I haven’t updated my music instrument library in years, especially since newer official software doesn’t play well with pirated plugins. The last time I downloaded VSTs was 2012ish, back when PB and KAT were still good sources. Music technology (and the instruments people like to listen to) have taken a huge leap since then. I do mostly pop and jazz, so I’ve got East West, Session Horns, Session Strings, Broadway Big Band, Kontact, and a couple miscellaneous Native Instruments plugins. Does anyone know of production level VST sources for newer versions of these or better software?
It’s not that they’re “censoring” releases, it’s the developers themselves who send DMCA requests to the website owners so they have to take it down. On the good side, there’s a high chance the release has already swarmed on other sites.