That's just the thing, the Cubase plugs aren't at all bad but I get sucked into the chase by the options and sale prices that are less than 1/4 of what the retail value is. Regardless, I'm a sucker for options. If these plugs don't work after this PC dies (a few times, my HDs are backed up now in triplicate) then I might scream a little bit. Maybe that's a problem for another thread though...Yep, I most certainly do! Aside from the ones that still show up in my list but don't actually work like the Cubase plugs and a bunch of SynthEdit stuff that Reaper doesn't want to use for one reason or another, I have a whole bunch of comps, limiters, saturators, filters and EQs that I never touch because I get everything I need out of ReaComp, ReaEQ and a couple of JS plugs that I hacked together myself.
Have tried the Melda mPlugs? Those are my go to for modulations. I prefer to use mVibrato for chorus type things, but they also have a chorus, phaser, flanger, all with just piles of features.
I don't like the compressor that's included in Studio One. I'm sure it works fine, but the interface and the "graph" that they use just doesn't make sense to me. I can't seem to get it to work sometimes (which I'm sure is user error more than a problem with the plug-in). I like the plug-ins that look more like "traditional" hardware than a piece of software. I've been eyeing the "virtual" series plug-ins from Slate Digital for a while, but I don't want to waste my money since I don't really know how to use them effectively yet.
Here's the free bundle. They're all great, but I only really use the modulations. MFreeEffectsBundle