[issue] X2a Plugin names instead of plugin dll names

FWIW, the Plugin Manager allows you to name the plugins whatever you like.

Yes, I read it. So reading it does make my plugins better identifiable?
Shall I rename dozens of plugins now (which gets lost on the next scan nevertheless)?

Nobody else is bothered with multiple same plugin names corresponding to different dlls?

My mistake, that instruction was in the patch info on the download page, not the ReadMe. In any case, I'm not sure why you're having a problem. I only have one VST that has multiple versions like that - ARIA Player and ARIA Player (multi) - and it is displaying correctly.

TabSel


No other host does this, every other host shows the dll name, as did sonar Pre x2a, for how many years now?

It's common standard for developers to provide multiple dlls and only change the AEffect flags indicating how many I/Os the dll provides, with the dll name differ, but not the plugin name as it technically is the same plugin, with different I/O config only.

Why this changes which does nothing but causing issues?

I hear what you're saying...but I just went in the plugin manager and fixed this for my own instances of Kontakt. It took a minute for the whole process for all three plugins. I'm just saying...not the end of the world.

I did the same thing - changed the friendly name.
Re-scan keeps the changed names.

Kinda weird though, but yeah, only took a minute to fix it.

It doesn't display UAD 6.4 64bit mono plugins right. I have both stereo and mono versions installed and now they are both listed as duplicates in the plugin manager, although the first one in the list is the mono version as viewed in the plugin properties section. The "(m)" part of the plugin name is now dropped. Before the X2a patch, they displayed correctly.

BTW, I did reset and rescan as suggested.

I changed the names in the Registered Plugins (middle section in the Plug In Mgr).

New names still fine in my custom layout - checked: different projects, 64 & 32 bit X2, reboot PC. 


In the Browser, delete the old-named plugin, move in the newly named one & save.  

You have a few formatting choices here for the VST name, which are controllable via a new ini setting.

Add a new variable  VSTPlugInNameFormat via Edit | Preferences | Initialization file. 
You can set the value to either 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)


After you create the variable, restart SONAR and the menus should display the new naming format.

VSTPlugInNameFormat

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk
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You have a few formatting choices here for the VST name, which are controllable via a new ini setting.

Add a new variable  VSTPlugInNameFormat via Edit | Preferences | Initialization file. 
You can set the value to either 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)


After you create the variable, restart SONAR and the menus should display the new naming format.

Great! I chose option 3 for now.
I like the mini status bar in the plug-in browser.


I think NI must use the small vsts as wrappers that call the major vsts. So they all have the same VST name. Something like how savihost works.

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk
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You have a few formatting choices here for the VST name, which are controllable via a new ini setting.

Add a new variable  VSTPlugInNameFormat via Edit | Preferences | Initialization file. 
You can set the value to either 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)


After you create the variable, restart SONAR and the menus should display the new naming format.

It doesn't work here on UAD or NI plugs. I typed the new variable exactly as written and tried all the options...

datadog

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk
]

You have a few formatting choices here for the VST name, which are controllable via a new ini setting.

Add a new variable  VSTPlugInNameFormat via Edit | Preferences | Initialization file. 
You can set the value to either 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)


After you create the variable, restart SONAR and the menus should display the new naming format.

It doesn't work here on UAD or NI plugs. I typed the new variable exactly as written and tried all the options...

Works for me (using the format 3):

Arachnaut, thanks for showing that it works in the Browser, although I never use that.
They don't show up right in the Plugin Manager in X2a but they did before the upgrade patch. I can live with it...

Mod Bod


Scanned my plugins and got results that I didn't expect.  I'm getting VSTi Folders in Audio drop down menus.  I'm also getting 32 bit versions of plugins showing up when only the 64 bit versions should appear.  This is in the browser and not the old Add FX menus.

Just for the record, the 32 bit issue was because I had a double installation of the UAD plugins being scanned.  I fixed this by not scanning the x86 installation.


However, I got the unexpected results as the others did.  I have also seen the fix for that and I am going to fix that now.