Hi there,
I’ve just thought about this and it just sound more and more appealing.
The Arturia FX Rack
A rack VST that serves as the Analog Lab of the FX VSTs.
Currently there’s already lots of different fx collection vsts and it’s becoming increasingly hard to browse all different effects and presets.
→ That’s where FX Rack would come in.
Here’s some of the functionalities it should have/that would be useful:
1. Rack Functionality
→ A system that allows stacking multiple plugin instances on top of each other just like in other rack VSTs/DAWs.
2. Preset Functionality
→ This is the most useful system of the rack.
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Would allow for creating presets incorporating multiple fx plugins and saving them.
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It would also allow Arturia to add aditional functionality to the fx collection vsts/make them more attractive.
→ Cable Guys does this with their Shaperbox for example.
3. An introduction to the #software-effects:fx-collection
There’s huge potential for this to serve as the “Analog Lab”-type plugin for the fx side of vsts.
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It can be offered in different versions and similar to #software-instruments:analog-lab be offered in a restricted free/lite version that only has limited functionality and limited presets.
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It can also be offered a lot cheaper and therefore be a perfect bridge/entry point for users that can not/don’t want to pay for the whole FX Collection or a specific plugin.
4. Preset Banks & Hub Functionality
One more feature it could bring is Preset Banks.
- Both for getting new presets for the individual VSTs as well as Rack Presets
→ This would offer presets that users that dont own most of the FX Collection VSTs can use without needing to buy the whole collection.
5. Backported Analog Lab Improvements
If done right, this VST could also offer a big opurtunity in improving the FX tab of Analog Labs by allowing the “lite” versions of free rack player vst variants/fx collection vsts to be used in it better.
Currious to hear your thoughts on this and other features or improvements I could add to this list.
