Does it make sense to install “limited” versions of these plugins if I own and have installed the full Halion and full Groove Agent?
For example both Halion and Halion Sonic seem to have access to the same content that I’ve installed (obviously with different options to edit the patches).
Any reason to keep both?
For me no. I never use them.
I don’t do it with Halion Sonic but I do still install Groove Agent SE along with Groove Agent. I have presets in both, and man moving them between the two is a royal pain, as they do NOT seem to be cross compatible with one another by default. The presets seem to have the app itself as a tag, so Groove Agent doesn’t see my GA SE presets in the Mediabay and vice versa. I have to open them manually with the browser in Groove Agent and then resave them so it changes the tag to Groove Agent, and they show up in the Mediabay. After buying the full version, I just copied all my files over to Groove Agent’s folder but not a single one was available until I started all that re-saving nonsense.
Yes.
Reason 1: If you collaborate with people who don’t have full versions, you can make versions of your project that use bits pretty much any Cubase user will have installed.
Reason 2: If you want to make presets or pack libraries compatible with Sonic/GASE, you’ll want to test it and make sure each preset is working and saved in the default state you intend.
Reason 3: You can delete those plugins to get back some storage, but it’s not taking much space. Not really enough to bother.