]

Is it possible to export the contents of a folder to a TXT/XLS file? (Windows10)

It is possible, but you'll need to use the command promt as far as I know.

Open the command promt (CMD.EXE) and navigate to the folder you want exported (if there are spaces in folder names you need to quote it, for example [cd "Program Files"].

Then use the dir command to list the folder and send the output of the command to a textfile with the ">" command, for example [dir > "c:\log files\dir of Program Files.txt".

This, but you might want to use the /B option with dir; it'll strip out the extra info you don't want, and just give you the file name.

You can restrict the list to *.dll or *.vst3 to exclude other file types. You might end up with a few DLLs that aren't actually plugins in some cases.

You can also use /S to include sub-directories. You will get the full path if you do this. I can't remember if there's an easy way to strip that out with "dir", but it should be easy with something like grep, or using regex in Word/Excel/Open Office (remove everything up to and including the last '\' character). You can strip the extension the same way (everything after the final '.').

Examples:
VST2

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dir /B /S *.dll >> VST2.txt

VST3

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dir /B /S *.vst3 >> VST3.txt

dir /? will list the available options that you may want to investigate.


(Yes, I know I'm replying to an older post, but this could well be useful to others).

[dblock]

I realized years ago that I could do a lot worse than collect plugins so considering what I could be into, I think I'll just let them be.

[_leras]

That's true. I'm totally afraid to calculate how much I spend on plug-ins and of the question if I better had bought hardware with this money

I'm glad that I mostly use freeware and only buy 2 - 3 inexpensive (think Klanghelm, Tokyo Dawn etcetera) plugins per year. But even with the mostly freeware and magware plugins in my collection, I have way to many for an efficient workflow without 'decision fatigue'.

Well you have two choices.

1. Decide upfront on a project which plug ins you will limit yourself to, and stick to it.
2. Buy Bitwig where you can create folders of plug ins that you want to use and easily just pick the plug ins you want from more concise folders

[martinjuenke]

I take over all plugins you do not use actually (and herewith release you from your psychic pain and despair) and send you a dozen rolls of toilet paper:
Deal?

[Harry_HH]

Too much, too young...