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Hey gang....
Does anyone know if it's possible to toggle the bypass on a plugin that's inserted across multiple channels on and off with a single click (for A-B comparison)?

Ex: Same plug-in inserted in same slot on 3 adjacent channels. Is there a way to toggle bypass on all of them at the same time (in one click) as opposed to doing it with three clicks?

My solution would be to bus them to the same aux channel and apply the plug to that channel. Convoluted, but on separate channels each instantiation is its own little plug with independent parameters and muting. AFAIK.

one way would be to run the plug inside Plogue Bidule FX. Setup is straight forward - control the Mode with MIDI. Limited to non-MAS plugs.

https://www.plogue.com/products/bidule/

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:My solution would be to bus them to the same aux channel and apply the plug to that channel. Convoluted, but on separate channels each instantiation is its own little plug with independent parameters and muting. AFAIK.

Thanks MLC for lending your brain cells to this.

What I’m using here is an auto Align plugin which must have an instance on each individual track, so it won’t work to put it on an Aux.

The Melda Auto Align plug has a “bypass all” feature, which is slick; however, I’m getting better sounding results from the Sound Radix plug, which doesn’t have a “bypass all,” so I’m looking for a work-around. I suppose I could program in some bypass automation for testing, but a one-button solution would be better.


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reedster wrote:one way would be to run the plug inside Plogue Bidule FX. Setup is straight forward - control the Mode with MIDI. Limited to non-MAS plugs.

https://www.plogue.com/products/bidule/

Thanks, Reedster. I will investigate.


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Best way would be to.... use ProTools or the many other DAWs that can do this and things like it with plugins.

I really hope DP 10 addresses this and makes using plugins far more robust (e.g., selecting multiple plugins with drag selecting, then acting on all selected plugins such as bypass on/off, etc., and selecting a row of plugins in either all tracks or selected tracks, with a modifier key + click, then turning them on/off and even replacing all selected plugs with different plugs, etc.)

DP is now very behind in this department. I watch youtube tutorials with envy that show other DAWs doing things like this with plugins.

If DP 10 doesn’t do this, I'm considering putting the DP 10 $200 upgrade towards a Studio One cross-grade. I'm really frustrated by the bad plugin workflow and pissed that all the other kids' DAWs seem to do these things, but DP is still in the '90's in this department. (please note in general I love DP and have loyally used it as my DAW since moving from Studio Vision when Gibson killed it)

... or use The Bringer of Death! ... lol

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:... or use The Bringer of Death! ... lol

You keep coming up with more things for me to add to the censored list...

I'm surprised MLC hasn't been censored yet... We're trying (not to be!)

how about putting those tracks in a group in the mixer? I know it works for volume faders, not sure plug bypass on/off. sorry not on DP right now.