All the plug-ins.
Each one does a single job and stands alone: use one, or all of them.
Essentials
The ones you reach for in every session.
The processors every session needs, each one standing alone and each one with a display that shows what it is doing.
Specialist tools
The ones that solve one problem properly.
Matching levels for a fair listen, checking a release against a reference, carving room for a voice, setting up a whole vocal: jobs the essentials do not do.
