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tips...051. more on plug ins. a situation.. so over the last few years youve downloaded lots of plug ins. some came as naked dll's and some with fancy installer schemes. and possibly registration and other schemes. as a result people sometimes loose track of where their plug ins are on their system. you might have 100 different plug ins scattered around various foldrs etc etc and under different company names. but your lost possibly as to where all the plug ins reside.
firstly step back for awhile. and assess your go to plug ins. what ive started to do is keep an inventory in a notepad file of locations where plug ins reside. thus if i find a new one i am gaga over i make sure i install it to my desktop plug ins folder.... i talked about earlier.
but what about all the plug ins previously scattered around ones system ?? how do i find out their locations ?? particularly on a system that a person might be useing not just for song creation but also lots of other biz and family apps ??
windows search to the rescue. in win search enter *.dll. wait for search to complete. cos its gonna list a ton of dll's. not just plug in ones.
when win search is complete you will then be able to see where the dll's are and in which dir's and folders etc etc. A BIG NOTE. dont delete anything. cos lots of the dll's listed are used by the win OS itself. you will need to go down the dll list and then make notes in your notepad plug in inventory list. in summary dont just willy nilly start deleting dll files. cos you might be deleting an important one.
also a note....lets say you find in your list the "uber vintage 1953 tube emulation " dll that you had forgotten about but you wish to transfer it to the plug ins folder i mentioned earlier so you can use it... you might not be able to. cos it might use a detailed installer/deinstaller/registration/ protection scheme. you will have to assess this yourself cos i cant cover every plug in known to man. possibly youll have to use it from its existing location. or go thru the hassle of uninstalling and then reinstalling to the plug ins folder i talked bout earlier. it depends on the plug in. if its a detailed install/register/deinstall process it might be best to contact the creator. worst case win dll search could bring up its location so you can at least nail down where its located so you can use it.
retired puter engr....powertracks on amd......NICE ! "what is the black art of audio engineering ?" my silly songs...motagator.com/bmanning see my tips in the tips section.
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