how to have IK Multimedia install only owned plugins

[ramseysounds]

Just delete the ones you don't need. Annoying but the only workaround I know of

[rafa1981]

I got some freebie from IK and I installed it. I got dozens of unasked plugins on my hard disk that I couldn't use.

I didn't even test the freebie and erased everything. Luckily it happened to me on the first interaction through freeware, so no hard feelings at all as there was no money and almost no time lost. The exact same thing happened with Melda, but those where harder to remove fully for some reason I don't remember.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Point of clarification: this isn't all IK plugins, but just T-Racks from what I understand. If you download their B3 organ, you don't have to install every IK plugin. But if you want the Leslie Collection, you have to install every T-Racks plugin.

Best solution to date? Use your DAWs plugin manager to hide the ones you don't own. Once and done.

What I recall IK saying: T-Racks 6 would allow for On-Demand installation whenever that comes out.

[Muziksculp]

Yes, using your DAW's Plug-in manager to hide the unlicensed plugins is the solution for now.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Just delete the ones you don't need. Annoying but the only workaround I know of

Deleting only works as long as you never update. Otherwise you're repeatedly doing it. If your DAW's Plugin Manager allows you to hide the ones you don't own, you don't have to hide the plugins again after an update. It's once and done.

If your DAW doesn't allow you to hide plugins (looking at you Studio One), then contact your DAW-maker with a feature request.

[zvenx]

I know this doesn't affect most, but sometimes I get betas to test that break the plugin hidden features of some of the hosts I have, so I end up at square 1.
What I do is indeed delete the ones I don't' have license for (I do the same thing for the other villain UAD), and I only upgrade when I absolutely must.

Plus on my macbook pro, space is a premium commodity.
rsp

[ssl4000]

I am not loving this strategy as well, however being a huge fan of their stealth limiter I kind of pretend to not be annoyed by this but it's good to see they have plans to allow us which plugins we would like to install

[Mr Arkadin]

If your DAW doesn't allow you to hide plugins (looking at you Studio One), then contact your DAW-maker with a feature request.

Right-click on plug-in > Hide

or

View > Plug-In Manager to see the full list where you can de-activate the plugins you see by toggling the bullet point by the name.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

If your DAW doesn't allow you to hide plugins (looking at you Studio One), then contact your DAW-maker with a feature request.

Right-click on plug-in > Hide

or

View > Plug-In Manager to see the full list where you can de-activate the plugins you see by toggling the bullet point by the name.

Is it globally "renaming" plugins you can't do in S1's browser? I know you can rename individual instances in the mixer, but can you permanently create a plugin alias? That might be what I was thinking S1's browser can't do.

I used to use S1 all the time, but Reaper's my primary DAW now so my memory gets a little fuzzy.

[Mr Arkadin]

Is it globally "renaming" plugins you can't do in S1's browser? I know you can rename individual instances in the mixer, but can you permanently create a plugin alias? That might be what I was thinking S1's browser can't do.

I can't see a way to do it. Would be handy sometimes. For instance I have a Native Instruments folder for Kontakt and a separate Native Instruments GmbH folder for Reaktor, because that's what it's tagged as in the metadata. Obviously having them in one folder would be preferable.

[TMaudio]

buy them all, this way you won't have to delete anything

[dayjob]

delete them after install or use a different developer's plug ins.

what's fun is when there's an update and you don't want to install it because you don't want to go thru the pita of deleting 50 files from each of your AU/VST folders.

i only own one IK plug in and currently don't have installed because i got a new computer in november and can't be bothered w/that crap. not missing it. tried to sell it here but no one wants it.

[TW5011]

If you're running Windows, you can create a batch file (script) to delete them, which you'd have to run manually after every update. Create a new file -- something like clean-up-TRacks.bat -- the filename has to end with .bat -- and put this inside:

move "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\TR5*.vst3" "G:\Temp\TR5 files to sort\"
copy "G:\temp\TR5 files to sort\TR5 Fame Studio Reverb.vst3" "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\"
copy "G:\temp\TR5 files to sort\TR5 Comprexxor.vst3" "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\"
del "G:\temp\TR5 files to sort\TR5*.vst3"
pause

Change the "G:\temp\TR5 files to sort\" path in each line to be a temporary directory that exists on your PC. And obviously change the filenames in the 2nd and 3rd lines to be whatever plugins you own, and add more similar lines as necessary. The pause at the end keeps the window open so you can verify that it worked as intended.

Note: This is written for VST3 files only. But the same concept can be applied to VST2, just update the paths.

Note #2: You need to run this as administrator, which can be done by right-clicking on the .bat file.

[zerocrossing]

Buy them all.

[ATS]

I for one simply don't buy anything at all from this company

+1

Most of their stuff is replaceable.

Most everyone's stuff is replaceable. Not just IK. We are super spoiled for choice.