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What is Virtue FX Manager?

Virtue FX Manager (VFxM) is a native REAPER extension that replaces REAPER’s default FX browser with a visual, searchable one. It runs inside REAPER as a C++/Dear ImGui window — it is not a separate application, and it is not a VST/AU/CLAP plugin itself.

The VFxM Library in 1.2.5: the Plugins panel on picture cards, category filters on the left and favourites on the right. The plug-ins shown are invented demo plug-ins.

Visual browsing

Every plugin can carry a real screenshot of its own GUI, captured automatically or by you, so you recognise it on sight instead of by name.

One-action insert

Double-click or drag a plugin onto a track — or onto empty arrange space to create a track — and it is loaded with the right track type.

Favourites & FX chains

Build named boards of the plugins and chains you actually reach for, so your working set is a handful of clicks, not a 2,000-item alphabetical list.

Stays out of the way

No plugin is inserted, no track is created, and no REAPER project state changes unless you take an explicit action.

What it is not

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  • Not a plugin host or wrapper. VFxM does not modify how REAPER loads or processes any plugin — it inserts the same FX REAPER would insert from its own browser.
  • Not a multi-DAW product yet. The current release targets REAPER only.
  • Not a VST/AU/CLAP plugin. It is a REAPER extension (reaper_virtue.dylib on macOS, reaper_virtue.dll on Windows) loaded from REAPER’s UserPlugins folder.

Where to go next

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