How to set VST DLL Names? [SOLVED]

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How to set VST DLL Names? [SOLVED]

How to set VST DLL Names?
C:\\VST FOLDER
Kontakt 5.dll
Kontakt 5 8out.dll
Kontakt 5 16out.dll
 
Sonare displays as:
Kontakt
Kontakt
Kontakt
 
post edited by sadicus - 2013/09/01 20:00:13

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    sharke
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    Re: How to set VST DLL Names? 2013/09/01 09:25:08 (permalink)
    You can do this in the Plugin Manager.

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    Re: How to set VST DLL Names? 2013/09/01 09:45:41 (permalink)
    OK - I JUST went through the exercise of getting Kontakt 5's names figured out on MY system.  Your post reminded me how much of a PITA it has been for the longest time, because it was always a guessing game to get the right one.
     
    Go to Utilities>Plug-in Manager and on the left side of the dialog window - under Plug-In Categories, choose VST Instruments.  You will see the 3 Kontakt 5 flavors listed, with no clue as to which one has which number of outputs.
     
    Click on the first Kontakt 5 of the 3 that are listed, and then click on Plug-in Properties (toward bottom of window center).  This opens up the properties page for that dll.  Here you can change the name, and to know which one of the Kontakt 5-s you are looking at, click on Details, and it will tell you the number of outputs.
     
    I changed the names of all three Kontakt 5 VSTi instruments to:
     
    Kontakt 5 - 08 Outs
    Kontakt 5 - 16 Outs
    Kontakt 5 - 64 Outs
     
    This changes the displayed names, both in the Plug-in Manager displayed list, and in the list when you go to insert a Synth to the Synth Rack.
     
    I hope that helps.
     
    Also, since I pretty regularly have multiple instances of Kontakt inserted into the rack, I also rename each loaded instance to reflect something more meaningful than Kontakt 5 - 1, etc.  I use names like Horns, Strings, etc., depending on what instruments are loaded into a given Kontakt 5 instance.
     
    Here is the documentation link on renaming instance namer in the Synth Rack:
     
     
    http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation/default.aspx?Doc=SONAR%20X2&Lang=EN&Req=SoftSynths.10.html
     
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    Re: How to set VST DLL Names? 2013/09/01 09:50:38 (permalink)
    In addition to directly manipulating the plug-in name in the Plug-in Manager, there is an AUD.ini variable to control VST name format.
     
    Add  VSTPlugInNameFormat in Edit > Preferences > Initialization file. Acceptable values for the variable are 0, 1, 2, 3.

    0 - Format 0:  Vst supplied name which is the new default
    1 - Format 1:  DLL Name which is the old behavior
    2 - Format 2:  VST Plugin Name (DLL Name)
    3 - Format 3:  DLL Name (VST Plugin Name)
     




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    Re: How to set VST DLL Names? 2013/09/01 17:07:24 (permalink)
    good question, thanks for the help!

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    Re: How to set VST DLL Names? 2013/09/01 19:38:04 (permalink)
    2 ways to do the same thing.
    ....that's what I call answering the question, Thanks!
     

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    Re: How to set VST DLL Names? 2017/06/16 19:23:44 (permalink)
    For some reason I only have 1 Kontakt listed under VST Instruments (64 output). The other 2 (8 & 16 output) are under VST Audio Effects. Why is that?
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