just straightforward VST/VSTi's. I think it's just easier and more profitable to develop products with a well-defined user base; for someone
like me who doesn't own all the latest/full versions of Live, Reason, Kontakt, Reaktor, etc. it can be disappointing to constantly see yet
more shiny new toys that no doubt sound great, but (A) often take up a ton of disk space due to being sample-based and/or (B) require something I don't own "Ooh, that looks cool, it's free, it's.. Oh. Max for Live. Never mind."
So, yeah- I feel yer pain. But there's still developers like Saltline, and happy surprises like OBXD that pop up now and again..
The glorious heyday of multitudes of folks cranking out all sorts of weird and wonderful instruments and effects has gone, down to a few
stalwarts who still enjoy doing it- many just simply found it to be a passing hobby, or more trouble than it was worth.
I always pop by here to see if there's some yet-unheard-of-by-me treasure to be unearthed, but the pickings will no doubt become
ever slimmer with time. At some point, I'll have to simply learn the heck out of everything I've hoarded thus far, one by one

