Keith Wilby Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) Hi all, is there a way to delete items from the Browser window please? It's probably staring me in the face but I just don't see it. I have two instances of AD2 (I moved the second one from the "Synth" folder) but the VST is installed only once. Thanks. EDIT: looking in the plug-in manager, there are actually two instances, one in "VST Instruments (VSTi)" and another in "VST3 Instruments (VST3i)" - have I inadvertently installed two instances? Edited February 16, 2023 by Keith Wilby New info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjoens Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) DO NOT DELETE! One is VST2 and the other VST3 (top one), as it should be. Notice the icons are also different. (VST3 sorta resembles a 3. VST2 sorta resembles a 1/4" audio plug) When highlighting it, the text along the bottom frame will reveal it's true identity. BTW, My installer is refusing to add the VST3 for some reason. Edited February 16, 2023 by sjoens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoo Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 If you want to hideone of them, Exclude it using the Plugin Manager (Tools menu). It'll still be loaded in existing projects using it, but not available from henceforth (unless you un-exclude in Plugin Manager). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjoens Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 You can also reorganize them by "Type" which separates VST2, VST3, DX Or download this easier-to-read icon pack and add it to your favorite theme: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Wilby Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 Many thanks @sjoens and @Kevin Perry. I'll see if I can suss out the "hide" option. If it's easy to explain why we need two types then I'd be very interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 VST 3 is newer, an updated version and format. 2 will continue to work as designed for most of us. You don't "need" both of them, but if you have a lot of projects using 2 and you delete it from your computer, things will happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGBradford Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 I keep both VST2 and 3 on my PC as I have read reports of VST3 occasionally not working well - it has never been an issue for me but for the limited space they take it seems a worthwhile precaution 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Sorice Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 5 hours ago, sjoens said: You can also reorganize them by "Type" which separates VST2, VST3, DX Or download this easier-to-read icon pack and add it to your favorite theme: sjoens, Not very good with Themes (other than picking them in Preferences!). Those icons are nice, but it is just an image. Not sure where I can get them or how to add them to a theme. Any guidance you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjoens Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Sure, just grab the image above and drag it to your desktop. Then open your favorite theme in Theme Editor. Click on Browser, then Plug-in Browser. Scroll to Plug-in Tree Icons and right click it. Select Import and navigate to the downloaded image. Select it and click Open. Save the theme and load it in Preferences. These are also color-coded to match CbB's dropdown lists used elsewhere. BTW you can't save the theme if it's the current theme and CbB is open. Just switch themes, save this one in Theme Editor, then switch back. Edited February 17, 2023 by sjoens 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Sorice Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 15 hours ago, sjoens said: Sure, just grab the image above and drag it to your desktop. Then open your favorite theme in Theme Editor. Click on Browser, then Plug-in Browser. Scroll to Plug-in Tree Icons and right click it. Select Import and navigate to the downloaded image. Select it and click Open. Save the theme and load it in Preferences. These are also color-coded to match CbB's dropdown lists used elsewhere. BTW you can't save the theme if it's the current theme and CbB is open. Just switch themes, save this one in Theme Editor, then switch back. Thanks sjoens - that worked! Someday I'll have to learn more about theme editor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjoens Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Glad it worked for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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