“Organize Plug-In Menus By” Setting

Flat List

Organizes plug-ins in a single list, in alphabetical order.

Category

Organizes plug-ins by process category (such as EQ, Dynamics, and Delay), with individual plug-ins listed in the category submenus. Plug-Ins that do not fit into a standard category (such as the Signal Generator), or third-party plug-ins that have not had a category designated by their developers, appear in the Other category. Plug-Ins can appear in more than one category.

Plug in categories include:

EQ

Dynamics

Pitch Shift

Reverb

Delay

Modulation

Harmonic

Noise Reduction

Dither

Sound Field

Instrument

Other

Effects

The Effects subfolder organizes special effects, multi-effect processors, and other plug-ins. All plug-ins that specify their plug-in category as an “Effects” type will be displayed within the Effects subfolder.

If no plug-ins within a certain category are installed on your system, the subfolder named for that category will not appear in the menu.

Manufacturer

Organizes plug-ins by their manufacturer, with individual plug-ins listed in the manufacturer submenus. Plug-Ins that do not have a Manufacturer defined will appear in the “Other” manufacturer folder.

 

Plug-Ins organized by Manufacturer (using the Insert selector)

If no plug-ins by a certain manufacturer are installed on your system, the subfolder named for that manufacturer will not appear in the menu.

Category and Manufacturer

Organizes plug-ins in two levels of menus. The top menus display plug-ins by process category (such as EQ, Dynamics, and Delay), with individual plug-ins listed in the category submenus. The bottom menus display plug-ins by manufacturer, with individual plug-ins listed in the manufacturer submenus.

To select how plug-ins are organized:

1 Open or create a session.

2 Choose Setup > Preferences, and click Display.

3 Click the Organize Plug-In Menus By pop-up menu, and select one of the view options.

4 Click OK.

The Organize Plug-In Menus By setting is saved with Pro Tools preferences (it is not saved with the Pro Tools session file).