MPL: CopyPasting data beetween plugins

[mpl]

After some requests I added to ReaPack two scripts:

• mpl_Copy Focused FX Data.lua
• mpl_Paste Focused FX Data.lua

It supports only TRACK FX currently.

Can be useful when moving:

• parameters, envelopes, learn, parameter modulation from one FX on one track to other FX on other/same track
• parameters, envelopes, learn, parameter modulation from AU to VST and vice versa
• parameters, envelopes, learn, parameter modulation from offline/broken/oldversion FX to working/newversion FX and vice versa

source code here
Tested on some projects. Let me know if you`ll find something unexpected.

[musicbynumbers]

Thanks MPL

They should prove to be very useful!

[G-Sun]

Originally Posted by mpl

After some requests I added to ReaPack two scripts:

• mpl_Copy Focused FX Data.lua
• mpl_Paste Focused FX Data.lua

It supports only TRACK FX currently.

Can be useful when moving:

• parameters, envelopes, learn, parameter modulation from one FX on one track to other FX on other/same track
• parameters, envelopes, learn, parameter modulation from AU to VST and vice versa
• parameters, envelopes, learn, parameter modulation from offline/broken/oldversion FX to working/newversion FX and vice versa

source code here
Tested on some projects. Let me know if you`ll find something unexpected.

Wow.
Haven't tested, but this could indeed be a lifesaver for updated broken plugins.

Thanks!

[stereolost]

Thanks! One of the things i've been missing from Cubase times.

[Time Waster]

Originally Posted by mpl

Can be useful when moving:

• parameters, envelopes, learn, parameter modulation from offline/broken/oldversion FX to working/newversion FX and vice versa

I think this will be very useful for me. Thanks mpl!

[vitalker]

Wow, will try it out asap! Thank you!

[Renesongs]

Hi Thanks MPL for the great Script Library. I am admittedly a bit of a novice when it comes to using scripts in Reaper. I am attempting to copy the plugin data from an Old Guitar Rig 4 plugin to Guitar Rig 5. So I open the Reaper project with the Guitar rig 4 plugin (which is no longer installed) .I open the Track FX and add Guitar Rig 5 plugin below the inoperative Guitar Rig 4. I then the cursor (focus) on the Rig 4 and run the "mpl_Copy Focused FX Data" script and get a message data copy to buffer successful. I shift focus to the Rig 5 Plugin and run the "mpl_Paste Focused FX Data" and nothing happens. Is there something I am missing here. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[vitalker]

Originally Posted by Renesongs

Is there something I am missing here. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I think Native Instruments have rewritten the engine, so it uses other symbols than in version 4.

[mpl]

Yep, the script technically copy plugin parameters by their number (REAPER manipulate all plugins that way). So it doesn`t copy the patch actually but parameters only (with learn, modulation and envelopes). Be sure you did load to GR5 the same patch from GR4. Also if parameters order was changed from GR4 to GR5 , you`ll get unexpected results. But with NI plugins it shouldn`t - I myself ported pretty comlex patches from Reaktor5 to Reaktor6 with success.

[airon]

Will test this.

Thank you MPL. The Avid Icon consoles had buttons just for this purpose, and I missed them a lot.

I might even extend the script to copy all plugin parameter data of the track fx. I mix a lot of dialogue on tracks with identical plugins.

Very useful.

[mpl]

Originally Posted by airon

I might even extend the script to copy all plugin parameter data of the track fx.

It copy params already, see here
edit: ah you mean include base64 plugin data? Then yes, you need to modify it (so that is not this script was designed for).

[airon]

It should be enough to copy not just from the focused fx, but from all plugins on the first selected track, and paste it on another track. Basically the script would do the same thing to a few more plugins.

This is not necessary a lot of the time, but it can be, especially when you can paste it to a bunch of tracks. Bang,bang,bang.

This script works great. I've got it setup on two midi triggers already and will give it a more thorough test on my next mix.

Thank you.

[Renesongs]

Thanks for the help vitalker and mpl. In each version of Guitar rig I tinkered with the guitar rig parameters to match each of the songs and relied on Reaper to store all the changes I made. What I should have done was at least saved it as a patch in guitar rig or better still saved the Guitar rig output as well. I know now that I have to install the original versions of each plugin to get it back. Well chalk it up to another learning experience.