Better visual cues regarding plugin bypassed state.

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2015/02/08 21:41:52 (permalink)
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Better visual cues regarding plugin bypassed state.

The new-style fx bin/fx rack is very nice, but because the plugin entries drop to a uniform shade of grey once you shift the focus to a different plugin it means it's very difficult to tell at a glance whether a particular plugin is bypassed or not without highlighting it's entry in the list or opening the plugin gui. The more tracks/plugins the worse this gets, leading me at least to spend quite a bit of time going in circles just checking what the status of plugins is one at a time.
 
Could we have a fake LED or something that stays permanently visible and changes colour, or appears/disappears depending whether the plugin is active or not?

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    John
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    Re: Better visual cues regarding plugin bypassed state. 2015/02/08 22:02:02 (permalink)
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    I like this idea very much.  

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    Re: Better visual cues regarding plugin bypassed state. 2015/02/09 00:07:29 (permalink)
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    FX states of on/off in the latest FX bin are a washout.

    Totally agree. I click on them too often trying to figure out if they are on or not. Need it to be a visual cue as suggested here.

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