KVR Audio

enCiphered · Post by **enCiphered** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:52 am

I bought the T-Racks tape collection a few days ago in the BF sale and just tried to install the plugins.
What the heck..? I had to install the COMPLETE bunch of T-Racks plugins on my system drive (which I DON`T WANT!) just to be able to run the few tape collection ones?

Please someone tell me that there is a different way to only select and install the tape collection!!

revvy · Post by **revvy** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:56 am

enCiphered wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:52 am I bought the T-Racks tape collection a few days ago in the BF sale and just tried to install the plugins.
What the heck..? I had to install the COMPLETE bunch of T-Racks plugins on my system drive (which I DON`T WANT!) just to be able to run the few tape collection ones?

Please someone tell me that there is a different way to only select and install the tape collection!!

I deleted my IK stuff be cause of how bad TRacks installation processes was. Also because their rep, Peter, chose to get Pas Agg about it.

Their other stuff isn’t so bad but TR is a fuster cluck.

‘Just delete the stuff you don’t use’ said IK’s forum influencers. Yes, just delete it every f**king time there’s an update.

YMMV, IMO etc

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Wed Nov 23, 2022 1:18 pm

If your host has a plugin manager, like Reaper, it's better to hide the plugins there. That way, you don't have to worry about repeating the clean up process with each update.

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 1:19 pm

Or, just buy everything! runs and ducks

seangm · Post by **seangm** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 2:08 pm

I like most of IK's stuff but yeah their installation process sucks. Like people above mentioned, you have to manually delete the plugins you don't want or hide them in your DAW.

revvy · Post by **revvy** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 2:35 pm

Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 1:18 pm If your host has a plugin manager, like Reaper, it's better to hide the plugins there. That way, you don't have to worry about repeating the clean up process with each update.

You see, I should have tried that ( not sure if possible in Logic?) rather than following somebody’s advice to delete them, only to have them come back after an update.

Oh well, that’s a good tip for OP to try

enCiphered · Post by **enCiphered** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:24 pm

I´m using Bitwig, I don´t think it has the option to hide plugins.
But this can´t be the solution here, guys. Noone can force me to install something I don´t want or need!
If there really is no way to just select and install what I bought, I will delete the Tape collection and ask for a refund. If they deny, I will sell it and never ever buy a single plugin from them again.
This is what I´ll do.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:29 pm

Another approach to try is just ignoring the other plugins. It all depends on how much you like the TRacks you have. For example, years ago when there weren't many tape echo emus out there, TRacks had theirs and it was not only a good one but based on my favourite hardware, the Echoplex. I owned it but none of the others. It didn't bother me and I just ignored the others. Eventually I ended up upgrading to the whole bundle. But if the TRacks you have aren't worth it to you, that's a problem. Try and ignore the other ones. IK won't fix this because they don't see it as a problem big enough to prioritize fixing it, based on their response to the issue.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:30 pm

the fun begins when they switch their activation procedure

. just a warning.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:39 pm

What I don’t like is that on Mac, you don’t get an option of which plugin format(s) to install in the installer. So I have to go and manually delete all the VST2 and AAX plugins after each update. But IK is far from alone on that.

It’s a little annoying that some developers do that, but I don’t pitch a temper tantrum over it.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:42 pm

plexuss wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:29 pm IK won't fix this because they don't see it as a problem big enough to prioritize fixing it, based on their response to the issue.

Peter has stated that the T-RackS 6 installer will let you chose which plugins you install.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:47 pm

revvy wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:56 am ‘Just delete the stuff you don’t use’ said IK’s forum influencers. Yes, just delete it every f**king time there’s an update.

So once or twice a year…
And that’s only to add a new model that you didn’t buy. Your T-RackS plugins are unchanged after the semi-annual update, so why do you even bother installing it?

pixel85 · Post by **pixel85** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:48 pm

jamcat wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:42 pm
plexuss wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:29 pm IK won't fix this because they don't see it as a problem big enough to prioritize fixing it, based on their response to the issue.
Peter has stated that the T-RackS 6 installer will let you chose which plugins you install.

I hope it doesn't mean that installer will force the installation of one more app just for this task

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:25 pm

oh dont forget the inplugin shop,

IK Multimedia - What the h..?!