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2015/11/16 14:33:29 (permalink)
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Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours...

I'd like to suggest a few features that, if added to Plugin Manager, would make for a much better tool.
 
1.  Search -  This would really help in troubleshooting plugins.  Maybe by plugin name, date installed, Company, ect.
 
2.  New Plugin Highlighter - The most recently added plugins could be highlighted, sort of like windows does in Start>Programs, when new programs are installed.   This would make adding new plugins to layouts, much faster.
 
3.  Color code for 32/64bit plugins -  This is available in the media browser section, but would also really help in the Plugin Manager.
 
 
 
 

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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/11/16 14:36:25 (permalink)
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I moved this to the appropriate area.
I would suggest however that suggestions be handled one at a time. Batching up ideas in a single thread makes them difficult to discuss.
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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/11/16 15:03:56 (permalink)
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Thanks for moving the thread to the correct area, though having ideas in a single thread seems to makes more sense to me, than multiple threads on the same topic.

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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/11/16 16:11:20 (permalink)
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I'm all for updating the plugin manager. 
I think the 3 that you mentioned Dave are a good start. 
Now, if we could only get them grouped in categories so that creating lists are more straightforward it would be much better.

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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/11/16 16:33:43 (permalink)
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I like the ideas of the OP. 

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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/11/16 18:06:08 (permalink)
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I already get different colors for the 32/64 bit plugins, don't you?


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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/11/16 20:30:22 (permalink)
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I already get different colors for the 32/64 bit plugins, don't you?


Not in Plugin Manager.   I do get the colors in the Media Browser

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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/11/17 06:27:30 (permalink)
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Really useful idea Dave
 
I would also like to add, please for gods sake give us the ability to select more than 2 plugs at a time when creating and moving to a folder.
 
Having said that, I only just recently discovered that creating a "real" folder within the Cakewalkvst plugins folder actually creates one in the plug in manager too so I've been doing that but am not entirely comfortable with moving the .dll files to other locations.
 
 
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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/11/18 00:35:21 (permalink)
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I'd like the option to see icons instead of names for synths, including third party synths. Studio One 3 had this when I demoed it, if I recall correctly. The icons would be similar to the screen grab icons for project saves that show in Sonar's new startup screen.
post edited by anxiousmofo - 2015/11/18 01:07:18
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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/11/18 03:08:18 (permalink)
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I know the Plugin manager auto-sorts VST3's by their category/function already which is primarily how I prefer to search for plugins (especially effects).  The unfortunate downside is that there are still a TON of plugins that are VST2 only and don't get the benefits of these category/function sort feature.  I'm curious if the meta-info is there in the VST2 containers but simply wasn't implemented in the Plugin manager coding for VST2 scanning?
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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/11/18 07:08:10 (permalink)
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Wish we can create folder[& subfolders] within the plugin manager and drag and drop according to our convenience. Just like we do in outlook.
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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/12/06 01:07:33 (permalink)
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You can.

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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/12/06 01:09:05 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Soulburned 2015/12/06 01:58:19
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You can also do it in Windows explorer and it will be reflected in the plugin layout.

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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/12/06 01:52:07 (permalink)
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You can also do it in Windows explorer and it will be reflected in the plugin layout.

This is how I manage my VST2 folders by installing them in a specific structure.  Makes them easier to find.  I tend to sort by developer though, and that's not always convenient for searching by the function/type of processing.

VST3's auto-sort by category is nice,  with common categories.  Sometimes certain plugins make a duplicate Category that's misspelled:
"Analyser" and "Analyzer" are what I keep running into :/
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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/12/06 02:30:41 (permalink)
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My suggestions:
1. Eliminate unnecessary plug-ins list refresh. For example if you press VST Configuration -> Options, even if you only look at it and press cancel, all plug-ins list will update and redraw, and it wastes much time. Really VERY annoying.
2. Functional folders in custom layouts. I always use custom plug-ins layout, and there is big problem when new plug-ins are installed. I have to change layout to default to try it, or to go to the plug-in manager, find new plug-ins (difficult), add it to my layout. I'd like to be able to add to my layouts functional folders:
a) Folder that shows the whole default plug-ins layout inside itself
b) Folder that shows all plug-ins that are not included in current layout
c) Folder that shows all new plug-ins (by some criteria, for last month, or 6 month, or something else)
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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/12/06 05:58:26 (permalink)
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mudgel
You can also do it in Windows explorer and it will be reflected in the plugin layout.

Dear Mike
Please tell me how..  [Within Plugin manager], I usually forget what I liked or used.
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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2015/12/22 10:00:42 (permalink)
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mudgel
You can.

I have
created a Folder and subfolders in plug-in manager
Selected some plug-ins and <Add Plugin>
They got added within the folder as shown
I have saved that as a .pgl file
But now the folders being visible no plugins within that.
I had closed Sonar and restarted.
 
I had tried to paste the screen shot: It shows unexpected error.
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Overhaul to plugin manager 2016/07/06 07:41:07 (permalink)
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Suggested features, enhancements, and bugs:
Window resize saved on exit

Color coding of plug-ins to determine if they are or aren't part of a given layout (ex. Green if they are ready if they aren't)

Plug-ins don't always show up when attempting to insert in fact into track even though they may actually be visible within plugin manager.
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Re: Overhaul to plugin manager 2016/07/06 08:14:09 (permalink)
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This should be merged with the existing FR...
 
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Re: Plugin Manager Features Suggestions...Add yours... 2016/07/21 07:33:36 (permalink)
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Option for a directory / tree structure layout instead of just a list populating itself everytime you want to view "VST instruments" or "VST Effects" or "VST3" versions or DX etc..

This would come in handy to more quickly find and manually exclude plugins in a given repository (especially for someone like me who uses a global VST directory.

Ex:

/VST >  >3x32
  >3x64
  >32
  >64
    \\Folders categorized by developer

So, for example - Waves plugins use WaveShellx and come in VST 32, 64, and VST3 32 & 64 flavors..  Since I use multiple daws on occasion, I prefer keeping a global VST structure like this so that no matter what architecture or format I need to work in, the repository has all the various types installed in their respective locations.
 
  I could manually add the individual folders of each "developer" and thus ONLY add the 64 bit VST3 versions so that I can save on Sonar's scan time and it would have less work overall...  But, the downside do doing that is when I have to cater to developers that either haven't updated their plugins or that I haven't purchased upgrades or newer versions of, and only have 32 bit VST2 instances and that would still "double" the number of directories I'd have to go in and manually add.. 

The tree view option would definitely simplify the endeavor greatly.

post edited by Soulburned - 2016/07/23 07:53:01
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