get vst~ plugin name?

MaxMSP
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Tom11

Hi, I want to get the vst plugin name hosted by the vst~ object, but can't find a way to do that, I did see there is a plugin name tab in the vst~ help file, but I can't make it work, and it seems the umenu there is to display the whole plugin folder, but I want a easier way to do that, is it possible?

Thanks,

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to_the_sun

I would also really like to do this. Or just getting the "unique ID" of the plug-in would be fine for me using "get -8", but each VST I've tried seems to have a unique ID of 0. Why is this?

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Meludia

I am having the same issue. Any advances on this topic?

Edit: I found a workaround that fits my needs: use a [dropfile] layer over the [vst~] to get the plugin name when dropped by the user, store it, and then forward it with a [prepend plug] to load the plugin in the [vst~] object.

Not optimal, but works...

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Roman Thilenius


dropfile is a good solution. that´s what we did before drag and drop was built-in, too. ;)