Pro Tools RTAS Plugins - Folder Names
 

Is it possible to change the plugin folder names in pro tools, or create you own? Has anybody ever done it?

I just think it would be so useful if, for example, I could make a folder called "Bass", and then put my go to plugins for bass guitar in that folder. Or one called vocals, etc...

Also, instead of moving plugins to the unused folder, I could make a folder called "rarely used" and throw all the plugins in there that I don't use very often. I get tired of searching through plugin folders to find specific plugins. It would be much easier to just find the one I'm looking for, quickly.

A feature like this would definitely save me time, and I assume others as well.

If I'm not mistaken, you can make you own folders in wavelab, and maybe even nuendo and cubase too. Can it be done with pro tools?

Re: Pro Tools RTAS Plugins - Folder Names
 

Try DigiBase Catalogs.

Re: Pro Tools RTAS Plugins - Folder Names
 

How would I do it? I've always used the catalogs for a different application.

Also, is it possible to move plugins from one folder to another? A few of my plugins show up in "Other", and I would prefer them to be in one of the other categories

Re: Pro Tools RTAS Plugins - Folder Names
 

Ahhh... no, that sort of organizing is not supported in Pro Tools. However you can hold Ctrl and click what plug-ins you'd like to elevate to the top of the plug-in list.

Re: Pro Tools RTAS Plugins - Folder Names
 

That's too bad. It would be cool. I actually do use the shift shortcut for favorite plugins. Looks like my only option is to use the "organize plugins menus by" function in setup. Thanks

BTW, on a lightly different topic...do you have any idea what happened to the digidesign databases folders? I guess they don't exist anymore in PT9? Perhaps if they did they would say Avid Databases....

Re: Pro Tools RTAS Plugins - Folder Names
 

There was a revision of the DataBase where one central Database folder contains all database files for all the Volumes contained on a system. The location of that directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Digidesign\Pro Tools\Databases\Unicode\Volumes

Re: Pro Tools RTAS Plugins - Folder Names
 

SoundToys puts their plug-ins in a folder within the Plug-ins folder. You can do the same with other plug-ins. I don't know how deep you can nest folders.

Organizing the actual plug-ins in separate folders does not seem to affect where the plug-ins show up in the list within Pro Tools.

Not sure if this works for Waves plug-ins. Never tried it.

Re: Pro Tools RTAS Plugins - Folder Names
 

there is this shell2vst freeware app floating around to do just this with waves in different hosts, but it is only in the vst world, not ours of rtas.

would be awesome if someone could do something similar for rtas....