I have a growing hoard of VST plugin goodies and want to catalog them in a database.

Wondering whether to use either a table in word.doc, an excel table or a simple access style database?

The structure of columns would be eg.
Developer | Product | Type | Version | WWW Dev. | WWW Source ... etc.
The 'Type' would be limited to similar used in KVRaudio; Synth VA, Synth Additive, FX Chorus, FX Distortion,,,

Searchable and sortable.

Ideally to include a graphic of the GUI of each product in the dB.

KVRaudio used to have a great big dB, sortable by Developer or Product Name but I cannot find it anymore

Are there any database boffins here who can help me to whip up such a dB, in something like SQL, MS Access, OpenOffice Base ?

Thanx ^_^

 

I just use spreadsheet for my personal plugs. One tab for Instruments, one tab for Effects.

1st column: Plugin author + Plugin name (e.g. "Full Bucket Nabla")
2nd column: Category (e.g. Synth/SynthMono/FM/ROMpler/Keys/Drum/SynthEdit/SynthMaker)
3rd column: Type (kinda like Category but more specific)
4th column: Free or Paid (to keep track since sometimes I forget )
5th column: Notes (any important info to note, like version, whether portable or installer, instructions, or bugs/issues, 32-bit only etc)

For MySQL, I'm not that far gone yet

 

You don't need a relational, query-able database to catalog a few dozen, or even hundreds of VSTs.
A google spreadsheet or an XLSX will do just fine.