diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
index 4d811c1c9b..df11828059 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
@@ -2516,24 +2516,6 @@ if (!Profile->get_mixbus()) {
add_option (_("Audio"), dm);
- add_option (_("Audio"), new OptionEditorHeading (_("Plugins")));
-
- add_option (_("Audio"),
- new BoolOption (
- "plugins-stop-with-transport",
- _("Silence plugins when the transport is stopped"),
- sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::get_plugins_stop_with_transport),
- sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::set_plugins_stop_with_transport)
- ));
-
- add_option (_("Audio"),
- new BoolOption (
- "new-plugins-active",
- _("Make new plugins active"),
- sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::get_new_plugins_active),
- sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::set_new_plugins_active)
- ));
-
add_option (_("Audio"), new OptionEditorHeading (_("Regions")));
add_option (_("Audio"),
@@ -2854,7 +2836,6 @@ if (!ARDOUR::Profile->get_mixbus()) {
add_option (_("Video"), new VideoTimelineOptions (_rc_config));
#if (defined WINDOWS_VST_SUPPORT || defined LXVST_SUPPORT || defined AUDIOUNIT_SUPPORT)
- add_option (_("Plugins"), new OptionEditorHeading (_("General")));
add_option (_("Plugins"),
new RcActionButton (_("Scan for Plugins"),
@@ -2870,8 +2851,31 @@ if (!ARDOUR::Profile->get_mixbus()) {
Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (bo->tip_widget(),
_("When enabled a popup window showing plugin scan progress is displayed for indexing (cache load) and discovery (detect new plugins)"));
+
#endif
+ add_option (_("Plugins"), new OptionEditorHeading (_("General")));
+
+ bo = new BoolOption (
+ "plugins-stop-with-transport",
+ _("Silence plugins when the transport is stopped"),
+ sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::get_plugins_stop_with_transport),
+ sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::set_plugins_stop_with_transport)
+ );
+ add_option (_("Plugins"), bo);
+ Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (bo->tip_widget(),
+ _("When enabled plugins will be reset at transport stop. When disabled plugins will be left unchanged at transport stop.\n\nThis mostly affects plugins with a \"tail\" like Reverbs."));
+
+ bo = new BoolOption (
+ "new-plugins-active",
+ _("Make new plugins active"),
+ sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::get_new_plugins_active),
+ sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::set_new_plugins_active)
+ );
+ add_option (_("Plugins"), bo);
+ Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (bo->tip_widget(),
+ _("When enabled plugins will be activated when they are added to tracks/busses. When disabled plugins will be left inactive when they are added to tracks/busses"));
+
#if (defined WINDOWS_VST_SUPPORT || defined LXVST_SUPPORT)
add_option (_("Plugins"), new OptionEditorHeading (_("VST")));