How much money have you spent on plugins?

[sickpie98]

Nothing because 99.9% of them aren't worth money

[roman.i]

How much money I have spend on plugins, but also how much I spent on updates.
Many companies nowadays trying to make more money from the same product, DAW or Plugin, whenever this is in a form of yearly subscription like WUP or rolling out a new version every year like Pigments. I don't like either of them and avoiding them.
Since then, I cut the spending on plugins almost to zero. How many plugins that I use on a daily basis and not part of the DAW? Maybe 10 at most.
Before that, I tend to spend $500 or so every year.

[Jac459]

How much money I have spend on plugins, but also how much I spent on updates.
Many companies nowadays trying to make more money from the same product, DAW or Plugin, whenever this is in a form of yearly subscription like WUP or rolling out a new version every year like Pigments. I don't like either of them and avoiding them.
Since then, I cut the spending on plugins almost to zero. How many plugins that I use on a daily basis and not part of the DAW? Maybe 10 at most.
Before that, I tend to spend $500 or so every year.

Your point is valid but your example isn't.
Pigments updates are all free.

[roman.i]

Your point is valid but your example isn't.
Pigments updates are all free.

Right, but there are many other companies who sell updates, Cubase, Sonnox, Sonible, etc.
And even if I don't need the new features introduced, the maintenance of the previous versions is being dropped. This is a gray area, where it is unclear how many years the version I bought is going to be maintained if at all.

[wobblewobble]

$0

[TheArcuate]

For me, somewhere in the ballpark of around $5500.

Right now some of what I own includes (but isn't limited to):
NI Komplete 13 Ultimate
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Spectrasonics Keyscape
Arturia DX7 V
Lennardigital Sylenth1
Reveal Sound Spire

Izotope Mix & Master Bundle
Fabfilter Total
Antares Auto-Tune Pro Perpetual
Waves Horizon
All Valhalla DSP plugins
LOTS of Universal Audio plugins
Various Soundtoys
Various SSL Plugins
Various Slate Digital Plugins

Is it an obsession?...sure.
Do I have the time to produce as much as I'd like? Nope.
Was it a giant waste of money? Nope.

As a live keyboardist and occasional producer, believe it or not, I use almost everything more often than most people think and more often than I do producing. Guess if it works, it works!

[PieBerger]

Less than a lot of people spend on booze and fags every year I'm sure music production can be a very cheap hobby, but even spending what I do every year on software and hardware, it's still cheaper than drinking in pubs and clubs or renovating classic cars or flying or gaming even (if you play a lot and buy most/all of your games at full retail price).

[Bombadil]

Less than a lot of people spend on booze and fags every year I'm sure music production can be a very cheap hobby, but even spending what I do every year on software and hardware, it's still cheaper than drinking in pubs and clubs or renovating classic cars or flying or gaming even (if you play a lot and buy most/all of your games at full retail price).

Rationalization….

Actually, I say the same thing when people go 'are all these your guitars?' Replacement cost of my guitars is over 20,000€. Less than a half decent car, and they'll last me until the end of my life.
Better than drugs and booze, too.

As for the original question: more and more. I bought Musio 1 and EW CC the last couple of weeks.

[PieBerger]

Rationalization….

aka lies I tell myself

[BonBon123]

Hahaha (but sadly), Wasteland.
Yes 3 gold bars will likely exceed a million USD sometime soon...

I have not spent a penny yet on VST plugins, there are so many superb free plugins!

I bought a DAW years ago, it expired along with the OS on the computer that ran it. Spent about 50$ on it at the time (over 10 years ago).

[dartfordyes]

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 wasted a fair bit on things i don’t need , and it’s because we as humans always want new things we don’t need , i would go for logic if i was you but it’s what you like ableton suite has everything you need and so does logic , tbh there’s not much outside of those Daws that you could not find for free now mate , we waste money because we want new toys , when really we should be wasting time exploring and getting good at what we have , sometimes i have bought stuff played around with the sounds and not really used it because it looked and sounded good in the video , im a singer songwriter , why did i need a sound effect vst lol all you need is the program trust me learn that or you just waste time with too much crap . good luck mate .

[Jac459]

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 wasted a fair bit on things i don’t need , and it’s because we as humans always want new things we don’t need , i would go for logic if i was you but it’s what you like ableton suite has everything you need and so does logic , tbh there’s not much outside of those Daws that you could not find for free now mate , we waste money because we want new toys , when really we should be wasting time exploring and getting good at what we have , sometimes i have bought stuff played around with the sounds and not really used it because it looked and sounded good in the video , im a singer songwriter , why did i need a sound effect vst lol all you need is the program trust me learn that or you just waste time with too much crap . good luck mate .

When you sit in a terrasse to get a beer, do you consider it "wasted" money, or just you decided to treat yourself ? .
So you want new toys and what ? Is it really wasted or you having fun ?

I think that what is wrong is people thinking they nnneeeeeeddddd this last plugin in order to do music. But I would bet that it is a very small part of us.

[jethrobull]

Life is too short and you're a long time dead. So spend your money on the things and the people you love. I love my hobby and I love my family, so that's were all my spare cash goes.

[Jac459]

Life is too short and you're a long time dead. So spend your money on the things and the people you love. I love my hobby and I love my family, so that's were all my spare cash goes.

Cheers to that.

[vitocorleone123]

Nothing because 99.9% of them aren't worth money

“Worth” is relative.

I’d rather spend my time learning and enjoying things I found to be best than being bored and uninspired.

I have the money and learning and exploring music tools is my hobby (and sometimes making a song). So all the money I’ve spent is worth it to me.