12-19-2024, 08:03 AM
(12-18-2024, 09:34 AM)balanced Wrote: Another suggestion concerning plugin management and using the "sort by location" option:
Allow all separate plugins and subfolders from all separate plugin sources/folders (including VST3 plugins) to be shown as one virtual folder, where all of them would be gathered together. Folder structures from the real sources/folders would be retained. If you would have two or more identically named folders in separate real plugin locations/folders, say two folders named "eq" in the root folders of two separate plugin locations, you would see just one folder named "eq" containing all plugins from all of these real "eq" folders. If you would get similarily named plugins gathered in the same virtual folder from separate real locations (say, a VST3 and VST2 version of a plugin with the same name) you could show just the VST3 version or separate them with a VST2 / VST3 tag.
This would make it much easier to use plugins, if you have for example a separate folder for VST2 freeware plugins, one for the VST2 you have purchased and installed and then also the VST3 folder. If you organize your plugins in subfolders by using unified naming in these separate locations, the above option would allow you to see everything in one clean virtual folder with the subfolder structure you have created.
This is something that Reaper allows one to do and if you work with lots of plugins and several plugin locations it will help your work rather remarkably. I feel that every DAW should have this option.. Of course this could be a function that you could enable or disable.
Hi,
It seems Reaper does not support organizing plugins according to physical location. Could you give more details?
Thanks.
Best regards.