[tomc1985]

Hah, I have a copy of Reason Lite that I got for free that loads as a VST. Mainly use it for ReBirth, but now even that's redundant since FL has its own 303 emulation that's pretty good

Back in the day producers used to complain that you could recognize a Reason track from a mile away. FL used to have the same problem. 'Garbage' is probably an overstatement nowadays (at least judging by the FLStudio demo tracks, their quality has been steadily improving over time) but the meme persists.

[officeplant]

For sure, Reason 3 and older especially had it's own recognizable sound.

Personally I like using "garbage" plugins in my music. I've gotten some nice strange out of old free vst plugins run through much nicer effects racks.