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raring · Post by **raring** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 2:45 pm

I would greatly suggest to change the plugin names. It's super confusing for me and always requires me to think a few seconds which plugin I want to use.

+++1 !!!

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 2:47 pm

A good host will allow you to rename plugins on your own.

Brittlestem · Post by **Brittlestem** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 2:58 pm

EvilDragon wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 2:47 pm A good host will allow you to rename plugins on your own.

Is this possible in Pro Tools?

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:04 pm

No idea, I don't use PT.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:58 pm

I wonder if the company that calls their most known plug-ins C4, L1, L2, L3 etc. gets similar requests all the time?

Neon Breath · Post by **Neon Breath** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 5:06 pm

Fabfilter Pro-R, Pro-Q, Pro-C, Pro-L, never understand what they stand for. It's so messed up and difficult to wrap your head around!! ...

sascha · Post by **sascha** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 5:19 pm

That's why it's 'Pro'

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 5:47 pm

EvilDragon wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 2:47 pm A good host will allow you to rename plugins on your own.

before you load them?

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:27 pm

Yes, before you load them. Can just rename the plugins directly in the plugin browser in Reaper.

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:59 pm

EvilDragon wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:27 pm Yes, before you load them. Can just rename the plugins directly in the plugin browser in Reaper.

Cool - tested! Doesn't rename the actual file.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:02 pm

Correct, doesn't rename it! Protip: if you rename the plugin starting with #, it will actually completely hide it from the plugin list in Reaper (if an option to do that is enabled in the FX browser's context menu).

david.beholder · Post by **david.beholder** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:13 pm

Brittlestem wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 2:58 pm Is this possible in Pro Tools?

Nor in Ableton

Dirtgrain · Post by **Dirtgrain** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:01 pm

I agree about the names. I've been at this a year now, and I find some names confusing (synths called u-l-b4-x or something). I much prefer names over codes. It's more of an issue when one has many plugins. Not a deal breaker--just a user experience issue.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:08 pm

The problem is and remains that changing the names breaks backward compatibility. That's why we won't do it even though we already spent many days of development time on the matter.

Photontic · Post by **Photontic** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:37 pm

Urs wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:08 pm The problem is and remains that changing the names breaks backward compatibility. That's why we won't do it even though we already spent many days of development time on the matter.

I thought all of that was handled by the unique ID for a given plugin? Or does the ID change if you change the name of the plugin?

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