New version of my favourite VSTi was suddenly released with different name inside the dll file, rendering all my templates obsolete. Can you somehow change plugin name inside the dll file?
My first try was with Resource Hacker, but even that one couldn't do it.

 

A little more information plz which OS which Daw which plugin and also what does the "inside the dll" means?
Basically you should be able to just rename the dll file if it is named bla bla.dll and you want it to be bla bla bla.dll just rename it to bla bla bla.dll and thats it
That works on almost all plugins but some few plugins however cant be renamed.

 

Plugin's name, and other information (vendor, ...) are stored in the dynamic library file of that particular plugin (dll, so, vst3, ...). I need to change that name which is stored in there.
OS and DAW are independent of this

I tried changing something in Version Info, but that did not take effect.


BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
{
BLOCK "00000409"
{
VALUE "CompanyName", "test1234"
VALUE "FileVersion", "2.0.3.29"
VALUE "InternalName", "test1234"
VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyleft"
VALUE "ProductName", "test1234"
VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.03"
VALUE "FileDescription", "test1234"
VALUE "OriginalFilename", "test1234.dll"
}
}

 

Last edited: Dec 3, 2018

Same boat here! I've tried everything but I always ended up crashing the plugins even the retail ones... Hope someone can enlighten us on how to do it...

 

The only clue that I have is the fact that jBridge actually modifies the bridged plugin adding a [jBridge] signature before the Vendor value so, i think\hope there should be some way to do the same thing...

 

I can fix it ,but will have to try a few things again to wright down what to do,
if ya want to send us the new dll and the old name ill have it sorted in 5
with some info on what i did

 

Great!
Can I send you a test file and then replicate the changes on a wider scale?

 

at work now! I'll be anxiously waiting for some round-up on that topic...

 

@Andrew
yep just send us a pm

 

This may help you also, never needed to rename plugins though
-> https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=226&t=82638&start=25#p687860

 

I renamed my VST. I call it "Soul Sucker". Sorry Andrew, couldn't resist.

 

ok! i found a way that works without modify any dll etc (at least for Studio One)... under %appdata%\Roaming\PreSonus\Studio One 3\x64 you will find Plugins-en.settings and Vstplugins.settings... the first one contains all the infos about yours VST2.x, the other one it's the same stuff but for the VST3s... you can easily modify whatever you need with Notepad without touching the dll at all... just pay a little attention about what you rename... hope it could help...

 

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