# Plugin Manager - collected feature requests thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cubase\ **Tags:** feature-request, cubase-11\ **Created:** [October 13, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/plugin-manager-collected-feature-requests-thread/744626 "2021-10-13T17:14:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@Michael\_Ill](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Michael_Ill)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/plugin-manager-collected-feature-requests-thread/744626/2 "2021-10-13T17:14:24Z")
I have collected some of the relevant forum posts that have become outdated now. > [@Option to Rename VST Plugins in Plug-In Manager](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/option-to-rename-vst-plugins-in-plug-in-manager/720536): > > The option to rename plugins (or supply an alias) in the Plug-In Manager would be very helpful. Most plugins have unnecessarily long names. It would be nice to rename Slate’s “Virtual Tape Machines,” for example, to the industry-recognized abbreviation, “VTM.” As is, even on my ultra-widescreen monitors, it gets abbreviated to “Virtual…es,” which isn’t attractive. And when it’s next to Slate’s Virtual Mix Rack (displayed as “Virtual…ck”), the two are easily confused. Another example: By n… > [@Proposal: List of recently used and Favorite plugins in Plugin collection](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/proposal-list-of-recently-used-and-favorite-plugins-in-plugin-collection/691462): > > Hi! I think it would be really helpful to have two additional standard folders in the Plugin Collection list for selecting plugins you normally use, so that you don’t have to search the whole plugin tree every time: “Favorite plugins” - folder where plugins you have defined as favorites are presented “Recently used” - where Cubase automatically puts plugins you have recently used This is something that I find is very useful in Wavelab. The favorite plugins could be defined using a new colum… > [@Plugin Manager: edit plugin names, remove prefix](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/plugin-manager-edit-plugin-names-remove-prefix/51779): > > Protools allows plugin manufactures to specify a short plugin name for inserts, where Cubendo does not. As Cubase 8 introduces plugin manager, it would be great if users could rename plugins for the purpose of removing prefixes, like UAD, from the beginning of plugin names as they appear in inserts. The "UAD " prefix absorbs 4 characters from the insert name thus complicating recognition as to which plugin is instantiated due to limited character set and the useless UAD prefix. Other plugins … > [@Add a tags system for plugins](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/add-a-tags-system-for-plugins/683693): > > I think it would be a good time to add a tagging system for Cubase plugins. Cubase will create a database of tags that you can modify per plugin. Then when searching for plugins those tags will also be searched. This can help with multiple problems including simply remembering a dope plugin, it can help when plugins use confusing or detracting names, or when plugins may be in a different language to your own. cheers! > [@Favourites Plug-ins Folder](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/favourites-plug-ins-folder/612025): > > With so many plug-ins, it’s sometimes difficult to navigate to the ones you use regularly. Would be great if there was a ‘favourites’ list, or folder. That’s all. > [@\[Feature Request\] Plugin Manager](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/feature-request-plugin-manager/607684): > > This is a feature that seem way overdue. I would like to be able to group my plugins by type such as EQ, Dynamics, Reverb ect. into folders, right now the way things are scattered its a mess! I was checking out Sonar X1 and they have a pretty cool way of handling this, Steinberg should be able to do this as well. > [@Renaming VST instruments in plugin manager](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/renaming-vst-instruments-in-plugin-manager/724630): > > Is there any way to rename a vst instrument as it appears in the vst plugin manager? I don’t mean renaming the vst file but rather what the plugin manager uses as the plugin name. The two are sometimes different. I have four vst instruments with different file names but the same name in the plugin manager. A nightmare to figure out which is which. Cheers, Keith > [@Renaming Plugins in the Plugin-Manager (FabFilter pro...)](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/renaming-plugins-in-the-plugin-manager-fabfilter-pro/665636): > > Hi. If you have, for example, many different FabFilter Plugins in use, in the Cubase Mixer, mostly, you can’t read the plugin names, because: ProQ ProC Timeless are shown in the Cubase-Mixer: FabFil… FabFil… FabFil… this don’t make much fun, because you have to do a great horizontally zoom in the mixer that you can read the Plugin Names correctly: Fabfilter ProC and if it’s just one letter that is not shown: Fabfilter Pro… So this could be: ProC, ProL, ProQ, ProMB, ProDS… I had sta… > [@Rename plugins in the manager](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/rename-plugins-in-the-manager/676842): > > Hey there, A little feature that could be great: to be able to rename plugins in the plugin manager user lists. Some plugin company are not very specific, and Cubase withdraw the name given by the company, and you find yourself sometimes having 2 or 3 times the same name for different plugins (i.e : Transient Shaper). On right click on a plugin name we now only have a “delete” option, would be really great to be able to have a “rename” option. Would be pretty easy, as it’s only working on the … > [@Rename Plug-ins](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/rename-plug-ins/117190): > > The title says it all. I’m sure it’s easy to implement so please. > [@Moving plugins](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/moving-plugins/125484): > > hi,cubase has put some plugins into “other” folder,eg audio damage adverb2. I have a folder called reverb in c/programfiles/steinberg/vst plugins which i want it to be in. I cant find the “other” folder anywhere on my pc is there anyway i can get this moved without having to go to plugin manager and create a new plugin list? > [@manually alter the vendor of a VST plugin?](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/manually-alter-the-vendor-of-a-vst-plugin/618347/19): > > I’ve moved the majority of my VST2 plugins into custom folders and never had a problem with any of them not working… worst comes to worst, just re-install a problem plugin into the custom folder and you’re done. > [@Change Plug-In Category](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/change-plug-in-category/635654): > > Apologies if this has been covered, but I couldn’t find a definitive thread in the ‘search’ option. Is there a safe way to change the ‘category’ of installed plugins? Would be great to organize all my various plugs and jbridged plugs in the folders they belong too - i.e., dynamics, mastering, eq etc… One would think it’s in ‘Plug-In Information’… Your help is greatly appreciated. Cheers S > [@Rename plugins??](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/rename-plugins/117623): > > So Cubase 10 is here. Can we rename plugins yet? Thanks. > [@Changing Plugin Categories](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/changing-plugin-categories/675096): > > I’m not liking the way the plugins are categorised in Cubase 9. It seems very haphazard and illogical. It has Real Guitar in the Synth category for one thing. Are you able to customise the categorisation? > [@RENAME Plugins](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/rename-plugins/151579): > > Need I say more? > [@Plugins should be able to rename their parameters](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/plugins-should-be-able-to-rename-their-parameters/609661): > > Why isn’t this possible? When you automate parameters hosted inside a hosting plugin (like Plogue Bidule or Vienna Ensemble Pro 5), it’s really a nightmare to keep track of which “Parameter 027” is linked to what parameter of what hosted plugin. Why not make it possible to rename “Parameter 027” into “SomePlugin Volume” or anything you choose? > [@VST 3 plugin folder structure](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-3-plugin-folder-structure/598321): > > In an attempt to make a nice new start, I’ve been trying to rearrange my plugins; most of them are VST2 ones, which obviously I can put the dll files in folders and make them all neat and lovely. I’ve never really wanted to do this with any of the included VST3 plugins (as they are fairly neatly stored by default), but now that I have loads of modulation-based effects, I want to put them in sub-folders (Chorus, Flanger, etc) - and the problem is that if I do that with the VST2 ones, it leaves t… > [@CBpro 8.5.2 win Plugin display name in mixer](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/cbpro-8-5-2-win-plugin-display-name-in-mixer/663280): > > Hello, I just installed the 8.5.2 win update and found I still can’t determine what plugins are inserted in the mixer by a visual overview due to the display text not revealing the plugin name in a way that clearly identifies it. It happens with UAudio, sonnix, and other plugin manufacturers. Is there any way we can rename them from within the program that will not alter the .dll files? Like an xml file that lists them? Has a feature been added that allow the name to be displayed like in old… > [@Cubase & VST plugin Organization - help!](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/cubase-vst-plugin-organization-help/639486): > > I’m confused and need some guidance. I’m trying to organize my VST’s and I’m going mad!! I’m try to be as to the point as I can. (BTW, I’m on a mac if it matters) 1. Is there a way in cubase to tell it to ignore VST2 plugins if VST3 are available? I’m personally tied of having duplicate plugins in my cubase plugins list, especially since I only use the VST3 plugins anyway. How do I get the VST2 plugins to stop showing up in cubase? Do I need manually remove them from my VST2 folder, or is ther… > [@Possible to have 2 copies of a plugin in different folders?](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/possible-to-have-2-copies-of-a-plugin-in-different-folders/636252): > > Is it possible to put two copies of a VST plugin .dll file in different folders in Cubase? What I’d like is to be able to access, for example, an EQ plugin via the folder I use for that plugin company, but also via the general EQ folder. I could, of course, just try this for myself, but I’m wary of causing some disaster, so was wondering if anyone has else has already tried this. > [@plugin names in mixer](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/plugin-names-in-mixer/119647): > > hi all, i’m just trying out C10 Pro after using 8.5 for several years. in C8.5 the plugin name in the mixer would be displayed as the literal filename of the dll. i renamed several dlls so they would appear as i wanted in the mixer. in C10, the plugins are named as their “true” name ie doesn’t follow and dll name changes. is there any way to change that? a setting somewhere i have missed? edit: after further investigation, it does follow name changes to the DLL but doesn’t respect spaces at th… > [@Rename VST Instruments](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/rename-vst-instruments/600531): > > I’ve done a search on the forum and found very little information about renaming VST Instruments. I may have looked in the wrong place. The only thing I saw was that in Cubase 5 this was not possible. Hast this changed for Cubase 6? If so, how would I go about changing the names of the VST Instruments? Thanks! JB > [@Sorting VST3-Plugins](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/sorting-vst3-plugins/609102): > > Is there a way to sort VST3-Plugins in Nuendos Plugin-Popup-Menu manually? I recently installed the iZotopeRX restauration-tools, but they are not sorted into the restoration-menu. They are all listed “on top”? For VST2’s I just created a new folder in ‘VSTplugins’, but this does not work with VST3’s… > [@Changing Plugin Names](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/changing-plugin-names/650869): > > I know it’s not officially possible to change plugin names and I’ve seen people requesting it over the years but I just thought it was worth a post in case there are any secret hacks that I don’t know about. It’s a long shot but would be really great to be able to edit them so that they’re a bit clearer when using a control surface with limited characters on the display. Any secret techniques to share? slight_smile > [@Changing Plug-in Category](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/changing-plug-in-category/635981): > > When right-clicking on an Insert to add an FX plugin, everything is sorted by category. I have one plugin from Xfer called LFO Tool. It does not appear in any category. If I click on Devices \> Plug-in Information I notice it has a category of FX. I am wondering if there is a way to modify this to FX|Dynamics so when adding an Insert effect it appears in my Dynamics folder? Or is this a fixed setting based on the plugin developer? Thanks, Mark > [@REQUEST: set plug-in category manualy](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/request-set-plug-in-category-manualy/606875): > > I would like to know if there is an option for setting plug-in’s category manualy? Using CUBASE 5.5.3 and have like 500 FX and 150 VSTi which DO NOT ADD TO ANY CATEGORY that is pretty annoying having scroll trhu all of them to get plug-in I want! frowning(( So I am suggesting this: could you - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - add option in PLUGIN INFORMATION WINDOW under column CATEGORY for setting plug-in category manualy? For example there could be some fixed predefined number of categories that one… … --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/plugin-manager-collected-feature-requests-thread/744626)._