? How Many Plugins Do You Presently Have Installed on Your Computer?

[PavlovsCat]

I was looking at the number of plugins I have installed on my computer and was curious how it compared to other forum members. 

Edited October 28, 2022 by PavlovsCat

[PavlovsCat]

Yay! Thank you to whoever voted in the poll to make me feel like I'm not the worst plugin hoarder of all time!!!

[craigb]

Is this the "trolling for Bapus" topic? ?

[PavlovsCat]

13 minutes ago, craigb said:

Is this the "trolling for Bapus" topic? ?

Candidly, it's completely the result of my almost making a post in Fleer's thread about a delay to ask Fleer and others how many plugins they think are

(1) a  reasonable number of plugins

(2)  an abnormally large, ridiculous  number of plugins

(3) an excessive -- bats@#* crazy --number of plugins, beyond reason

I just wanted to see, relative to my fellow plugin hoarders, if I am in group number 1, 2 or 3. I suspect I am in group number 2. I suspect that Larry and Bapu, and possibly Fleer may be in group number 3. 

Edited October 27, 2022 by PavlovsCat

[bluzdog]

I have no idea. Bitflipper posted an Excel spreadsheet years ago that would find and list every plugin but it doesn't work for me anymore. I'll say less than Bapu but more than I used to have.

[LittleStudios]

I couldn't believe I had as many as I do.... kind of sneaks up on you.

[lawajava]

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Edited October 27, 2022 by lawajava

[craigb]

15 minutes ago, PavlovsCat said:

Candidly, it's completely the result of my almost making a post in Fleer's thread about a delay to ask Fleer and others how many plugins they think are

(1) a  reasonable number of plugins

(2)  an abnormally large, ridiculous  number of plugins

(3) an excessive -- bats@#* crazy --number of plugins, beyond reason

I just wanted to see, relative to my fellow plugin hoarders, if I am in group number 1, 2 or 3. I suspect I am in group number 2. I suspect that Larry and Bapu, and possibly Fleer may be in group number 3. 

LMAO!  No, no...  Larry and Fleer might be in group number 3, but Bapu is probably in group number 7!  ???

 

[InstrEd]

15 minutes ago, craigb said:

Bapu is probably in group number 7!  ???

Bapu is off the charts ?

[PavlovsCat]

26 minutes ago, bluzdog said:

I have no idea. Bitflipper posted an Excel spreadsheet years ago that would find and list every plugin but it doesn't work for me anymore. I'll say less than Bapu but more than I used to have.

Some DAWS give you a count and/or count the plugins when scanning plugin folders. 

[satya]

next topic - How many kontakt libraries i have

[Bapu]

5 minutes ago, satyabrata satapathy said:

next topic - How many kontakt libraries i have

A healthy gazillion.

[Bapu]

2 hours ago, InstrEd said:

Bapu is off the charts ?

There wasn't a big enough number to vote on.

[Bapu]

And even though he's passed on, space_cowboy still outnumbers me I'm sure.

[Bapu]

CbB reports exactly 5K, but Studio One reports 3196K. I forget what Reaper and the other DAWs report.

Both count the 59 UAD plugs that I don't own, 26 of which I own other vendors native versions (Softube, Plugin Alliance, Audified and IKM).
 

[satya]

9 minutes ago, Bapu said:

CbB reports exactly 5K, but Studio One reports 3196K

So how many plugins u actually use

[Tony Carpenter]

I was going to say, no one is going to equal Bapu :). I am a mere 900 or so I think. Don't use anywhere near that many of them, of course LOL.

[mettelus]

Many force you to install VST2 and VST3 versions as well, so I have "dupes" from that. A funnier topic would be "What plugins do you own that you never friggin use?"... that one would drive a large spike in the GAS bubble.

[PavlovsCat]

1 minute ago, mettelus said:

Many force you to install VST2 and VST3 versions as well, so I have "dupes" from that. 

That's a great point.

I'm on my phone now, Cakewalk showed I have 670-something plugins, which is definitely a lot more individual plugins than I've purchased or installed,  so I'm confident that many are VST2 dupes of VST3 effects and instruments that installers forced on my machine.

After adjusting for that, I would be in the only mildly insane 400 something plugin range.

[Zo]

I also heard bapu has 6 wifes .....