TW12: How to better organize plugins in the plugin browser?

[Ally007]

Is there a way to add your own plugin folders to the inbuilt plugin browser? For example, can you configure it so that all your synth plugins are within one folder called 'Synthesizers'? Thank you!

[FigBug]

Yes, in Settings > Plugins is the favourites plugins lists. You can create folders and organize your plugins however you want

[aMUSEd]

Tags is the way I prefer, then a plugin can have multiple descriptors, enabling very precise organisation and searches

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Although Figbug, can we please have the ability to save the library prefs such as unchecking of 'show folders' and having 'Plugins' selected so I don't have to change those 2 things every time I open Tracktion?

[FigBug]

Although Figbug, can we please have the ability to save the library prefs such as unchecking of 'show folders' and having 'Plugins' selected so I don't have to change those 2 things every time I open Tracktion?

What version are you running? I did that a while ago, it should be getting saved in the edit.

[aMUSEd]

I’m still on 12.5.21 and it's not working for me

[Ally007]

Tags is the way I prefer, then a plugin can have multiple descriptors, enabling very precise organisation and searches

Thank you, aMUSEd; I added a "Synths" tag to all my synth plugins, but it seems there is no way to take advantage of your tags when in the project editing window, is there? If I click the "+" on a track, to select a plugin, I still see the same old full and unorganized list, and no way to see just the plugins that have a specific tag.

[aMUSEd]

I always have the browser sidepane open and drag plugins from the browser as I need them

[Ally007]

Yes, in Settings > Plugins is the favourites plugins lists. You can create folders and organize your plugins however you want

Thank you, FigBug; that's exactly what I wanted.

[aMUSEd]

Although Figbug, can we please have the ability to save the library prefs such as unchecking of 'show folders' and having 'Plugins' selected so I don't have to change those 2 things every time I open Tracktion?

What version are you running? I did that a while ago, it should be getting saved in the edit.

So is this only in 13?

[pough]

It saves (in v13) per Edit, but not as a general thing. So for example if I open the tags, show only plugins and turn off folders in an Edit, then any time I open that Edit those settings will remain. Other Edits will have their own settings. Any new Edits, though, will have the defaults: tags hidden, all results, show folders.

It would be nice for those settings to save into a Layout. At the very least, the status of the Master track should save into a Layout. Isn't it one of the global tracks?

Speaking of which, in new Edits the global tracks aren't shown even though the Blue Eye says they're toggled on. It's kinda weird. I understand there is a separate visibility control for them, but why? Both controls (the global tracks icon and the Blue Eye) can feel broken because they can sometimes do nothing when one is overriding the other.

[JamminFool]

It saves (in v13) per Edit, but not as a general thing. So for example if I open the tags, show only plugins and turn off folders in an Edit, then any time I open that Edit those settings will remain. Other Edits will have their own settings. Any new Edits, though, will have the defaults: tags hidden, all results, show folders.

It would be nice for those settings to save into a Layout. At the very least, the status of the Master track should save into a Layout. Isn't it one of the global tracks?

+1

Speaking of which, in new Edits the global tracks aren't shown even though the Blue Eye says they're toggled on. It's kinda weird. I understand there is a separate visibility control for them, but why? Both controls (the global tracks icon and the Blue Eye) can feel broken because they can sometimes do nothing when one is overriding the other.

that is weird. i never noticed that before.

[JamminFool]

Tags is the way I prefer, then a plugin can have multiple descriptors, enabling very precise organisation and searches

Thank you, aMUSEd; I added a "Synths" tag to all my synth plugins, but it seems there is no way to take advantage of your tags when in the project editing window, is there? If I click the "+" on a track, to select a plugin, I still see the same old full and unorganized list, and no way to see just the plugins that have a specific tag.

i haven't tagged my plugins, but is Settings>Plugins>Plugin Selector = Tag Menu what you are looking for?

[aMUSEd]

The thing I like about tags is any plugin can have multiple tags so you can refine searches to locate specific types eg fx-reverb-granular-huge. However that works best where you can see the browser with the ‘tag cloud’ above it as in my screenshot and with a drag and drop approach to adding plugins. So I never user the in track plugin menu as that approach forces more of a linear approach to organisation

[aMUSEd]

It saves (in v13) per Edit, but not as a general thing. So for example if I open the tags, show only plugins and turn off folders in an Edit, then any time I open that Edit those settings will remain. Other Edits will have their own settings. Any new Edits, though, will have the defaults: tags hidden, all results, show folders.

It would be nice for those settings to save into a Layout. At the very least, the status of the Master track should save into a Layout. Isn't it one of the global tracks?

Speaking of which, in new Edits the global tracks aren't shown even though the Blue Eye says they're toggled on. It's kinda weird. I understand there is a separate visibility control for them, but why? Both controls (the global tracks icon and the Blue Eye) can feel broken because they can sometimes do nothing when one is overriding the other.

Thanks for confirming- yeah it would be better as a global option or layout, not just per project