What is your plugin budget? Or how much do you spend if no budget?

[TechHaus]

Curious - do folks here have monthly or yearly budgets set?

How much do you spend in those time periods on average?

Also, if you feel like mentioning if you are a pro or hobbyist, that might be an interesting data point.

Feel free to answer outside of those questions / parameters if applicable.

[pekbro]

If you knew how much I can spend in a week at times, you would understand why I may complain about pricing on occasion. Some dev's think were all made out of money.

Still, my habit of collecting plugins and whatnot, is likely not overly rational "at times" as a hobbyist.

I do go out of my way to get the best deal possible, and pride myself on that understanding
of the market actually. It can be quite complex...

[vurt]

i spend very little on plugins over a year, maybe a hundred pounds sterling. obviously any host upgrade (when they actually fix things or add worthwhile things) then it's a bit more, but that's not really plugins.

please refrain from asking about hardware
i don't spend more than i have available. no credit card purchases, unless i can pay it straight off.

[pekbro]

I go back and forth between HW/SW. Currently on SW.

[vurt]

I go back and forth between HW/SW. Currently on SW.

my next software related purchase is going to be hardware too old computer is showing its age a bit now. may need an upgrade if it keeps messing about.

[hardyharrharr]

i have never spent any money on plugins ever
i could save up but i fear i could get addicted to buying plugins
for a while there, i was addicted to hoarding free vst plugins

at the moment i am still learning to make a song that i am happy with
i try many times, i fail many times, change that to all the time
i try to not throw the failures away thinking i can maybe someday get good at fixing them

anyways, i just use free plugins
i am pretty happy with them

bass plugins
drum plugins
les paul guitar plugins
acoustic guitar plugins
distortion plugins
some synth plugins
organ plugins
etc

i just try to use free plugins that try to sound like the real instruments that rock groups use
rock music is the one i collect and enjoy listening to
might as well try making that, rock music i mean

to me, real instruments and/or plugins are secondary for now
to write proper songs is primary

it's hard since songwriting is not my natural thing
i am no paul maccartney
but john lennon is no paul maccartney? neither is george harrison?
i admire john lennon more since he did it even if he was no paul maccartney
he went toe to toe with "the natural one"
but who knows, maybe it's the other way around

what was the topic again?
something about buying plugins?