Topic: how to avoid VST prescan?

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  • July 15, 2008 at 03:33 #1655
    spoonboiler
    Participant

    Hello
    One thing that I have never been able to stand is when DAW software insists on scanning my whole VST folder before I can use it.
    With Podium, I used to just import them as I needed them, But now I can’t seem to figure out how to a) start a project without the big crazy time-consuming scan, and then b) import VST plugins as I need them, one by one.
    Can someone please walk me though this (in very basic terms, I have used Podium quite a bit in the past, but have not been making music for a long time – Podium has changed a lot !)? I would sure appreciate that.

    BTW: although I prefer not to have to scan my plugins first, I must say that Podium has really come a long way since I last used it. Fantastic how it can advance so far, yet still keep the core values that made it so great to begin with. Nice job, Frits! I have never once had reason to second guess my purchase.

    -g

    July 15, 2008 at 05:31 #12839
    acousmod
    Participant

    By the way Frits, can you remind me how to make Podium create only one multichannel mapping (instead of a folder full of seperated mappings) when scanning the folder, like when importing a single multichannel plugin ?

    I’m not sure I understand you correctly, but if you right-click a mapping of a multi IO global plugin, you can use the menu “New multichannel insert mapping”.

    July 15, 2008 at 12:43 #12841
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    But now I can’t seem to figure out how to a) start a project without the big crazy time-consuming scan, and then b) import VST plugins as I need them, one by one.

    When you start with a new project on the start page, deselect the two “scan and import …” options before pressing the “create project” button. Afterwards you import individual plugins with the “Devices” menu on the project start page.

    July 15, 2008 at 12:49 #12842
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    By the way Frits, can you remind me how to make Podium create only one multichannel mapping (instead of a folder full of seperated mappings) when scanning the folder, like when importing a single multichannel plugin ?

    I’m not sure I understand you correctly, but if you right-click a mapping of a multi IO global plugin, you can use the menu “New multichannel insert mapping”.

    July 18, 2008 at 08:09 #12860
    spoonboiler
    Participant

    😳

    Thanx, Frits.

    I wonder how I could have not see / figured that one out!

    Anyway, thank you again, and sorry for wasting forum space with such an inane question.

    Podium Rocks!

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