How much money have you spent on plugins?

[MadDogE134]

i second "way too much" lol

[s28]

i think around £700 in 10 years

you win!

not plugins but modular, i spent not too far off that on one oscillator

thank you Vurt - I'll take that win ha

[roman.i]

Lately I'm trying to limit myself to up to $40 per plugin,
also I check if the plugin is not require constant upgrades.

[sQeetz]

Lately I'm trying to limit myself to up to $40 per plugin,
also I check if the plugin is not require constant upgrades.

I don't really care how much it costs if it does what it does really well.
I actually have everything I'll ever need. So I limit myself to stuff that is in a radical way different to the stuff I already have.

[jethrobull]

Lately I'm trying to limit myself to up to $40 per plugin,
also I check if the plugin is not require constant upgrades.

I don't really care how much it costs if it does what it does really well.
I actually have everything I'll ever need. So I limit myself to stuff that is different to the stuff I already have.

Exactly! Who cares as long as you're having fun, loving and enjoying your hobby. The money I have spent on hardware and software could have easily been sent on useless, less important crap.

[kelvyn]

Someone dissed me once for owning around thirty five bomber jackets… you can imagine what my plugin folder looks like.
I’m definitely the Imelda Marcos of audio software.

[jethrobull]

Someone dissed me once for owning around thirty five bomber jackets… you can imagine what my plugin folder looks like.
I’m definitely the Imelda Marcos of audio software.

[harryupbabble]

zero money.

only because i'm on a supertight budget
if disposable cash is available
i would buy lots of plugins
but not before i buy real instruments
like a grand piano and electric guitars, etc

as it is, a lot of freeware are pretty good
and it will have to do

[Shangsean]

I've unfortunately spent thousands, but I'd say there's been more spent on sample libraries than actualy plug-ins. I have slowed down massively now though. Over the last couple of years, I think I've only upgraded Smart Compressor and bought a couple of Neural DSP plug-ins on sale. A few Rhythmic Robot instruments too. I may have updated Komplete Ultimate last year too, but didn't this year. I've probably spent more than I think, but I have slowed down.

Even though I have spent a lot over the years, I can't say that I've regretted all that many purchases as I'm either still using them or using them has led me to something I am still using.

As for how much I've made, nothing close to what I have spent.

[Jac459]

Someone dissed me once for owning around thirty five bomber jackets… you can imagine what my plugin folder looks like.
I’m definitely the Imelda Marcos of audio software.

Love that...

I spent also quite a lot... But I have 2 excuses:
1 - I am a "software only" believer (with the superb side effect ==> I can travel with my studio).
2 - Buying VST gives me a lot of pleasure ! It is not about utility... It is having a new toy.

[jtikey]

I got the komplete kontakt collectors edition and am not using it enough

[anoise]

Time to revive this thread after black friday.
Spent ~4k in ~10 years, this includes all audio software and upgrades.

[4damind]

Over €7000 since 2004, but many of these are also updates. I've paid over 2k for Cubase and all the updates alone

[Negoba]

DAWs? Maybe $250 over the years

Plugins? Only about $100 so far.

Recording Hardware? Probably about $1000 or a little more.

Guitars and amps and such? We don't speak of such things.

[chk071]

Over €7000 since 2004, but many of these are also updates. I've paid over 2k for Cubase and all the updates alone

That's the thing with these "every year a paid version" business schemes: They resemble subscriptions, especially when you pay more when you skip a few versions, like with Cubase.

200 € for an upgrade from any former version of Cubase up to Cubase 11 to the latest version.