Hello
I’ve been having an issue with Reaper since last year. I am wondering if any of you had come in to similar issues. There are 3 different issues which all seem to be related to plugins.
1. Sporadically, some of my plugins will not load. I have not changed names, directories, updated anything. Often times a PC reset will correct it. Other times not. I can find them in the FX browser but they don’t load. This affects new plugin adds or plugins in existing projects. I install only 64bit plugins and I have one folder for all those plugins.
2. Some of my plugins have completely disappeared from the FX browser. They are still in the folder and have not changed or moved. I can’t load them because I can’t find them in the browser.
3. And some of the plugins that have disappeared still load if I have them in a saved template. For example, I have Magnetite in a bus template. I can load that up and it works. But if I try to search for it to add it is not there.
There’s no consistency to which plugins disappear. It’s not particular to developers or anything.
Nothing has changed on my PC. It’s a consistent problem across all versions of Reaper 5.xx
When did Reaper change the way it handled scanning VSTs? Because I believe this may have been the major turning point. Before, Reaper would show EVERYTHING. 32bit, 64. Didn’t matter. Now it has the hierarchical folder system. I have ONE folder for all VSTs (64bit only) so this shouldn’t be an issue but it seems to be when this began.
I have found other threads from the past 6 or so months where users have similar issues:
Exact same:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....ghlight=plugin
Exact same:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....ghlight=plugin
Almost exact same issues:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....ghlight=plugin
Similar:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....ghlight=plugin
Also similar:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....ghlight=plugin
PC Specs:
Reaper latest update
Win 7 64bit
i7 3550
16gb RAM
Last year the problem got so bad I went and bought a new SSD, installed a fresh Reaper, reinstalled all my plugins and it was good for 3 or 4 months and now I'm back in the same place.