[kossae]

> You really need to budget what to use where so that it won't break up - which is a skill in itself, that hopefully in the future won't be relevant as much.

I totally agree with this. I can't stand having a resource limit on creativity when I'm making music. What's worse, is even if you get dedicated hardware (DSP chips, etc.) they are normally designed for specific software, and aren't (and likely can't be) a 'global accelerator' for all audio plugins, regardless of the developer.