sonicassault:
Need more overview in your PlugIns? Here is what I found out about:
Cubase PlugIn sorting
I don’t know why Steinberg makes such a magic about PlugIn-sorting (Maybe they want to create reasons to sell it in Cubase 8?). It is easy to manage yet in Cubase 7 /7.5! So this one goes for VST2 Plugins…
Create in your VstPlugins Directory Subdirectories like:
\Reverb
\Distortion
\Filter
…
Any VST2 PlugIn you install directly in those subdirectories will be sorted correctly!
That means:
Install for example “Audio Damage Kombinat” into the directory C:\Program Files\Vstplugins\Distortion
and it will be correctly sortet near by the Steinberg Distortion Plugins!
If you create a further subdirectory like …\Vstplugins\Distortion\AudioDamage you have all Distortion Plugins from Audio Damage in one folder, right under the Distortion Group
Nice?
Not nice enough, this needs to be enabled for vst3 as well (withou the need to hex-edit the file itself). Also most welcome would be creating custom arbitrary groups of favourite plugins etc.