https://surveysyellow.amebaownd.com/posts/17881650. As shown some time ago for the Mac, today’s tip shows you how to organize your plug-ins on windows, in order to find and load them quickly into Blue Cat’s PatchWork or MB-7 Mixer.

Where Is My Vst Folder
Vst Plugin Folder Structure Software
Vst Plugin Folder Structure Checker

As you will see, It’s no rocket science, and this will greatly improve your experience and reduce the time to load your plug-ins.

Where Is My Vst Folder

Spending Too Much Time Looking For Plug-Ins?

Some DAWs pay attention to a folder structure and others ignore it completely. I am not quite sure how Cubase recognizes VSTs. However, I like to have my VSTs grouped by vendor. I have all my 64 bit VSTs set up in a structure like C: Program Files Steinberg Vendor and I put all dll files under the respective sub-directories.
Waves Plug-Ins Folder Location. Last updated on: 4:42:07 AM. When prompted by your host application to “Locate the Waves Plug-Ins Folder,” direct it to. Windows: C: Program Files (x86) Waves Plug-Ins V12 (or V11/V10/V9, whichever version is installed on your device).

Some people have been asking for the capability to load the plug-ins directly from the menu instead of having to open an Explorer Window. While this may be added in the future to our software, be aware that it may never beat what you can already do today with the Windows Explorer or Finder, as you will see below…

Vst Plugin Folder Structure Software

Hi there, It is so hard to categorize plugins in plugin manager if you have lots of plugins, I would love to see my VST plugins needed to be categorized by inner folder structure, That would save lots of time after you re-install os or plugins. I hope I will see this feature in next versions, Gre.

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How To

On Windows, whatever you do, your VST plug-ins folder will probably quickly look like a huge mess, unfortunately…

There is however a very simple way to overcome this issue and organize your plug-ins properly: it will just take you a few minutes!

To quickly access your plug-ins, without modifying the original install locations (for optimal compatibility), just do the following:
1. Create a new folder somewhere convenient on your system. For example in the ” My Documents” directory.
2. Label the new folder as “Plug-ins”.
3. Drag it into your Sidebar Favorites section to make it available as a shortcut there.
4. Go to your VST plug-ins folder.
5. Right click on each plugin you want and choose “Create shortcut” (multi-selection works too).
6. Move these shortcuts to your new folder, and create sub-folders to organize them.

Here you go! You can now access plug-ins quickly using the shortcuts, inside the appropriate folders:

VST Plug-Ins organized into subfolders, directly accessible from the Favorites Sidebar

Additional Tip: You can also choose to add several folders to the favorite bar instead of a single one, to access directly the mostly used plug-ins that you use most of the time.

One More Tip: It is possible to add a shortcut to the same plug-in in different folders, as it may be valid for several categories.

Not Fancy Enough? Add Some Icons!

Once you have properly organized the plug-ins thanks to shortcuts and linked to them from the favorites bar, you may want to add some colors to it and change the icons. You can set a different icon for each folder, and even for each plug-in:

Plug-Ins Folders with Custom Icons

With custom icons, it is even easier to find the plug-ins: a glance will suffice to pickup the right one!

Free Search Included!

And one more thing… Did you know that you can then use the standard windows search feature to find the plug-ins? Just type in a name and you’ll get it instantly!

VST Plug-In Search Included !

Conclusion

Simply using the Windows Explorer properly and taking the time to organize things will greatly improve the plug-in loading experience. There are even features that are not available in most host applications (how many do provide custom icons and search?).

Vst Plugin Folder Structure Checker

Do you still need an included plug-in menu? Please discuss below!