Plugin names in Ableton Live

[jensdreske]

Hi, I just tried camomile v0.1.0 on osx and created 2 vsts (Noise.vst and AlmondOrgan.vst from the examples). I can use them at the same time in Ableton live, so multiple plugins running parallel are supported now i guess. -great! but the name of the plugin is always Camomile- Is there a way to change that ? To Noise and AlmondOrgan in this example? I tried to replace all "camomile" to AlmondOrgan in the info.plist file but it did not make any difference. best regards

[pierreguillot]

Hi,

I can use them at the same time in Ableton live, so multiple plugins running parallel are supported now i guess. -great!

Multiple plugins was already supported since the 1st release. I tried it on osx and Ableton and it worked. Did you try the previous version?

but the name of the plugin is always Camomile- Is there a way to change that ?

Normally, the names should already be Noise or AlmondOrgan. You mean in the plugin list, you now have 2 plugins named Camomile? Can you send pictures and/ot explain what is the content of the vst plugins? Is there any message in the console? I don't have Ableton Live on my computer so I can't try for now.

Cheers

[jensdreske]

Multiple plugins was already supported since the 1st release

Great, I guess I didn't try before.

You mean in the plugin list, you now have 2 plugins named Camomile?

Exactly:

I created these 2 .vsts as described in the wiki. Well, sort of- I duplicated the camomile.vst file, opened the package and copied the contents of the example folder (AlmondOrgan) into the ressources folder. renamed it to AlmondOrgan.vst, moved to a custom vst folder, repeated everything for noise.vst and showed Ableton the vst folder.

The console does not show something special. Ableton live just gets the name of the plugin from somewhere inside the executable I guess.

[pierreguillot]

OK, can you try to rename the executable file in the VST bundle?

• Show Package Content -> MacOS -> Camomile to AlmondOrgan
• Rename the executable file in Info.plist from Camomile to AlmondOrgan

Have you tried with VST3 and/or Audio Unit?

[jensdreske]

OK, can you try to rename the executable file in the VST bundle?

Show Package Content -> MacOS -> Camomile to AlmondOrgan Rename the executable file in Info.plist from Camomile to AlmondOrgan

I already tried that:

live still shows "Camomile"...

Have you tried with VST3 and/or Audio Unit?

I just tried with Audio Unit. It looks similar at first:

But I changed the name string in info.plist and this is displayed by live:

[pierreguillot]

Ok, I'll try with Ableton Live and other DAWs this week. And I will add a sentence about the AU name in the document. Thanks

[pierreguillot]

I managed to solve the problem:

So, as you suggested, you have to change the Bundle display name (\CFBundleDisplayName\) and the Bundle name (\ CFBundleName\) to the name of the plugin. See the documentation (I just updated it).

But If the plugin's name are not updated in Ableton, close and reopen the application, open the Preferences panel, go to the file folder section and click on Rescan with the alt key pressed (it will clear the previous scan results).

And here are the results

Tell me if you have any problem. Cheers

[pierreguillot]

And feel free to close this issue if it works

[jensdreske]

👍 Yes. option-click on "rescan" updates the displayed plugin names. (on Mac)