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Old 07-21-2009, 06:19 AM   #1
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Default A picture says more than 1000 words... (FIXED)

Take a look at this:



Doesn't this look MUCH better?



Basically, there's no need to tell something is a "DX", or "DXi" or "VSTi" or whatever, if we've already selected that folder in FX chain!


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Old 07-21-2009, 09:32 AM   #2
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Hmmmm...not quite sure if I get your point, but:

The prefix can be useful in combination with the filter, since filtering can also be applied to pre-selected folders. Say, I am a collector of EQ plugins and have created a user-defined folder "EQ". Selecting this folder, I see a very long list of EQ plugins - VST, DX and JS. If, for some reason, I want to further restrict the selection to one of these three types, I can use the prefix in order to do so (e.g. by typing "DX" in the filter field). Also, the prefix lets you search for a particular plugin by type (VSTi, DX, whatever) right from the "All Plugins" top level. This is a good feature, since the FX browser opens in the "All Plugins" display mode by default and I might be too lazy to click my way through all the folders, so I use "VSTi", "DX"... as a filter instead.
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I agree that it is not needed in VST, VSTi, DX, DXi, and JS folders...very redundant and eye fatiguing.
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Old 07-21-2009, 11:38 AM   #4
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I was thinking the exact same thing earlier today.
I can agree with sts that those prefixes can be nice to have in the fxbrowser but when using the 'AddFX' from the mixer to
grab plugins from your favourites folder I think that the same prefixes just clutters the list.

It's a minor (even a non-) issue, but I still find them a bit 'annoying'...

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Old 07-21-2009, 12:08 PM   #5
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I agree that it is not needed in VST, VSTi, DX, DXi, and JS folders...very redundant and eye fatiguing.
Agreed too.
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Old 07-21-2009, 12:11 PM   #6
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Up to the tracker, then?
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Old 07-21-2009, 12:24 PM   #7
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Go ahead bro.
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Old 07-21-2009, 12:50 PM   #8
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Done Counting for support there, too!
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Old 07-21-2009, 01:16 PM   #9
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This should be a FR not a bug.
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Old 07-23-2009, 07:09 AM   #10
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FR maybe but I would make it a more general concept, as the "problem" exists in many places across the application in general. For instance, the same eye fatigue (good phrase) is in the menu structure. When I click View, I don't really require all the items listed to say Show This, Show that, etc. Especially if your are not going to toggle it between Show and Hide as some do, but just use a check mark instead.

I think shortening up things like this where possible would go a long way to making navigation in general a more pleasant experience.
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Old 12-19-2009, 04:07 AM   #11
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I wonder why this thing still haven't been addressed... It seems really easy to fix it up. :/

If we selected VSTi, we don't need it say "VSTi:" before the actual name of the plugin, we really don't! The only instance where this should be shown is if we selected "All Plugins" and "Instruments"! If we selected "Cockos", we really don't need it to say "(Cockos)" in each plugin's name!!
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Old 12-20-2009, 04:24 PM   #12
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Updated with new pictures
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Old 12-20-2009, 05:02 PM   #13
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Updated with new pictures
You are quite the photographer.
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Old 01-22-2010, 06:53 PM   #14
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GAS trap! OMG!
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Old 03-22-2010, 07:42 AM   #15
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Bumping this up. It's still an eyesore.
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Old 03-28-2010, 03:21 PM   #16
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That somehow implies the whole FX browser isn't an eye sore
It is
Needs a complete overhaul (Please user colorable, The eyeball cancer enducing whiteness is terrible)

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Old 03-28-2010, 03:32 PM   #17
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That somehow implies the whole FX browser isn't an eye sore
It is
Needs a complete overhaul (Please user colorable, The eyeball cancer enducing whiteness is terrible)

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I (used to) feel your pain.

I just changed the Application Background colour in Windows to a fetching shade of grey. It sorts out all those glaringly white windows.
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Yeah and messes totally with the rest of windows
I dont mind the white when im in a folder
I just f*ckin hate it when i am in song mode

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Old 03-28-2010, 04:09 PM   #19
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I agree that ALL Reaper's windows should be fully skinnable.
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Old 08-22-2010, 08:51 AM   #20
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Bump for this. The vst prefix in front of every plugin is a bit confusing. ED, What happened to the picture?

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Old 08-22-2010, 10:12 AM   #21
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Eh, the image hosting service went down, I have to re-do the mockups...
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Old 01-26-2011, 06:38 AM   #22
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Evan said:
It's a little more than a nitpick. With all plugins starting with "VST" in front, it makes it impossible to jump to a letter in the list by hitting a key. (e.g. pressing P would move to plugin names starting with.



I agree, I would love to be able to jump to a letter in the list by hitting a key - man, I am so used to that in Windows, and all other apps Reaper should follow!

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Old 01-30-2011, 11:09 PM   #23
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*bump*


Pretty please?
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Old 01-30-2011, 11:15 PM   #24
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Yeah, let's get rid of it.
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Old 02-16-2011, 08:20 AM   #25
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Yes please with dragon I mean llama on top. :-)
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Old 02-17-2011, 07:53 AM   #26
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v4 in alpha and still didn't get rid of it
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Old 02-17-2011, 08:39 AM   #27
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i guess this is no good for you?
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It's a workaround, not a solution.
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Old 02-17-2011, 09:55 AM   #29
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cant vote for something i cant see
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Old 07-03-2011, 11:02 AM   #30
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It is a bit confusing sometimes when you are looking for a plugin name, and you have to look at the prefix e.g. "VST" first, before the actual name. Here's some quick pics of what ED was talking about (not as fancy as what ED had in the first post, when the picture was displayed.

Here's the default with prefix VST example.



Here's one without, making the names easier to find IMHO.



It's plainly clear that in the left column, that VST is already highlighted. Why do we need it to be on everyone of them?

Maybe just a simple option to hide the prefix would do
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Old 07-04-2011, 01:42 AM   #31
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+1 in the agreement of what has been said by the majority of people and users who have entered their opinions on this thread about or on Redundant redundancy of stuff thats the same as itself being listed next to itself in order to identify itself after the fact is already known to be the case or situation.
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Old 07-05-2011, 06:57 AM   #32
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I have an additional idea for what WyattRice has shown to be absolutely superior in finding what you need just a little bit quicker.

One obviuos worry is, how is anyone going to know what type of plugin they're picking when you're searching in the ALL category.

Headers. Small headers, maybe even coloured, but only the headers.
VST
entires...
VSTi
entries...

and so on. That way you'll still know.

The headers should be included even if a single plugin type catogory is chosen, because Windows 7 for example has very poor highlights when you haven't selected the window section that category lives in.

To illustrate, in this shot the JS catgory is actually highlighted. Very hard to spot. Thus, a header should be included at the top of the entry list view of the plugins.

An illustration of what the FX browser looks like when I'm selecting something in the list view(not visible because of the screenshot sharing program). This is Win7 x64.




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Concerning the right-click menu on the FX button, rather than this:


You try this:
FX already in the chain at the top. Add FX with the somewhat long and redundant "Recently used", which might do well to take the place of "Add FX" in the form of "Recent".

And all the chains with their subdirectories beneath it. Maybe even just "FX Chains" instead of "Add FX Chains". Not sure about this one.


This would cut away a lot of menu travel. Would that work for you guys ?
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Old 07-05-2011, 07:24 AM   #33
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Yes, having existing plugs on top whould be better.

But what bothers me even more is (to hijack the thread ) that there is no easy and fast intuitive way to remove an FX ie. plugin. We have "Add FX", "Add FX Chain" but no "Remove FX" with a submenu holding all FX on the track. To remove an FX we have to go somewhere else first although to me it seems to be quite logical to add and/or remove (even cut, copy and paste) plugins from one menu.


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Old 07-05-2011, 10:59 AM   #34
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Since we can left-click on those menus, perhaps we should be able to ALT+click on the FX chain entries.
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Old 07-05-2011, 04:12 PM   #35
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Off topic. I wish we also had the ability to customize the fx right click menu. I already know that you can alt click to remove, and single click to enable, bypass. Remove all would save a keystroke. Here's an older mockup I did.


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You mean an entry in the context menu in addition to the ALT+click on the FX button that deletes all entries, right ? That would be less ambiguous, and you could add the ALT+click command in brackets next to the entry, so the user knows about this immeadiately.
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why does anybody need to know whether their plugin is a vst or vsti or dxi or dx or js?

i would assume most people know what they paid for or what plugin they are using based on its name not on how it was programmed.
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Maybe something like this that wouldn't affect anyone that likes it the way it is. Make an option in plug-in preferences that you could check mark, to hide the prefix's.



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Maybe something like this that wouldn't affect anyone that likes it...
This idea could even be bigger than wine coolers!
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It is a bit confusing sometimes when you are looking for a plugin name, and you have to look at the prefix e.g. "VST" first, before the actual name. Here's some quick pics of what ED was talking about (not as fancy as what ED had in the first post, when the picture was displayed.

Here's the default with prefix VST example.



Here's one without, making the names easier to find IMHO.



It's plainly clear that in the left column, that VST is already highlighted. Why do we need it to be on everyone of them?

Maybe just a simple option to hide the prefix would do

I've used your images to replace mine, which were deleted when my former image hosting went under. I hope you don't mind.


Also, "v4 needs an FX browser overhaul!" bump!
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