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Studio One 5.5.2 (and the previous update) shows scanning 0 of 10,000 plug-ins. I don't have 10,000 plugins! Help!

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asked Sep 7, 2022 in Studio One 5 by elliotjohnston (230 points)

For starters, the issues I'm about to explain were prevalent in version 5.5.1, as well as the latest version 5.5.2. 

Issue #1 - Studio One 5 scanning 0 - 10,000 plugins on startup. First of all I don't have 10,000 plugins. Not even close to that. Second, I realize I could disable scanning at startup, but that doesn't fix the issue. A few days ago, out of curiosity, I let Studio One 5 scan all 10K plugins. Took 2.5 hours and multiple times I had to click the "QUIT" button on the same McDSP plugin (Futzbox). I had to do this like 6 times over the span of S1 5 scanning all 10K plugins. LOL. So weird. It's like S1 thinks I have 5-6 copies of the exact same plugin thus it's scanning them multiple times, to add up to 10K in number. Any ideas as to what could be going on or how I could solve this issue?

Things I've tried so far that haven't worked:

  • clearing DNS settings
  • Uninstalling/ Reinstalling S1 5
  • replacing hosts file
  • remove plug-in settings within plug-in manager
  • resetting blocklist
Things I've made sure are correct
  • Preferences-->Locations-->VST Plug-ins
Issue #2 - One particular song shows missing devices (mostly plugins and one instance of Steven Slate's SSD5 Sampler) when they are NOT missing in the plug-ins folders. For example, when I go to a certain AUDIO track that shows a missing FabFilter Pro Q 3 on it, and try to add it again, the new instance shows up...so why wouldn't it just load then when the song loads?? That's a mystery (Chris Farley)!
When going to an INSTRUMENT track though, and reloading Steven Slate's SSD5 Sampler, it does NOT show up. However, if I were to make a new instrument track and load SSD5 on it, SSD5 shows up.
I guess my question for Issue 2 is, would it be plausible to take the song and copy it over to a completely new song file? I don't have the terminology correct here or I'd speak more fluidly. I guess what I'm looking to do is find out if the song has something corrupt within or if its S1 5 in general. 

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answered Sep 12, 2022 by rionquiroz1 (4,300 points)
are you still having this issue? if yes email me at [email protected] and maybe i can get you sorted out
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