Identically-named effects cannot be differentiated in the Select Command dialog in Macro editing #1604
Labels
bug
An error, undesired behaviour, or missed functionality
macros / scripting
Bugs related to macros and scripts
P3
Medium Priority
plugins
Bugs with external plugins, such as VSTs, LV2, Vamp and Nyquist.
Describe the bug
Identically-named effects cannot be differentiated in the Select Command dialog in Macro editing
Originally logged on Bugzilla as P3 1709
https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1709
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Expected behavior
Similarly named effects should be differeentiated
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Additional context
Bill wrote on the Bugzilla thread:
On Mac:
If you don't do step 4, then you get a cascading menu at Effect > Limiter where you can choose one or the other by full path.
This is similar to choosing an effect in Chains where it is done by name rather than by full path.
BTW, on my Mac (10.11.4) all the mda VST effects crash Audacity. Just a heads-up in case you were thinking of actually using the mda Limiter.
and later he wrote:
On Mac:
Note that in the "Select Command" dialog there are two entries for "Limiter"
I don't think this is a matter of "LV2 effects are hidden by like-named LADSPA effects in Chain editing" as the title currently says, since it happens with identically-named effects of any stripe.
Changing the bug title to:
Identically-named effects cannot be differentiated in the Select Command dialog in chain editing
Although, as shown in comment 2, there is also a problem with identically-named effect in the Effect menu.
Also changing Component from "LV2" to "User Interface" since this seems to be an issue of choosing effects by name rather than an issue with any particular effect type.
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