Don't forget your stock plugins guys! You might find that magic plugin you were searching for!
Stock plugins are great as long as you don't turn their usage into a religion.
Personally, I have more plugins that I could ever use and often with multiple choices I rotate those that I use more at a specific time. E.g. this year, I have barely touched u-He's Presswerk compressor, next year I will use it more... etc.
Changing options is a way to keep myself entertained (or to give a little "extra kick")
When speaking about stock plugins, as a Logic user some come to my mind.
Autofilter is an option I will always love to use. (Funny thing is that I had a long phone call with the Emagic team around 20 years ago when I asked them to implement more filter options, when it had only LP. Some weeks (or months??) later it got the additional filter types.
Also the
Tuner just works.
As does the
Gain plugin, which I (ab-) use all the time. It's great to switch L and R or to enable mono (for checking a mix in mono).
The
Pitch shifter is a great alternative to Little Alterboy and works better on some material.
The
frequency shifter is also a nice one. (allthough I use the one from Melda more)
From the instruments, I bought
ES2 when it came out and it was a great work horse (until it got more and more replaced by Absynth and Zebra2)
Another one was the
E-Piano that has a very distinct sound (the attack is very unique). I still use it from time to time, when I want that sound.
And then there are some Plugins which offer amazing options but I still don't use them a lot.
Like the
Delay designer (with fantastic options e.g. when it comes to pitch the delayed signal)
I used it a lot ten years ago, maybe in 2023 i will use it again.