I did a test, put Sysinternals Process Monitor to run before pressing "rescan plugins" button in Ableton and stopped it after scan was finished (MS defender was disabled during this test). Scanning took the same 23 seconds and I can confirm from procmon log that scanning of u-he zebra folders is the cause.
Plugin scan of Magix Vegas video editor was also very slow. I didn't research cause but it would be logical that it might also be Zebra.
Now, how many notable plugins in year 2024 save large amount of files under Vst plugins folder or require to have a link there to plugin files? I don't have any other than u-he and Synth 1 (and latter is free plug so you cannot expect it to be always up to date). Most plugs have only DLL file there or VST3 file and the rest somewhere else.
IMO feels maybe a bit that u-he has a bit outdated architecture here that could be slowing down plugin scans?
Would it not make sense to get rid of everything else under VstPlugins or VST3 folders except for Zebra DLL or VST3 file (and the same for other plugs) and let user choose data folder in plugin settings? Data folder could be in default something like C:\USERNAME\Documents\u-he\Zebra.data, but you would have a dialogue in plugin settings where you can modify path of zebra data folder. Would be no need to create anymore folder links.
If majority of plug manufacturers don't put anything else than DLL to plugin folders then there is really not much incentive for DAWs to modify their scanning algorithsm.
I will soon also put the procmon log here or to u-he support.
Plugin scan of Magix Vegas video editor was also very slow. I didn't research cause but it would be logical that it might also be Zebra.
Now, how many notable plugins in year 2024 save large amount of files under Vst plugins folder or require to have a link there to plugin files? I don't have any other than u-he and Synth 1 (and latter is free plug so you cannot expect it to be always up to date). Most plugs have only DLL file there or VST3 file and the rest somewhere else.
IMO feels maybe a bit that u-he has a bit outdated architecture here that could be slowing down plugin scans?
Would it not make sense to get rid of everything else under VstPlugins or VST3 folders except for Zebra DLL or VST3 file (and the same for other plugs) and let user choose data folder in plugin settings? Data folder could be in default something like C:\USERNAME\Documents\u-he\Zebra.data, but you would have a dialogue in plugin settings where you can modify path of zebra data folder. Would be no need to create anymore folder links.
If majority of plug manufacturers don't put anything else than DLL to plugin folders then there is really not much incentive for DAWs to modify their scanning algorithsm.
I will soon also put the procmon log here or to u-he support.
Statistics: Posted by golemus — Sat Nov 02, 2024 5:29 pm