This line of plugins with 8.0 is really pretty wonderful. I am so happy with em. But why not include a general use plugin for fast frequency analyzer with a nice graphic display to assist with more efficient eq adjustments.
Add the ability to change the category of a plugin and change the name too. This would be very useful for wrapped plugins as well as RTAS if you like to view by category rather than manufacturer.
I wish you could COMMAND+DRAG the already created output of a track to the input of another for quick routing. You could do this for busses too.
Lots of knobs with buttons to map 7 band parametric EQ's, etc. like D-Control does. Would also be great for synthesizers, delays, reverbs, anything that has more parameters than can be addressed with the 8 encoders on current units so as not having to scroll through page after page.
A single toggle-button to hide and show Plug-in windows, like V in Logic.
Extremely easy to do, and very useful!!
It would be really nice if we could put commonly used or "favorite plugins" in a toolbar at the top of the screen and then click and drop them on tracks or groups of tracks. It would reduce the number of clicks and searching in categories greatly. Frankly, I'd rather have something that i don't have to click 4 or 5 times to get at. The plugin menus are outdated and time consuming. If it takes too much graphical resources, ...more »
It would be really nice if we could put commonly used or "favorite plugins" in a toolbar at the top of the screen and then click and drop them on tracks or groups of tracks. It would reduce the number of clicks and searching in categories greatly. Frankly, I'd rather have something that i don't have to click 4 or 5 times to get at. The plugin menus are outdated and time consuming. If it takes too much graphical resources, then make it optional and leave the original way in the software. But for me, computing is not a problem. I need a philosophy based on faster workflows and smarter interface design.
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Currently the only way to adjust multiple parameters across multiple plugins on the same track is by a lengthy and tedious setup of automation lanes - there is NO other way in Pro Tools. However, if there were smart knobs or macros the creative possibilities would be endless and automation would be 20 times faster. This could be solved with a simple addition to the UI and a right-click menu. This is EXACTLY how the ...more »
Currently the only way to adjust multiple parameters across multiple plugins on the same track is by a lengthy and tedious setup of automation lanes - there is NO other way in Pro Tools.
However, if there were smart knobs or macros the creative possibilities would be endless and automation would be 20 times faster.
This could be solved with a simple addition to the UI and a right-click menu. This is EXACTLY how the "Smart Knobs" work in Structure.
You simply click a parameter on a plugin and "Assign to Smart Knob 1" go to the next and do the same. It's super easy to use and Avid could just use that technology in tracks.
Check out the the picture below, I'm sure Avid can think of something better but this is the idea...
This feature combined with Channel Strips will be extremely powerful and innovative for PT users.
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New Digirack plugin for multiband dynamic noise reduction.
Native support of audio unit plug-ins
There are many of us who use the Eleven plugin on a daily basis and adopted the plugin into our workflows long before the Eleven Rack came out. We've been waiting patiently on new amp models for our beloved plugin, but were incredibly disappointed to find out that the new amps will only be available for purchase to Rack users. I am proposing that the new update be brought to the plugin. I'm not asking for the Eleven ...more »
There are many of us who use the Eleven plugin on a daily basis and adopted the plugin into our workflows long before the Eleven Rack came out. We've been waiting patiently on new amp models for our beloved plugin, but were incredibly disappointed to find out that the new amps will only be available for purchase to Rack users.
I am proposing that the new update be brought to the plugin. I'm not asking for the Eleven FX, just the new models. I, as well as many other plugin-only users, would gladly pay the $99 upgrade fee that you are charging to rack users to get the new amps.
Many of us have no intention of buying the Eleven Rack regardless of whether or not these amps are ever brought to the plugin. We don't want another interface and don't want to alter our hardware setups - we just want the update.
Don't leave your early adopters and professional users out in the cold. Bring the new amps to the Eleven plugin!
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The current Gain Audiosuite plugin only provides a single gain control over Left and Right audio material. The plugin would be much more useful if it provided separate Left and Right controls. As well, the plugin should display individual Peak or RMS levels for each channel when using the "find level" button.
Oh and how about a stereo Trim plugin too, dual mono doesn't quite cut it..
To be able to automate plugin preset changes would be extremely helpful in both the studio an stage.
it can save so much time and cpu, if we don't have to automate all the parameters, we just need to automate a present change!!
I think it would be extremely easy and helpful to outline in GREEN any plug-ins that have the Automation Safe option turned on. It's more than annoying to have to go through each plug-in individually to see if it's been marked Safe. Also, allowing Option+Clicking and Option+Shift+Clicking to the SAFE button for turning it on across multiple plug-ins would be very helpful as well.
This is a simple idea, but one that would maximise screen real estate for those who like to keep certain plugin windows open all the time (ie. master bus plugins etc) Have a clickable 'arrow' at the top left of a plugin window (the actual Pro Tools 'header' section, not the plugin GUI) that would allow you to show/hide the header section, displaying ONLY the track name. There are certain situations when you don't ...more »
This is a simple idea, but one that would maximise screen real estate for those who like to keep certain plugin windows open all the time (ie. master bus plugins etc)
Have a clickable 'arrow' at the top left of a plugin window (the actual Pro Tools 'header' section, not the plugin GUI) that would allow you to show/hide the header section, displaying ONLY the track name.
There are certain situations when you don't need immediate access to Bypass / plugin name / automation.. ie. Compressor or meters on the master buss etc..
This would really free up wasted screen real estate and allow a better layout.
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Synchronic is a great basic sample and loop trigger plugin that is now surpassed by Transfuser. To increase the arsenal of basic useful plugins Avid should add the Synchronic plugin for free with Pro Tools.
It would be a huge leap in productivity if we could see actual key switch positions on the midi editor's piano roll
Even maybe allowing us to customize color and labeling of said switches.
The idea is like that of track playlists where if you want to duplicate the regions on a track and put it on a new playlist so you can do some audiosuite processing and not hurt the original files, its not a problem. It'd be nice to be able to do the same for plugins. There could be a little pop down menu for the plugin chain that has the same options that the track playlists have (New, Duplicate, etc.). When you selected ...more »
The idea is like that of track playlists where if you want to duplicate the regions on a track and put it on a new playlist so you can do some audiosuite processing and not hurt the original files, its not a problem. It'd be nice to be able to do the same for plugins. There could be a little pop down menu for the plugin chain that has the same options that the track playlists have (New, Duplicate, etc.). When you selected "New" all the plugins would be cleared and a new plugin playlist would be up...You could still flip back to the old on and hear the old processing if you wanted. Or you could click duplicate and the same plugins would pop up on a new plugin playlist so you could make tweaks across multiple plugins and flip back and forth. It would be a great way to A/B different sets of plugin combinations.
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Currently there is a bug that if you select an Audiosuite Plugin from the menu to open it, but you already have a window for that plugin open, Protools will open a second window for the same plugin. For those of us who have, over the years, set up our own shortcut keys to easily access frequently used Audiosuite plugins, this can result in many many many plugin windows being open, some of them hidden behind others. ...more »
Currently there is a bug that if you select an Audiosuite Plugin from the menu to open it, but you already have a window for that plugin open, Protools will open a second window for the same plugin. For those of us who have, over the years, set up our own shortcut keys to easily access frequently used Audiosuite plugins, this can result in many many many plugin windows being open, some of them hidden behind others.
It would be more useful if, when an Audiosuite plugin is selected from the menu and you already have a window open for that Audiosuite plugin, it would move that pre-existing window to the front. Then you could also put frequently used Audiosuite plugin windows on top of each other and not use as much screen space for them.
And while I'm asking... It would be lovely to have a shortcut key that "Render"s the file, instead of having to press the "Render" button.
Thank you!
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I think there should be an Eleven Rack VST plugin so when you are using the Eleven Rack in another Daw you can have better control like you have with Venum.
Very often i "browse" through a lot of plugin / instrument or effect presets of PT plugins to collect a "pre selection" which i have to save in mind, write on paper or to create a duplicate track for each in PT. It would save many work if there is some feature allowing to "collect" a track and/or sessions based subselection (lists) of plugin presets/settings valid on a track or session (ideally two lists: session selection, ...more »
Very often i "browse" through a lot of plugin / instrument or effect presets of PT plugins to collect a "pre selection" which i have to save in mind, write on paper or to create a duplicate track for each in PT.
It would save many work if there is some feature allowing to "collect" a track and/or sessions based subselection (lists) of plugin presets/settings valid on a track or session (ideally two lists: session selection, track selection).
Beside this it could be helpful too to give a ranking of each list entry (i.e. one to five stars).
If such a feature/extension is implemented it could be easily extended by automatic lists: "last used", "often used", "often/last used in session" etc..
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I need a way to associate a midi program change message (from an iPad, for example, pressing a virtual button) to a plug-in preset recall in a specific mixer module. This way, recalling a reverb preset will be simpler and faster, not requiring mouse actions.
Every time TCE is used when an AudioSuite window is open, the TCE function force-closes that plugin and it has to be re-opened. I can only imagine how it stifles creativity for musicians and sound designers (especially when a setting is not saved beforehand). It's directly a major annoyance for dialogue editors - I myself like to have the reverse plugin open at all times for doing complex backfill edits, but reinstating ...more »
Every time TCE is used when an AudioSuite window is open, the TCE function force-closes that plugin and it has to be re-opened.
I can only imagine how it stifles creativity for musicians and sound designers (especially when a setting is not saved beforehand). It's directly a major annoyance for dialogue editors - I myself like to have the reverse plugin open at all times for doing complex backfill edits, but reinstating it every time TCE closes it is not efficient for work flow.
Because TCE is integrated into the toolbar and functions as a tool in its own right,TCE should function as a separate process 'stream" so as not to interrupt the AudioSuite "stream"
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It would be amazing to be able to implement stereo sidechains instead of only mono buses that feed the sidechains of plugins. This would be especially useful for plugins on the 2-bus such as compressors.
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