bones wrote:Why do you keep buying new plugins? Are there such massive gaps in the tools provided in Orion and the plugins you already have?
There basically are four groups of VSTs I buy:
1. Sometimes I do pure orchestral stuff. In my opinion there is no satisfying solution to do this with sound fonts and sampler only (regarding sound quality, functionality and usability). So I use dedicated plugins and libraries.
2. Orion contains high quality effects, but of course there are also some very specialized types of effects which are just not existent in Orion. Stutter Edit and Melodyne are such examples.
3. As you said yourself "improved usability" is also a reason for buying some plugins. The Vengeance plugins for example are very good in this regard. They can shorten many processes.
4. The synths in Orion are good but some sounds are more easily (or sometimes exclusively) achieved with third party synths.
bones wrote:With Orion and a dozen or so plugins, I can do anything.
My opinion. I own perhaps 14 plugins. But 40% of them are not working properly. Don't misunderstand me: I do not blame Synapse for this.