I'm coming from Ableton into Reaper, as such I never invested in stand-alone plug-ins.
So far I've found:
Addictive Drums - tried them last night, SOLD on them after trying them demo.
Lounge Lizard - LOVED these guys before Ableton incorporated their IP and totally f--------ed up the presets in doing so.
and the LOADS of free stuff from Cockos and JS, so much to dig into.
I need a MIDI SCALE plug in so I can fake playing keys. (cales below)
I'd love to get a synth with great sounds and a GUI that lets me engineer my own sounds. I'm not a fan of turning knobs without understanding them.
I want to jam with my guitar - rock drums, old organs
my wife sings and I've NEVER played with vocal plug-ins (hard to get her to sit still).
I love making hip hop beats.
I love late 90s Progressive House, Trance, smooth house music, the old mushroom jazz days...
I don't want a set of EDM tools.
I found this last night
www.codefn42.com/cales/
cales is hidden on their site? download from that link then go to their main page for more MIDI goodness. haven't tried them yet, they're donationware.
lurking this site:
http://www.pluginboutique.com/deals/...=discount_desc
but would absolutely prefer to buy direct from the mfg. I want cheap software but I support the cause.
edit - might as well list sites while I'm browsing.
https://shop.line6.com/software/plug...ix-native.html
Line6 has a 30% off sale
https://www.uaudio.com/
UA Audio has 60% off
www.kv331audio.com has 60% off
their Synthmaster is on my radar as well as Sylenth. I want VA and Wavetable, then a Sampler to replace Ableton's Sampler/Simpler.