VST plug-ins go missing in SoundForge Pro13

richdorm wrote on 3/5/2021, 2:56 PM

Time and again this happens: VST plugins that were showing in SoundForge pro 13 (or Vegas Pro 17) suddenly do not show and are unavailable even though (1) they haven't moved from the folder; (2) the folder location is still in the search list. This is RIDICULOUS and extremely annoying. The only way I can get around it is to put all my vsts in YET another new folder and get these programs (SF & Vegas) to look for the NEW folder.
For example: Magix EFX effects (eg Vocal Strip). There it is in Vegas. I get SoundForge to search the very same directory but it doesn't find any EFX effects. But yesterday it DID!

No amount of rebooting the PC makes any difference.

What the heck???

Does anyone else have this hair-tearingly frustrating problem?

Also does anyone else find that Reaper vst effects crash Sound Forge?

Comments

rraud wrote on 3/5/2021, 5:30 PM

You should try clearing the cache and a SF reset. (FIle menu). If that does not help, uninstall using a third-party uninstaller (Revo) that clears out leftover data the OS uninstall leaves behind.

I have never experienced issues with the ReaPlugs VSTs with any version of SF Pro... at least Pro 10 through 15.