Don't blow my head off if I'm posting this in the wrong place >_<
I feel like I'm very close to being able to actually start composing music and beginning the life-long haul of growing as a musician. I started thinking on VST's last night and organizing all the synths, sample libraries, and so on that I am aware of so I can point which is better for me, the sort of music I want to me and won't blow my mind when I try to use it.
And as I was organizing, I got to thinking about different libraries: on one hand, you have something like Kontakt which is apparently "the" sampler with sounds of just about anything, but on the flip side, you can start organizing and collecting numerous libraries of specific instrument (ex. Addictive Drums for Drums, Amplitude 3 for Guitar, Tonehammer for Piano etc).
To me, this seems a bit unnecessary in comparison to getting just one massive sample library like Kontakt, but trying to watch comparison videos, I can maybe see the advantage in that a specific library of sounds gives you more flexibility in what you can do with the instruments. Also, the sounds themselves tend to sound generally better from a specific instrument library though this obviously depends greatly on the musician and what they do.
It's still early in the game for me and this stuff takes up a lot of memory: I don't want to overburden myself with 10,000 VSTs that I never actually use nor know how to use. To me, creativity is subtraction and I want to limit myself as much as possible to incentivize using what I have to their full potential instead of having a ton of sounds and instruments I barely know how to use (which does nothing for me, my budget or my harddrive space). Thinking it through, that sort of all-inclusive library (like Kontakt) where I get everything from a single source is honestly what I'm looking for and perhaps would be better for someone of my very limited skills anyway: I can practice using one giant library to it's full potential and not have to spend more time/money on numerous other libraries. Then again, maybe it IS better to get numerous libraries after all.
What do you guys think? which is better for someone starting out?