MenuMagic is an enhanced plug-in manager for Cakewalk's Sonar Digital Audio Workstations that takes the concept of plug-in management to whole new levels.
MenuMagic Features
Major Changes in MenuMagic v2 (beta build 1.9.0.0)
Changes:
- Support for Sonar X3 and for VST3 plug-ins
- Various bug fixes & tweaks
This update is free to registered users - use your personal download link for the v2 beta.
Support for VST3 plug-ins as they appear in Sonar X3.
- Status Tab
- Stats for VST3 plug-ins
- Updated Plug-in Filter (previously labeled Plug-in Visibility) in bottom left corner.
- Suffix Handling and UnCategorized Plug-in Handling are now separate sub-tabs
Control what folder your uncategorized plug-ins appear in (not a new feature except for the VST3 handling.
- Plug-in Filter (bottom left) has been updated to include VST3s.
If "Show Plug-in Type Information" is checked VST3s are identified with "3" for VST3 and "3i" for VST3i
Quick Info feature:
- Image shows how VST3s are identified (within MenuMagic).
- IsVST column has been rename to PlugType
- Appearance Options showing new VST3 grid legend labels
- Formerly name 'CW Plug-In Scanner'
Image below shows new setting Sonar X3 options
- Save Menu Layouts
Fixed problem when saving layout to "All Sonar Layouts" - Plug-in Info Grid
- Fixed bug where when loading/changing grid layouts that MenuMagic could lock up forcing you to terminate application to close it.
- When Resetting the Grid and choosing the ALL option - search indexes are now reset as well to the default setting (on Menu Name).
- When in search mode hitting F3 will search for next match.
- Help
When Help is in external mode and in search mode hitting F3 will search for next match. - Various tweaks to fix minor appearance issues, improve performance, etc.
- Help documentation
The images in the help documentation have not been updated to show changes in this latest release. - Dupe Fixer - does not currently recognize VST3 versions of VST2 plug-ins as dupes.
On the to-do list. - Warning!
Mixing usage of Waves VST 2 & VST 3 plug-ins in a project - NO!
This is a Waves issue - not an issue with Sonar or MenuMagic.
You cannot have mix the usage of different types (VST 2/VST 3) of Waves plug-ins in a project without bad things happening! The different Wave shells are not compatible and it can cause all your Wave plug-in in the project to be silent or even crash Sonar!
- I will be looking at having MenuMagic do some optional filtering or Dupe Fixing to prevent you from creating 'dangerous' menus that contain both. But until I can get around it to it - it's up to you not shoot yourself in the foot!
regular price $69.99
Price will increase in later beta stages and all early adopter discounts will expire on the final release of V2.
MenuMagic Purchase link
Buy now and you will receive the latest version of MenuMagic, access to beta versions and receive a free upgrade to version 2 when it is released
