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hello

when i click on the plugin option in the mixer and if i minimise the plugin box...how do i get the plugin box to come back into view. everytime i minimise the plugin box i can never find it again, its not in my taskbar.

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Have you tried ALT+TAB to see if that shows it up?





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Originally Posted By: Noel96
Have you tried ALT+TAB to see if that shows it up?





i hadnt tried but i just tried and it still doesnt show.
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Originally Posted By: Noel96
Have you tried ALT+TAB to see if that shows it up?





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i kept clicking the plugin arrow in the mixer box and i got this message, dont know what it means.

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Check if this is what happens:

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This is probably related to the minimized plugin? The dialog is hidden and you click on a control that requires it to be shown again.


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Hi

Not to certain what you want to see here.
But if you want to see the actual plug ins interface to make /check settings .
Then click on plug ins icon menu top of page (old gui) select the track on the left hand side that has your plugin on and up it pops underneath.
On the pic below I have a Kontakt synth on the melody track
Does this help
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Originally Posted By: paulpaul
hello

when i click on the plugin option in the mixer and if i minimise the plugin box...how do i get the plugin box to come back into view. everytime i minimise the plugin box i can never find it again, its not in my taskbar.

thanks for any advice.


You are not alone. I have the same problem when I try to use the plug-in with Studio One Pro 4. Like you I have tried everything and everything is up to date but still no luck. I am finding that the current state of the plug-in is useless in my workflow. YMMV.

On the positive side Peter has stated that they are working on this plug-in and if they can accomplish what he said then it would be useful in my workflow.


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Originally Posted By: VideoTrack
Check if this is what happens:


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Noel,video track
it seems my windows display settings were wrong.
In windows display settings it was set to 125%(recommended)
i changed it to 100% and the little box in your 2nd image becomes visible and i can then right click and restore the plugin window.
problem is when display settings are set to 100%... text etc is all a bit small for me.
and what seems odd is that the 125% display setting is the recommended windows display setting.
Anyway its not a major problem and i know now how to get the window back up.

Thanks

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Originally Posted By: VideoTrack
Check if this is what happens:


thanks for peoples responses...

Noel,video track
it seems my windows display settings were wrong.
In windows display settings it was set to 125%(recommended)
i changed it to 100% and the little box in your 2nd image becomes visible and i can then right click and restore the plugin window.
problem is when display settings are set to 100%... text etc is all a bit small for me.
and what seems odd is that the 125% display setting is the recommended windows display setting.
Anyway its not a major problem and i know now how to get the window back up.

Thanks

When the display settings is set at 100% you can recover some of the 'small visibility' by then lowering the screen resolution. It might not be ideal, but it does work. You could try it anyway, and can always go back.
PS: I never understand why 125% is the recommended value.


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Hi PaulPaul,

If you close the Plugins window with the X instead of minimizing it, then you don't need to worry about magnification settings. There's isn't really any advantage to minimizing it, it just stops you from being able to click the Plugins button to re-open it.

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Good idea.
Maybe PGM could just take away the minimize and maximize buttons:

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Hi VideoTrack,

Good point. I'll pass that along.

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Originally Posted By: Kent - PG Music
Hi PaulPaul,

If you close the Plugins window with the X instead of minimizing it, then you don't need to worry about magnification settings. There's isn't really any advantage to minimizing it, it just stops you from being able to click the Plugins button to re-open it.

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thanks kent
i tried this and it does the job.
i can keep my windows display settings at 125%, all good


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