Where can I see plugin knob values?

Where can I see the function/knob values from plugins?
Not all plugins have visible values on the plugin interface, so where can I see what exact value I’m at?

That depends on the plugin.
What is the plugin in question?

You can switch to the Generic Editor.


No values displayed.


Values are displayed.
Bonus tipp: A right click on the turquoise value bar lets you quickly display the automation lane for any parameter, or assign modulators, quick controls…

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@st10ss
Any plugin that doesnt show the value on the plugin interface (I could list all 450 plugins in my arsenal that dont do this, but I dont think this is going to be of much help :stuck_out_tongue:
Like Fabfiltrer does show values and UAudio does not, for example)
I’m sorry, I think I didnt clearify properly what I’m looking for.
I think the question would look better like this:“Where does Cubase show the value on the Cubase user interface? Like SO has this little value monitor at the top-left of the arangement window, where the specifics of the last used function are shown.”

@Johnny_Moneto
My autistic brain cant learn the order of just a bunch of blue lines for 700 plugins, I really need the equipment to look like the object I’m working with, like an amp has to look like an amp and a compressor has to look like a compressor, else I’m completely lost with 50-100 tracks, 2 monitors full of windows with only blue lines.
The front plate of, lets say a guitar amp, creates a certain logic my brain needs to have a clear overview of what I’m doing.
Like I just said, I think I wasnt very clear with what I’m exactly asking about.

This does not exist in Cubase.
If you show the automation lane for the specific paramter it will display the value in the track header but I assume that is also not a feasible solution for you.
I guess you need to work with another DAW in this case.

That’s hilarious…

Yeah, they don’t have discrete parameters as well.
Just knobs with values that differ from unit to unit just a tiny bit.

UA plugins are a model of the hardware.
FabFilter designed their own processors. Different approach. That’s it.

I literally had no idea about this. Thank you!

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But then, how do Cubase users know if their settings are correct? There must be a way to check values.

This isn’t me being a smart aleck, but you know your settings are “correct” by using plugins that tell you what the settings are, or in the case of so many of them, what is “close enough.” Some of the UAD plug-ins are great examples. Just with, say, the Fairchild 670 compressor, you have some controls that are fixed-position-based controls like vertical time constants, and others that are potentiometers with variable units like threshold dB. The “Generic Editor” trick is actually really cool, but for dB settings to the tenth-of-dB setting it “midway” between 2 integers in the UI is fine (and the way the original equipment worked). For the Softube RC48, the plug-in itself lets you hover over the fader to see the exact value. So it’s just a combination of what you need (or want) based on what the plugin gives you. I doubt I’ll use the Generic Editor much, but knowing it’s there is great and just another tool in the belt.

I think we’re devitating from the point too much.
It’s not at all about the technicnal part of working with plugins, far from it.
Long story short: I’m autistic, I’m neuro-diverse, my brain works differently from that of most people.
It can be a DAW, or a plugin, or anything for that matter, Photoshop, a game’s settings… My brains need to know the values of settings and know that these are correct according to a nummeric contstruction my brains developed over the years, to be at ease and stop preventing me from focussing on the next task at hand. :stuck_out_tongue:

Well, that was what I meant. If you want “the values of settings,” then you’ll need to use plugins that give you that information. And not just “give” you, but plugin’s you trust. In the absence of the Plug-in UI telling you what you want, even automation-based representations can only give you the value extents the plug-in is reporting. I write my own Max plugins all the time and know first-hand that the actual measurement and scale of a control isn’t necessarily the same as what “number” the UI is showing you.

If the base reference’s source of truth is a subjective mental construct, then I think the thread is venturing into a rather solipsistic epistemological (if not Nihilistic) dissertation of philosophy. I’m not smart enough for all that, so I’ll stick to “look at the values in plug-in.” I hope you find something that works for you!

Well, there is the answer to your question “how do ther people cope with it”: They simply are wired in a different way and don’t need to see the values.

Have you looked at other DAWs? Chosing a DAW is all about finding a tool that works best with and for your mindset.

@Thor.HOG
I know, you can go way over the top on that one, but for me it good enough when I can trigger my brain to let go of something and move on to the next task. And it’s not always logical. :wink:

@Johnny_Moneto
Lots of artists are ‘wired differently’, but that’s what makes them artists. Normal is boring. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
I recently switched to Cubase from Studio One, and I got used to that little info window for the last item touched, top-left of the arrange window, that SO has. I’m missing that very much in Cubase.
I really hope I can get used to not having that, I really like Cubase, especially for production.

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Create a feature request. Get people to rally behind your request… maybe you get Steinberg to implement such a feature.