KVR Audio

Will Records · Post by **Will Records** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:48 am

Hello,
I'm looking for a way to organize my plugins better than just storing them in a folder.
Is there a way to tag your plugins?

yellowmix · Post by **yellowmix** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:51 am

What DAW do you use?

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:21 am

Will Records · Post by **Will Records** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:42 am

yellowmix wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:51 am What DAW do you use?

REAPER

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:45 am

You can add custom folders in Reaper's plugin browser, if that helps.

TBH, Reaper's browser is a mess, no wonder you're looking for more overview.

Will Records · Post by **Will Records** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 12:07 pm

I know that, but I would like to have a system where I can search for "drums" and "punk" and then I will be shown the right plugins or the plugins where I think they are good for it. Like the tag function in a sample manager.

yellowmix · Post by **yellowmix** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:37 pm

Well, you can rename the plugins. So you can add tags to the name itself. Then search for the "tag" like you would for any part of the name.

Even faster, try the Fast FX Finder by n0ne: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=229807

Calenberger · Post by **Calenberger** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 3:28 pm

I use this:

mcbpete · Post by **mcbpete** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 3:49 pm

I've not tried it yet but I *think* this is one of the features of PluginGuru's Unify plugin - https://www.pluginguru.com/products/unify-standard/

EDIT: Yep check out the 'subsets' demonstration at 10:35 here -

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 3:51 pm

Yeah, you surely need third party tools for that.

Will Records · Post by **Will Records** » Fri Jan 31, 2020 6:39 am

Thanks, there are really cool ideas. I'll try to program a program that assigns the plugins tags, until then I'll just write the tags directly in the plugin names.

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Fri Jan 31, 2020 10:09 am

Unify, VIP or the Bitwig browser can organize and tag presets independent of plugins. In the end you want sounds. You call up a preset and that preset knows which plugin to load... Same idea is behind NI KK... If the DAW does not do it, the disadvantage is, that there is always a plugin within a plugin...

justcosmic1 · Post by **justcosmic1** » Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:27 pm

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I know this is quite an old thread...But just letting you know the following:
I've recently done a feature request for Tags for plugins and presets in Reaper:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php ... hreadtools (https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?p=2733941#goto_threadtools)

Also there's a Reaper script called Adder v2 which has had requests for tags. That would give the same result more or less.
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=232928&page=3 (https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=232928&page=3)

I don't know if a lot of people get the power of Tags for this use case - but IMO it's THE solution for plugin and preset management. It solves the whole problem, regardless of folder structures and every other consideration.

TVbene · Post by **TVbene** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:10 am

Maybe ReaLearn and its Pot Browser is something for you:

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=278971