VST installed in WaveEditor is there but not named ?

Pubquiz56

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Jun 12, 2016 08:17

Hi All ...My 1st post on forum.

I have just bought Powerdirector 14 Ultimate and so far love it

I have just installed the Blockfish,Floorfish and Spitfish plugins to WaveEditor.

However whwn I open the VST dropdown under effects they are not listed.

They ARE THERE though because if you click on the grey space under the blue bar in the right place it DOES launch the plugin and the yellow 'about VST' text has shifted down.

It's just that their names dont appear there just the blank grey background so I have to gues where to click for the correct plugin.

Any help gratefully accepted

Tom

BarryTheCrab

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Jun 12, 2016 08:46

This is something I have run across and it is only SOME VSTs. The ones you mentioned are on that list. I know of no solution but it must have to do with the VST naming protocol. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Pubquiz56

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Jun 12, 2016 09:24

Thanks very much Barry for the rapid reply. OK will just have to remember what is where.

I have moved onto Powerdirector (only bought it this week) from Sony Vegas 13 and am finding it a bit easier to understand so far..(am only an occasional user but do like trying things)...I particularly like the SVRT rendering feature so far

Just a pity Lynda dont do a tutorial course on it as I like how they do them

So far the powerediretor tutorials seem a bit randomly spread and done by different narrators etc...not found a beginners one from scratch structurered set by the same person yet.

Thanks again

BarryTheCrab

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Jun 12, 2016 10:29

Perhaps the VST could be edited by a knowledgeable person.
As far as tutorials go have you visited PDTooTS? Find them on Youtube. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Pubquiz56

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Jun 12, 2016 12:18

will check that out now barry

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Jun 12, 2016 12:21

One last thing...
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Jun 12, 2016 14:07

In addition to PDToots, I recommend Maliek's PD University series on YouTube. I find them to be slower-paced and easier to follow. Regards,
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Pubquiz56

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Jun 12, 2016 14:38

Thanks for the welcome Barry and thanks for the recommendation Dan

I will watch all these vids...also came across some from I think it was Mai?....also some on Muvipix but subscription seems somewhat rather expensive .....

Still it would be great to have a full beginning to end course by a professional narrater like Gary Rebolz on the Vegas tuts and webinars as some of the presentations on the powerdirector stuff can be a bit annoying with intrusive music etc.

Will still watch them though and learn it in the end

ynotfish

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Jun 12, 2016 15:12

Hi Tom, Barry et al -

On the developer's website for the "FISH" VSTs, there's a note:

Known issues: some VST host programs won't display the preset names correctly. You'll sometimes see names like 'default' or 'init 1, init 2, ...' instead of the 'real' names, although the parameters are loaded correctly. This is due to different methods
that can be used to implement preset support. I will fix this as soon as I get back to the code (when ever that is...)

Here, after import into WE they don't show up at all - not even a blank space... yet they're fine in AudioDirector.

Cheers - Tony
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Pubquiz56

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Jun 12, 2016 17:22

Cheers for that Tony....Interesting