VST FL Studio Library\Database Management

[tophatwilliam]

Greetings

I have 2000 VSTS including native instruments komplete 13 collectors addition

i dont know what most of my VSTS are. They are only listed in fl studio as either effect or generator

not sure how to handle this

[satYatunes]

It's a herculean task to organize it properly. I just went through a clean up routine after upgrading to Windows 11.

First of all you need to uninstall the ones that you don't use.
I have Komplete standard and have installed only the fx and library that I use. Native access is pretty good so if u need something from the pack you can install it in a few mins.

Another thing that I did was renaming the file extension from dll/vst3 to something else. This way it remains on the hard disk but doesn't show up in DAW. If I need it, I just have to rename it and scan.
Some DAW even allow you to hide (studio one) or create your own list (sonar).
FL Studio also allows to create your own list by using favourite method. This way it shows only the fav plugins in the list.

Like I said it needs some time and patience to get it organised properly. There are some youtube videos for fl studio plugin organization. Look for it.

[musical_duck]

Using AI to categorise them "might" help. Or at least be a starting point.

You can use the following commands on Windows to copy all your FL Studio VSTs as a list which you can paste into say https://perplexity.com. You can ask it to categorise by Type or Company for example.

Open the Command Prompt and put one of the following:

To copy a list of your Effects VST3s to your clipboard:

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dir /b "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Image-Line\FL Studio\Presets\Plugin database\Installed\Effects\VST3" | clip

To copy a list of your Instrument VST3s to your clipboard:

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dir /b "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Image-Line\FL Studio\Presets\Plugin database\Installed\Generators\VST3" | clip

This will copy them to your clipboard. Then you can paste the list into an AI and ask it to categorise by Type or Company for example.

Note: the above commands are for VST3s. For older VSTs you can remove the 3 at the end.

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Edit: Also agree with what @satYatunes said above. It does take a bit of time to do this.

[robindrieghe]

2000 , why?

[lepharaon]

Greetings

I have 2000 VSTS including native instruments komplete 13 collectors addition

i dont know what most of my VSTS are. They are only listed in fl studio as either effect or generator

not sure how to handle this

Use FL’s Plugin Manager: fix generator/effect types, organize folders, rescan, then tag. Optional: use third-party cataloging for 2000+ VSTs.