Thanks, I need it
I have a way to run NR on all the stems I want at once, but the back and forth is entirely frustrating...1 step forward, 2 steps back

Thanks for all the help, Dave, much appreciated

I haven't tried Studiorack...
I'm no fan of the Waves fiascos, either

And you've gotten me to realize that I also haven't tried running Acon in...

oh my...same problem with MetaPlugin
acon plugs just stop working
MetaPlugin does allow context menus, where without it they are locked out

I gonna hafta bounce everything

It has been fine...

Bob, thanks for responding...I've used your proposed workflow a bit.

I'm not mixing music, per se; regions are patchwork as I have shown in previous screen shots...it's mostly interview of human...

indeed, this is the method I have been using for many years in SAW

Yes, essentially MIDI PC concept for lack of a better description. The terms kinda need defining to get into deep discussion....different manufacturers and hence different users have different...

hmmmm, further, I was reading up on VST3 spec

and PROGRAM CHANGE is not allowed
I grasp why

I'm pretty shocked at how CPU friendly the Reason Rack VST is...I'm guessing Reason running in the...

Well, speaking for myself...not really
The big problem is the Metaplugin wrapperUI windows and the VSTs windows within it are not physically tied to each other...so you have to move each window.
...

I just tried creating .ini copies and giving different names, for example:
Metaplugin.ini
Metaplugin02.ini
Metaplugin03.ini

which does work and could maybe be a workaround going forward...

Indeed

I was wondering if using differently .ini files might allow some custom naming...or maybe that would cause nuthin but havoc...I didn't try

there are certainly some modifications to SAW...

Wow, Metaplugin is pretty rad! And Reason as a VST is very powerful
Acon worked solid all day

thanks again!

right on! Metaplugin working for me with Acon so far....and allows me to use the myriad of Reason Rack Extensions I have...Reverbs and Comps to name a couple...thanks Dave!

Wellll,
thanks Dave!
Metaplugin seems to solve my issue with Acon Restoration Suite 2 plugins hanging...so far

now, if I could get parameter automation of the plugs, that would be an even bigger...

OK, Metaplugin seems pretty cool to play with setting up :-)

let's see if it stabilizes Acon performance in use...that would be nice!

I'll report back later

I have not, thanks Dave...I'll have a look

Stian responded to me via twitter/ X
he confirmed he has stopped using twitter/ X for comms and asked me to contact him via email which I have done and await his reply :-)

Yeah, no...I was wrong about that...no worries...doesn't work that way
What I have been doing is what I need to do :-)

So, I'm using the Control Track to keep track of labelling the on/off states...

OK
back to report that maybe my usage of the SS64 RETURN is not being best used by me

These Acon Plugs DO NOT want to be on an input track

so, instead, I have found that automating the the...

ugh, looks like I'm wrong again
using the Reason RACK only in SS64 won't help me. I need the Reason SEQUENCER to automate

looks like I will have to offline all my NR in another DAW > export and...

this thread is altogether very helpful
I find to run Reason rack as a VST is a VST3...ugh, so yet another workaround kafuffle

I need to crack on with my film and I'm not interested is spending...

So, it dawned on me that Reason will run as a VST in another DAW

and in Reason will allow full automation of a great deal of parameters including VSTs
so it could essentially work as a wrapper
...

hmmmm...yeah, have to reboot SAW as well to reset the VST after using another DAW
I have informed Stian at Acon via X (twitter) DM....we'll see if he doesn't respond for a while I'll try another way...

I have been struggling with Acon Restoration Suite 2 and Extract: Dialogue in SawStudio64 for years.
So, just a heads-up workaround if any of y'all are experiencing similar.

My main problems are...

Thanks for this :-)

So, a little update for my workaround

I've figured out that if I use an unused RETURN track to manually "transfer" my automation on/off states; then it is fairly easy to...

uh...I don't think I did goofed pressing ctrl<
...I use SAW A LOT...you know, like a day job in post ;-P

as I said previously, sometimes SAW gets flakey IME
I find it wise to shut SAW down if I...