...however I did go for Soundtoys 5 and BFD3, (both half price) but the distractions continue...as Alan Whicker once said, going bankrupt saving a fortune!
It's kind of interesting to hear the Soundtoys fx, I already used Waves a lot, and was very happy with them, although some are quite hungry, Soundtoys are very high quality, but in my view completely different to Waves, so they compliment them.
At pluginboutique one gets rewards that you can spend toward other plugins, so I got Big Kick.
Big kick is a brilliant piece of work, so useful, especially for EDM.
I sold my MPX1 rack unit last year and missed the verb's like crazy on Vox, but not the noisey FX, so I'm right in there, only £26 from Thomann, plus the dreaded iLok3 (dreadlock?) - currently £31 from Amazon.
As for BFD3 - I got that tip from lower down in this thread, as was spurred on to try it as my drumming has always been a bit of beat, I have to say I'm considering selling my kit (but I do love playing it), this thing is brilliant, it's just fiddly to do some of those natty tricks that are easier done on a kit.
After all this upheaval, I'm really not distracted by all this new stuff, there's always a feeling that "I've got it now I must use it" but it's not like that with me, it's more I can use it when I need it now, for my next EDM song I'll be really sorted.
I can't praise the waves stuff enough, some are really brilliant, one just has to go very easy on the verbs especially, but the compressors are simply brill, some of the channel strips and tools are also top class, don't be fooled by their age,or rubbishing it because they are only £20 each, they'll sell more of these at $29 than at $250 as they used to do when they first came out.
Maxx Bass and LoAir are supreme at what they do, just don't ruin yer mix with em.
As for Izotope, I have Ozone, Neutron and Nectar Elements, and can't get on with the first 2 but the Nectar Elements is just fab for a quick Vocal fix, but avoid the auto tune like the plague! I'd rather use the waves comps |(CLA2) and channel strips (Sheps 73) to get what I want, use 2 auxs with Abbey Road Plate and Abbey Road Chambers save it as a fx preset and then I can use them anytime. Sweet. sound a ton better than the nectar elements, by that I mean less processed, less artificial, you just hear the Vocal clear and true.