FAO: Cake - X2 vs X3 preferences - re: excluded plugs

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Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
Hi Bapu,
 
At the moment there is no way to have different exclusions between X2 and X3 since the inventory is shared across product family versions. This issue applies to all versions of SONAR. I can see your point through since we now support more VST's than X2 did :)
I will have to think about this...

Thanks for thinking about it Noel. That's all I can really ask for.

Old55
You could always get rid of a few plugs. 

NEVAH!!!!!!!

stevec
Could you maintain two different versions of the shared folders and drop the right one in when needed? 
 

Are you talking about?
{program files}\Cakewalk\Shared* 
 
Nothing in any of those folders that I can see implies the VST scan or exclude lists. Those are what I'd expect to keep unique.
 
I'm thinking it's in a .ini file but I have not seen or found it.
 
If it was in a .ini file I'd make SONAR allow an override run time argument {configfilename}.ini={usersupplied path}
 
That way my desktop short cut for X2 and X3 could point to different lists.
 
But, that requires the removal of the (probably) hard coded expected file name.
 
Then again, maybe it's all stored in a registry somewhere.

You could rename registry keys at runtime using a script and reg.exe...

stevec
Could you maintain two different versions of the shared folders and drop the right one in when needed? 

 

KPerry
You could rename registry keys at runtime using a script and reg.exe...

Can you both be more specific?
 
@stevec - where exactly is the scan list and exclude list maintained in the "shared folders"?
 
@KPerry - which registry keys maintain the scan list and exclude list, or which registry key points to them?
 
I've run text search programs and searched the registry for a very specific vst folder that is in my scan list and have not found them in the registry or
c:\Program Files\Cakewalk
or
....Users\{me}\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk.
 

Hi Ed,
 
I'm just curious...why do you need those mono plugs? The stereo plugs will act as mono when you put them on a mono track. I find no reason to use them so I've disabled them all on my system.
 
Also, do you use a custom plug list? It's a pain in the butt to create (mine is sick) but once you have it, you can save it and drop it in any version of Sonar and it will work. Of course if you don't have all the plugs installed that are on the list, those plugs just won't appear. But as soon as you install them, they appear on the custom list. I have several different custom plug lists. I hate how long they took me to make, but man they sure do keep things nice and tight....and...there are times when I sincerely don't need to see 800 plugs and 100 of my faves will do just fine, know what I mean?
 
-Danny