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Presenting MenuMagic Plug-in Manager

MenuMagictm v3 - supports Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) and Sonar versions 6 or higher.
MenuMagic gives you control of how your VST3, VST & DX plug-ins will appear within Cakewalk’s (or Sonar's) various Instrument, Effects, clip or bus menus. 

A list of supported DAWs is shown at the bottom of the page.

Click here to see videos of MenuMagic in action.

Here are some of MenuMagic’s currently implemented features

 

  • Windows10/Windows8/Windows7/Vista UAC/XP compatible.
     
  • Run the VST Scanner as Admin without running either MenuMagic or Cakewalk as Admin.
     
  • Create multi-level menus (new for V3!)
     
  • There are now over 3,350 listings in the AutoCategorization plugin database and over 70 Categories. The listing have been rebuilt and reorganized to fully take advantage of MenuMagic's new multilevel menuing.
     
  • Allows you to quickly and easily customize the arrangement of your VST3, VST & DX plug-ins into Categories that will act as sub-menus within Cakewalk.
     
  • Categories are completed customizable. Easily Add, Delete or Rename Categories and/or modify their tooltip descriptions.

  • Categorize by Vendor (plugin creator).

  • Instantly find new plug-ins that have been added to your system with the 'New' filter or by using the 'UnCategorized' filter see just those plug-ins that are not yet assigned to a Plug-in menu.
     
  • Duplicate Plug-in Fixer. MenuMagic give you the tools to intelligently resolve duplicate plug-in problems affecting your Cakewalk DAWs.

     

    • Quick view grid shows all possible dupes.
      With MM v1 - see dupes in all of the plug-in system layers (VST Adapter, Project 5 and Sonar) at the same time!
       
    • Detail panes show detailed file information and VST plug-in information on selected plug-ins(DX plug-ins will display only file information).
       
    • Hide selected plug-ins or unHide dupe plug-ins (if you hid the wrong one) at a later time.
       
    • Direct access to plug-ins folder location allows you to perform manual actions if you so desire.
  • Enhanced control and optimization of the VST scan folders list.

     

    • Quick, easy access to the VST scan folders list. With MenuMagic you can make these changes almost instantly - under 5 seconds (3 mouse clicks and you’re in the list) if MenuMagic is already running or about 30 seconds in all if you had to load MenuMagic first. Try doing this with Sonar’s Plug-in Manager - if you have a large number of plug-ins please be patient.
       
    • When saving your settings MenuMagic identifies and with your permission eliminates duplicate & recursive paths so that your scan list is optimized for the fastest processing.
       
    • Copy scan paths between Cakewalk Plug-in systems.
     
  • Thorough use of tooltips (mouse over hints) though out MenuMagic make the program easy to learn and understand.
     
  • Sophisticated plug-in name management tools such as

     

    • Cascading find and replace options that can operate globally or on selected plug-in names
       
    • Prefix or suffix plug-in names based on type (i.e. VST3, VST3i, VST, VSTi, DX, DXi)
       
    • With MM1 if you have Sync Layer option switched on (the default setting) any changes made are automatically applied to all Plug-in System Layers (VST Adapter, Project5v2.5, Sonar6 or higher)!
  • Hide plug-ins from appearing within your DAW or unHide them - quick, easy & NON-PERMANENT
     
  • Menu Preview option lets you see how your settings will appear within Cakewalk menus before you implement your changes
     
  • Your MenuMagic settings are preserved and protected from changes caused by running Cakewalks VST scanner – re-implement your settings with one click!
     
  • VST Scanner monitor – warns you when the VST Scanner has been run and there are changes that will potentially effect your plug-ins.
     
  • Plug-in Status tab notifies you of plug-in modifications, system changes, warns you of stale backups, un-applied changes and more.
     
  • Fully searchable Plug-in Info Grid shows you details on all your VST / DX plug-ins and identifies duplicates. Multi-column bi-directional sorts let you see your data in whatever manner you desire. Grid has a full screen mode option as well.
     
  • Customize the appearance of MenuMagic to your taste with selectable skins plus tweakable hue and saturation settings.
     
  • Cakewalk DAW registry backup/restore tools.
     
  • Global Program reset – reset all of MenuMagic settings back to their initial out-of-the-box defaults.
     
  • Found a bug or got a program suggestion? Bug Report button allows you to easily submit your problem or request directly to Agitated State to be reviewed by our programmers.
     
  • MenuMagic v3 is compatible following Cakewalk DAWs:
        o  Cakewalk by BandLab
        o  SONAR All Editions (Platinum, Professional, Artist)
        o  SONAR X3 All Editions (Sonar Producer, Sonar Studio, Sonar)
        o  SONAR X2 All Editions (Producer, Studio, Essential)
        o  SONAR X1 All Editions (Producer, Studio, Essential)
        o  SONAR 8.5 All Editions (Producer, Studio, Home)
        o  SONAR 8 All Editions (Producer, Studio, Home)
        o  SONAR 7 All Editions (Producer, Studio, Home)
        o  SONAR 6.02 and higher All Editions



MenuMagictm v1 (no longer in active developement) is designed to support Cakewalk’s classic DAWs such as Sonar (X3 to v3) or Project 5 and allow you to control how your VST3, VST & DX plug-ins will appear within Cakewalk’s various Instrument, Effects, clip or bus menus. 
Supports Sonar, Project5 and Cakewalk DAW's that use the VST Adapter.

  • MenuMagic v1 is compatible with the following Cakewalk DAWs:
        
    o  SONAR 6 All Editions prior to v6.02
        o  SONAR 5 All Editions
        o  SONAR 4 All Editions
        o  SONAR 3 All Editions
        o  Project5 Version 2.5x
        o  Project5 Version 2
        o  Home Studio 2 XL
      and should work on these as well
        o  Guitar Tracks Pro 3
        o  Home Studio 2
        o  Music Creator 2
        o  Kinetic


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