Hey! are we talking about the .pkg installer for macOS or the .zip for Windows? I'm not sure what you mean by "blank" files?

You can find the installation instructions on my website: https://danielgergely.net/emergence#installation

Hi!

Some ideas:

- can you double check if the path pointing to the plugin is VST3 (not the just VST) and that it is set correctly to where the plugin is
- FL puts plugins into two categories: Effects and Generators. Emergence is an effect, not a generator
- what is your OS version? If you are on a mac, maybe you can try the AU version?
- try re-scanning with "Rescan verified plugins"

hey! what's your daw and your OS version?

also please note that this plugin is a vst effect not a instrument (many daws have different fx categories and track types for these)

Hey! Are you expecting this to be a standalone program that shows up in your Applications directory?
This is a plugin that needs a host DAW application to run (like GarageBand, Logic, or Reaper).

If you cannot find it in your DAW, here are the most common causes:
https://danielgergely.net/troubleshooting#i-cannot-find-the-plugin-in-my-daw

Hi!

It is doable and I see how it would be useful but making such changes would break compatibility with projects and presets saved with the previous versions.  
If I were to release a new major update (like a v2.0) at some point in the future then this could be a part of it, but currently I don't have any immediate plans for that

Hi! You should be able to click the ' - ' buttons on the right edge of the ui to collapse some of the knobs and reduce the height of the UI. Then, as the bottom of the window is revealed you will find the scale factor buttons labelled 50, 75, 100, etc.
I think 50% or 75% should work in your case.

This change is saved automatically and will apply to all plugin instances so you only have to do this once

Hi! I think it is possible: the extension could temporarily turn "Send all input to VKB" off when it is opened, then restore it after the window closes. I might look into this at some point, but this is a low priority project right now

Until then the best I can think of is to set up a keyboard shortcut that is never used by the VKB (one of the F-keys for example) to easily toggle the "Send all input to VKB" action.

Hi!

The beta versions are no longer available, but all these new features are now part of the 1.0 version of the plugin:
https://daniel-gergely.itch.io/emergence1

If you are looking for a free plugin, the  older version is still available here:
https://daniel-gergely.itch.io/emergence

UI zoom is now adjustable in v1.0.3. I hope that helps

Hey! Thanks for the detailed feedback

I think the quote thing can totally work. Like search for the exact pattern if it has quotes, do the current fuzzy matching if it doesn’t.

I get why you would find the red and cyan matches less intuitive but that’s just how fuzzy matching works: it looks at characters, not words. But it might be possible to tweak it so matches like your cyan example get ranked lower (or excluded)

I did some testing (also have a 4k screen) but have not been able to reproduce the issue so far. Maybe you can give me some more details about your system? Knowing these details would be helpful for further testing

• are you using the latest version of the extension (1.0.2)?
• Which reaper version are you using?
• What is your operating system?
• If windows, which hidpi mode do you use? (in Preferences -> General -> Advanced System/UI tweaks -> HiDPI mode)
• do you have multiple screens connected?
• What display scale factor are you using?

Thanks

Hi! there is no way to manually adjust scaling for the extension. It will set its size based on screen size and system settings like display scale factor. Does it appear too small on your screen?

hey this post suggests that the mpc does not support vst3 only the old vst format.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mpcusers/comments/ovex0m/is_there_a_way_to_run_vst3_in_mpc_beats/

there are some workarounds described in the comments, maybe you can try those?

I will fix that in the next update Thanks for the feedback!

This is really helpful, Thanks! I’ll see if I can do something about it

Thanks for the feedback!

The extension only checks those .ini files and does not scan the file system to check if the plugin file actually exists so I guess that explains why some deleted plugins might stick around until the plugin list is re-scanned.

Can you tell me which clap plugins you tried to load? and in which reaper version? mac or windows? I tried a couple in recent reaper versions (6.75-77) including chowtapemodel, fluctus by nakst, some fullbucket stuff and these seem to work fine so I’m not sure whats going wrong there.

Hey! clap is now supported in the new 1.0.2 version!

Hi!

You could create the folders in Finder but the easiest way is to open the plugin window and click the “Reveal” button near the top right corner. This will create the Presets folder and open it in Finder. The you can copy the “Factory” folder from the preset zip.

Hi! the extension was released before reaper had clap support so it does not know about clap plugins yet. I have plans for adding this in the next update

Hi!

I can confirm that I did not receive a payment around the time you posted this.

I would recommend trying again and if you are still having problems maybe contact itch/paypal/stripe support. They handle all payments so I’m not sure what I can do in this case.

Let me know if the problem persists

Hey! You can lock the pitch to a scale using the buttons on the right side of the Pitch knob. Engaging the button at the bottom for example will snap the value of the pitch knob to the nearest octave.

You can then assign modulator to the pitch knob to generate melodies (or chords, depending on the Length and Rate of the grain generation)

Stream 1 does something like that in the “LFO Arp” preset. It should sound even better with just a single note frozen in the buffer

Hope this helps

Sounds fun but it is beyond the scope of what this plugin is designed to do, at least for now. With 1.0 just released I can’t really add any major new features like this.

I could release a standalone version but I’m not sure how useful would that be without some built-in sound sources

So maybe in 2.0 if that ever happens, or a different plugin entirely

Hey! currently there is no way to enter a specific modulation amount value on the plugin UI but your DAW probably has some way to enter values for any parameter. You can right-click the modulation amount knob on the plugin UI to see the name of the parameter (this will change depending on how you set up modulations).

By the way I agree that this would be a useful feature, I might add it in a future update

You can still get the same manual randomization. It does take a few more clicks to set it up but it also gives you more control