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Topic: Issue Creating a Custom Button for an Audio Plugin
I thought this would be easy to do, but evidently I am missing some basic syntax when creating my action for this custom button. I have an audio plugin called "FREE87 FR-COMP(x64)" [at least that's how it is listed in my dropdown menu of audio plugins] and I want to create a custom button to invoke this effect. In the Button Editor, I named the button "Compressor", I chose the category "plugins", and I think the action is "effect_active". What do I type in the top Action field to complete the set up? Also, how do you "save" this button action when you are done? All I see are various ways to close the dialog without saving.
 

geposted Wed 20 Jul 22 @ 2:58 am
djdadPRO InfinityDevelopment ManagerMember since 2005
Is this an Effect that works per Deck or needs to be activated on Master ?
You can try ...
effect_active "FREE87 FR-COMP(x64)"

or for Master..
deck master effect_active "FREE87 FR-COMP(x64)"
 

geposted Wed 20 Jul 22 @ 4:47 am
That did it DJ Dad (I used the first example)!

In my case, the correct syntax is simply [Category action] "[Name of plugin]". What through me off a bit was the example I saw in the VDJ tutorial on scripting that included an "_" between the action and the item being enabled.
 

geposted Thu 21 Jul 22 @ 12:57 am