There’s many conundrums with Modulator Integration:
Saving a plugin preset does not save modulators assigned to it.
None of the following restores Modulator assignments:
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Saving a plugin preset does not save modulators assigned to it.
- Because there is a limitation of 8 Modulators, this creates a conflict if there are already modulators on the channel at hand, what would happen if Plugin Presets did store Modulators.
- This begs the question, if Modulators shouldn’t only be channel based, but also isolated to be plugin-shell based as well.
- Because there is a limitation of 8 Modulators, this creates a conflict if there are already modulators on the channel at hand, what would happen if Plugin Presets did store Modulators.
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Import Tracks From Project
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Import Track Archive
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Save Track Preset
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Duplicate Track
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Individual Modulator Presets don’t store/restore Assignment Values, which could be integral to the users developed “effect” of that modulator.
- Modular Presets should restore Assignment values and show the missing assignment as Red text, allowing the user to understand what the Assignment was assigned to (plugin name, parameter name) and then they can make those reassignments manually to the same plugin, or to a different plugin (many plugins have the same parameter - for example, frequency cutoff)
- There could be an amenities to resolve this further:
- Quick Re-Assign Missing Assignments button/feature to connect all Assignments to a selected plugin in a list, (if it’s the same plugin it would be 1:1, if it’s a different plugin the user would to manually choose parameters)
- If the plugin doesn’t exist, the software offers to add the plugin for the user to the first available slot and automatically make the assignments.
- There could be an amenities to resolve this further:
- Modular Presets should restore Assignment values and show the missing assignment as Red text, allowing the user to understand what the Assignment was assigned to (plugin name, parameter name) and then they can make those reassignments manually to the same plugin, or to a different plugin (many plugins have the same parameter - for example, frequency cutoff)
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There is no Preset System for the entire Modulator Chain/Bank
- There is a fair amount of creativity in making internal Modulator Assignments to other Modulator parameters - but it can’t be saved.
- Loading a Modulator Chain/Bank preset should offer the same Modulator Preset amenities as described above for individual Modulator Presets.
- Again, the contention conflict is if users already have inserts loaded and there isn’t enough room.
The end result of the current Modulator paradigm is, once you create something cool… It is essentially stuck there. There is no way to save/recall it, transfer it, or duplicate it… You would have to do it manually, parameter by parameter, assignment by assignment.
There is also a bug in which Modulators disappear which is making me second guess if I should implement them at all into my work:
There is also a bug: Modulator assignments disappear from projects?! - Cubase - Steinberg Forums
Solutions:
- Separate Modulators into separate individual areas of the program: Channel, Individual Inserts/Plugins, Project.
- Don’t limit modulators to 8 slots.
- Implement my idea for a Cubase integrated FX Matrix Insert: Integrated native plugin Chainer Insert (Steinberg official "wrapper"/Insert expander) - FX MATRIX - #23 by awesomeaudio
- This would allow complex Multiple Modulators → Multiple Plugins be bundled into a single entity.
- An amenity could be offered for when loading Modulator Chain/Bank presets which were routed to multiple plugins in which there isn’t enough room on the users insert bus to bundle everything up - plugins and modulators that are only routed to those plugins - into a single insert FX Matrix.
- Allow Channel Modulators to “see into” FX Matrix.
- An amenity could be offered for when loading Modulator Chain/Bank presets which were routed to multiple plugins in which there isn’t enough room on the users insert bus to bundle everything up - plugins and modulators that are only routed to those plugins - into a single insert FX Matrix.
- This would allow complex Multiple Modulators → Multiple Plugins be bundled into a single entity.
- Implement my idea to turn Rack Instruments into a Reaktor type Environment that can contain multiple VSTi instruments, VST FX, and Modulators:
Repurposing Rack Instruments+combining w/ Modulators = Reaktor like playground
- Cubase - Steinberg Forums
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