1,326 Plugins Installed – Here Are the Only Ones You Actually Need!!!
I pulled the official plug-in report from Cubase and counted: 1,326 plugins installed. Then I opened my last twenty projects and counted what actually appears on my tracks. After 25 years of producing and running my own label, this is my honest confession — and my anti-shopping-list for Black Friday. In this video:
✅ The 4 workhorse instruments that carry my entire productions (and why)
✅ Serum, Omnisphere, Diva — why I own them all and barely use them
✅ My complete mixing & mastering chain: every plugin that actually ships
✅ My honest take on Splice, sample packs & copyright risks
✅ How I really use AI (Suno) in my workflow — and where it fails
✅ Why I've never switched DAWs since Cubase VST — and when you should
✅ The one question to ask before buying ANY plugin this Black Friday
No sponsorships, no affiliate-driven hype list: every tool in this video was bought with my own money over 25 years — most of it, as you'll see, is very well-organized digital dust.
📌 Chapters:
00:00 1,326 Plugins
00:50 How We Got Here
02:08 Why I Never Left Cubase
03:18 The Confession
03:48 The 4 Workhorses
05:55 Serum, Omnisphere, Diva — Honestly
06:40 The Chain That Ships
08:10 My Splice Problem
09:10 AI & Suno — My Honest Take
10:15 Black Friday Reality Check
11:30 The Only Spec That Matters
🎹 The tools I actually use (my full studio setup at Thomann)*:
https://thmn.to/thocf/w6s6j8tfxu
*Affiliate link | Anzeige: If you order through my Thomann links, you support the channel at no extra cost to you. Every plugin in this video was bought with my own money — no sponsorship.
🎬 My in-depth reviews of the favorites:
▶️ Nexus Tutorial for Beginners: • Nexus 5 - Tutorial for Beginners
▶️ Nexus Expansion Pack Reviews: • NEXUS 5 Bass House It’s NOT just for Bass!...
▶️ Ozone 10 Advanced Review: • Ozone 10 Advanced - REVIEW, Walkthrough, M...
🇩🇪 This video also has a German audio track! Click the gear icon ⚙️ → "Audio track" → Deutsch.
💬 Confession time:
What's YOUR most-used plugin — and the most expensive one gathering dust on your drive? I'll go first in the comments.
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