Although Patterson Beams was not my first plug-in, I knew from the beginning that I would write it, because the single biggest time consuming factor for me was editing each beam manually. ↗
Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive. ↗
If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process. ↗