When the software instrument maker Arturia started (they make hardware now, too) got started, they were unique in the game. They made pretty decent models of vintage synths, and their first product, the Modular V (a model of the very large Moog Modular synth) was something of a revelation 20 years ago. As they increased the number of their models, and later came out with bundles of bunches of them, I kept buying the new bundles.
They just came out with their tenth version, as they do every damn year. Another $199 upgrade. No thanks, I'm done. When it dawned on me that the last project I used an Arturia synth on was 2019, I decided to take their whole last bundle off my hard drive.
As time has gone on, I've found more creative virtual stuff than the old classics; for me that's the only reason to use modeled synths. I have a couple of hardware synths that sound better than any models when I need more traditional sounds, and they can easily be layered in a DAW.
This isn't a situation where they make audio tools I use often, as I do with the iZotope plugins.
I'll buy my wife something with the money I saved.
They just came out with their tenth version, as they do every damn year. Another $199 upgrade. No thanks, I'm done. When it dawned on me that the last project I used an Arturia synth on was 2019, I decided to take their whole last bundle off my hard drive.
As time has gone on, I've found more creative virtual stuff than the old classics; for me that's the only reason to use modeled synths. I have a couple of hardware synths that sound better than any models when I need more traditional sounds, and they can easily be layered in a DAW.
This isn't a situation where they make audio tools I use often, as I do with the iZotope plugins.
I'll buy my wife something with the money I saved.