How much money have you spent on plugins?

[shadywalaa]

Hi, how much have you guys spent on software?
I am a newbie and it seems quite expensive. I am wanting to start with Logic Pro or Ableton Live, but liking Logic more from videos.

Also, how much money if any have you made with music?

I have spent a lot. That's why I'm heading to put up for sale some pieces like this Cherry Audio collection that I never use.


CA2600
DCO-106
Dreamsynth
Eight Voice
Memorymode
Mercury-4
Miniverse
Polymode Synthesizer
PS-20
Quadra
Stardust 201 Tape Echo
Voltage Modular
CA260

Interested, you know where to go.

[vurt]

nowhere near as much as i have spent on paw patrol toys this year.

[Serhii Kot]

Logic - $199
Cubase Pro 10 crossgrade - $350 + updates to 11, 11.5, 12(around 200$) - $550
Studio One 3 (Bought here on kvr for $150), Updates 4-5-6($450) - $600
Bitwig 3 (Bought here $200, Sold, and then bought again v4 for 200$) - $400
Reaper - $60
Ableton Live 10 Suit - $250, Update to v11, $160 - $410
Fl Studio(I made a lot of music on piraterd version long time ago, just wanted to say thanks) - $300
Year of EastWest plugins - $300
Omnisphere, Keyscape - $1000
Arturia Analog Lab, Pigments - $200
iZotope Neutron 3 + Update to 4, $300 + Ozone 9, $200 - $500
Shaperbox - $150
EWQL SO Diamond(bought on sale) - $300
VSL VIENNA ENSEMBLE PRO 7 - $250
Komplete Ultimate 11 with Updates to Komplete 13 Ulimater CE - $1200
Valhalla Plugins - $100
Random stuff around $300
I forgot something for sure.

Total: $6819

It was quite a shock, after I counted all of this. Around 50% was impulse purchases.
I earned a lot more with this stuff.

[gentleclockdivider]

NOt much really , I know exactly what to buy except two rare occasions of impulse buys
Reaktor : 150 (used license )+100 update to 6.0
Fabfilter one :5 (pay what you want)
Renoise :100 ( one time license renewal)
Studio one 4.5:140 ( used license )
PLogue ops7 :50
Toneboosters track essentials :30
Audio realism bassline :100
Gforce SEM:41
Klanghelm dc8c,sddr, vumeter deluxe :75
Talmod:40 during beta period
TAldrum :free as beta tester
ZEbra 2 +HZ :200
Loomer architect :150
Sonic charge microtonic :50
Vallhalla delay:50
fircomp:20

Impulse buys that I never ever use
Cherry audio 2600 :25
Toneboosters VCF :20

total:1396 euro

[vitocorleone123]

Several thousand - almost everything on sale.

As a learning tool.

Much easier now to be savvy and only usually get something different from what I have. And disciplined.

Better to get one of the best than several of the rest.

[3lu5iv3]

i'm not sure. about $800 to $1000?

[telecharge]

I'm somewhere in the middle...

[BKSchatzki]

First post here, and I've signed up to try to fix the problem contained in my answer to this thread's big question: five figures over the last 2.5 years. I was getting into production (I'd only been into writing, recording, and mixing before in my university days). I am happy with about a third of it; the rest of it has only caused problems. Once my account qualifies, I am selling a ton.

[monophonK]

In the last two years I have sold a lot more software than I bought.

But that also means that I bought too much the years before. Again, I think I am on the right track.

[Synthman2000]

About £5,000.00 and I think they were worth every single penny.

[besaco]

I have spent thousands of dollars, but you don't need to.
If you search for "the complete free pro tools plugins list" you'll find a lot of free plugins to work with.
Also you have free professional DAWs to start with, like Reaper or Cakewalk.

[FapFilter]

Reaper is not free, despite what their generous demo period might suggest

(“demoed“ it for about a year too though, until they finally released 6.00)

[seismicfm]

Current DAW and Plugins: $2300. And I probably lost several hundred from buying and selling throughout the years.

[BBFG#]

Kind of an incomplete equation in the premise here.
It's not just about "how much spent" and if it is, perhaps this is not a pursuit to continue in.
Once I add in some standard cost averaging, return of investment (financially, psychologically and even spiritually) and appropriately even apply standard deprecation over time...

I haven't spent anything but time.
In fact, quite the opposite, they pretty much pay me in multiple dividends.

The only time I really think of "cost" and "loss" is in dealing with company/developers sociopathy.
And if I posted those, I might get suspended or banned!

[BKSchatzki]

Kind of an incomplete equation in the premise here.
It's not just about "how much spent" and if it is, perhaps this is not a pursuit to continue in.
Once I add in some standard cost averaging, return of investment (financially, psychologically and even spiritually) and appropriately even apply standard deprecation over time...

I haven't spent anything but time.
In fact, quite the opposite, they pretty much pay me in multiple dividends.

The only time I really think of "cost" and "loss" is in dealing with company/developers sociopathy.
And if I posted those, I might get suspended or banned!

I think this is a healthy mindset; I started investing in this stuff during a pretty vulnerable time and I've paid the price for it, but I've also gained some very good life lessons. I've been paring things down, trying to get things sold, and getting my focus together. It's been a wild ride so far.