Tutorial : How to categorize your plug-ins in FL Studio.

[soulkraka]

Several people have enquired/complained recently about FL Studios lack of plug-in management features.

Here's how to DIY.


1. Make a folder and call it something like "FL-VST".

2. Create folders/subdirectories inside of that folder based on how you'd like to organize your vsts; instruments , effects ('verb, eq/comp, distortion, mod etc etc).

3. Now place this wherever you like on your hard drive, perhaps in your steinberg vst plugs folder.

4. Open up FL and load an instrument. In the fruity wrapper "save preset as" to the FL-VST instrument folder. Repeat for all your Synths and effects.

5. In FL file settings choose FL-VST as an extra search directory.

Now you can drag and drop right from the browser to create instruments. Effects work the same way but you just drag and drop onto the mixer channel you want.

HTH

Does that make sense?

[bmanic]

yes it does. This is what i've been doing since fl4. It's also a great way of having each favourite synth/effect ready to rock with useful custom default settings.

Cheers!
bManic

[zircon]

Wow, thanks! I didn't know you could have VSTs in the browser. This is awesome.

[soulkraka]

.....It's also a great way of having each favourite synth/effect ready to rock with useful custom default settings.

Cheers!
bManic

thats right...I just figured I'd let everyone figure that one out themselves and enjoy their "mini-epiphany".

[Rune L-H]

Yes, thats a good tip.
I've been doing that with a handful of VST's too. The only thing that bothers me about it, and leaves we wishing FL Studio would use normal categorization as in the VST folder itself, is this part:

Repeat for all your Synths and effects.

Cheers,
Rune