Could a "modular" category be added ?

Maybe there is one already ?

I was adding A.A.S. Multiphonics CV-1 and I selected music software > Instrument> and had to pick something generic like synth because there is no category for modular that I can see. I mean for VST modular, not actual physical things like Eurorack etc... Cheers =)

It's still a VST synthesizer. Why is it important that modular-styled VST instruments have their own category? Who would this new category help?

If you're browsing for a hardware synth, someone new to all this could get seriously confused if eurorack stuff was categorized the same as a standalone synth... they could end up buying a module before they know they need a case, power supply, supporting utilities, etc... but the same is not true in the software domain.

I'm not asking rhetorically, I'm just trying to understand the need better.

because I'm organised, and I suspect others are too. It seems every vst I look for on here, I have to add myself because there is no record of it prior to me searching for it. I have added loads. If I can do a bit of work, so can you ? =P

If I can do a bit of work, so can you ? =P

Moderators can't define new categories here, that's Admin-only at the moment. Is this the work you are suggesting I should do?

As for organizing your own Equipboard, users are allowed to freely re-label and re-categorize the items in their own board as they please. So you can already organize your Equipboard to appear exactly as you wish, correct?

As far as gear you're adding not already being on here, that's how Equipboard has always worked. The first user to add an item that nobody has ever added before is the one to create the new item entry. Was your expectation different than this?

All that said, I too get annoyed when I go to add a piece of gear to a profile, and find that hasn't been added to the database yet, but at least I know that if I'm the one adding the new item, it's going to get a name, category, image, and description that I mostly-like :)

Oh I know that someone has to be the first, but it seems to be me, a lot. Cherry Audio Memorymode for instance......massively popular memorymoog clone. I was sure it would be here as it was released weeks ago, but there was no sign of it. Seems every time I buy a new thing, I have to add it myself. I added 4 just today. Blue Cat Late Replies, A.A.S. Multiphonics CV-1 ( which is the modular synth I was enquiring about ), Cherry Audio Memorymode, and Zplane Peel.

As for the modular category, they aren't just synths, as i'm sure you know you can make drum machines, samplers, effects etc...in them as well, and there are enough of them now to justify having their own category, because they are quite different. You got cherry audio voltage, softube modular, a.a.s. multiphonics cv-1, reaktor, and VCV will be releasing a vst version before the end of the year, plus others I can't recall right now. If you want to find a modular environment, it's a very specific thing, just as the need for a delay category is different to a reverb, even though a reverb is technically a lot of delays. we also have separate categories for limiters and compressors, even though they are fundamentally the same thing with different ratios, so I don't think it's splitting hairs to have a category for a modular environment.

Oh I know that someone has to be the first, but it seems to be me, a lot. Cherry Audio Memorymode for instance......massively popular memorymoog clone. I was sure it would be here as it was released weeks ago, but there was no sign of it. Seems every time I buy a new thing, I have to add it myself. I added 4 just today. Blue Cat Late Replies, A.A.S. Multiphonics CV-1 ( which is the modular synth I was enquiring about ), Cherry Audio Memorymode, and Zplane Peel.

These are valuable contributions to the EB community. Thank you!

As for the modular category, they aren't just synths, as i'm sure you know you can make drum machines, samplers, effects etc...in them as well, and there are enough of them now to justify having their own category, because they are quite different. You got cherry audio voltage, softube modular, a.a.s. multiphonics cv-1, reaktor, and VCV will be releasing a vst version before the end of the year, plus others I can't recall right now. If you want to find a modular environment, it's a very specific thing, just as the need for a delay category is different to a reverb, even though a reverb is technically a lot of delays. we also have separate categories for limiters and compressors, even though they are fundamentally the same thing with different ratios, so I don't think it's splitting hairs to have a category for a modular environment.

So you're thinking:

Musical Instruments > Music Software > Plugins: Instruments > Modular Synthesizer Plugins ?

https://imgur.com/9JnYCHu

well, sorta, because they aren't just confined to instruments and you can make anything you want to make

OK, how do you think things should be arranged/re-arranged so that this new category meets your expectations, but also makes some kind of sense in relation to all the other categories and structure?

I don't know. I only see the necessity of the category

Would a "Modular Synth Plugins" sub category, as per the earlier screenshot, be a sufficient solution for the time being?

To me, "Instrument", in this context, just implies "anything that primarily makes sounds". I'm sure some of these modular environment plugins allow you to also output MIDI or audio-rate control signals (I sure hope Reaktor, 25+ years old, finally allows people to do this, but I haven't checked in years), but primarily, people buy them to make audible sounds of some kind, be they pitched, percussive, or pseudorandomly-generated baths of pink noise, right?

yeah, but if you wanted to make an effect, instrument wouldn't cover that base. I know most people use them to create synths, drums and sequencers, but if you left it open as just modular environment, you wouldn't get someone else asking for a modular "effects" category in 6 months =P

Fair point, but as I'm sure you know, some VST instruments that aren't explicitly modular-inspired offer their FX as separate-but-bundled plugins, Such as SerumFX, but I don't know of anyone asking to also list Serum under the FX section. Pretty much anything in the database, that isn't a traditional acoustic instrument, is a fit for more than one category. This category-chafing isn't a pain-point unique to modular-inspired VST instruments.

It's ok. Doesn't matter. Im juggling too many plates to invest more into this conversation. I thought it was a simple idea, but I guess not. Later.

Maybe someone else out there has some thoughts or a new angle on this one?