With this change, i am unable to identify plugins in the browser.

For example kontakt 3. Kontakt comes as kontakt 3.dll, kontakt 3 8out.dll and as kontakt 3 16out.dll

In sonars browser, Pre x2a, I saw Kontakt 3, Kontakt 3 8out and kontakt 3 16out.

NOW, I see three times Kontakt 3 and I don't know which one of these entries is which dll...


Why this change? Sonar is the only host I know of which shows this behaviour, with x2a...

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

Readme advises re-running VST scan because of changes in the way Plugin Manager handles naming.

You did read the readme, right?

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?

TabSel


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?

That would technically be NI's fault for not giving the plugins better names.

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.

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?

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.

Funkybot

....... I'm just saying...not the end of the world.

That's not until tomorrow.

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.