diff --git a/voicemeeterlib/factory.py b/voicemeeterlib/factory.py
index 80c7a1a..cdf6dba 100644
--- a/voicemeeterlib/factory.py
+++ b/voicemeeterlib/factory.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import logging
-from enum import IntEnum
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import Iterable
 
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ from .command import Command
 from .config import request_config as configs
 from .device import Device
 from .error import VMError
-from .kinds import KindMapClass
+from .kinds import KindId, KindMapClass
 from .kinds import request_kind_map as kindmap
 from .macrobutton import MacroButton
 from .recorder import Recorder
@@ -27,34 +26,11 @@ class FactoryBuilder:
     Separates construction from representation.
     """
 
-    BuilderProgress = IntEnum(
-        'BuilderProgress',
-        'strip bus command macrobutton vban device option recorder patch fx',
-        start=0,
-    )
-
     def __init__(self, factory, kind: KindMapClass):
         self._factory = factory
         self.kind = kind
-        self._info = (
-            f'Finished building strips for {self._factory}',
-            f'Finished building buses for {self._factory}',
-            f'Finished building commands for {self._factory}',
-            f'Finished building macrobuttons for {self._factory}',
-            f'Finished building vban in/out streams for {self._factory}',
-            f'Finished building device for {self._factory}',
-            f'Finished building option for {self._factory}',
-            f'Finished building recorder for {self._factory}',
-            f'Finished building patch for {self._factory}',
-            f'Finished building fx for {self._factory}',
-        )
         self.logger = logger.getChild(self.__class__.__name__)
 
-    def _pinfo(self, name: str) -> None:
-        """prints progress status for each step"""
-        name = name.split('_')[1]
-        self.logger.debug(self._info[int(getattr(self.BuilderProgress, name))])
-
     def make_strip(self):
         self._factory.strip = tuple(
             strip(i < self.kind.phys_in, self._factory, i)
@@ -151,12 +127,14 @@ class BasicFactory(FactoryBase):
 
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         if cls is BasicFactory:
-            raise TypeError(f"'{cls.__name__}' does not support direct instantiation")
+            ERR_MSG = f"'{cls.__name__}' does not support direct instantiation"
+            raise TypeError(ERR_MSG)
         return object.__new__(cls)
 
     def __init__(self, kind_id, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(kind_id, **kwargs)
-        [step()._pinfo(step.__name__) for step in self.steps]
+        for step in self.steps:
+            step()
 
     @property
     def steps(self) -> Iterable:
@@ -173,12 +151,14 @@ class BananaFactory(FactoryBase):
 
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         if cls is BananaFactory:
-            raise TypeError(f"'{cls.__name__}' does not support direct instantiation")
+            ERR_MSG = f"'{cls.__name__}' does not support direct instantiation"
+            raise TypeError(ERR_MSG)
         return object.__new__(cls)
 
     def __init__(self, kind_id, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(kind_id, **kwargs)
-        [step()._pinfo(step.__name__) for step in self.steps]
+        for step in self.steps:
+            step()
 
     @property
     def steps(self) -> Iterable:
@@ -195,12 +175,14 @@ class PotatoFactory(FactoryBase):
 
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         if cls is PotatoFactory:
-            raise TypeError(f"'{cls.__name__}' does not support direct instantiation")
+            ERR_MSG = f"'{cls.__name__}' does not support direct instantiation"
+            raise TypeError(ERR_MSG)
         return object.__new__(cls)
 
     def __init__(self, kind_id: str, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(kind_id, **kwargs)
-        [step()._pinfo(step.__name__) for step in self.steps]
+        for step in self.steps:
+            step()
 
     @property
     def steps(self) -> Iterable:
@@ -226,7 +208,8 @@ def remote_factory(kind_id: str, **kwargs) -> Remote:
         case 'potato':
             _factory = PotatoFactory
         case _:
-            raise ValueError(f"Unknown Voicemeeter kind '{kind_id}'")
+            ERR_MSG = f'Unknown Voicemeeter kind {kind_id}, expected one of {[k.name.lower() for k in KindId]}'
+            raise ValueError(ERR_MSG)
     return type(f'Remote{kind_id.capitalize()}', (_factory,), {})(kind_id, **kwargs)
 
 
@@ -243,6 +226,6 @@ def request_remote_obj(kind_id: str, **kwargs) -> Remote:
     try:
         REMOTE_obj = remote_factory(kind_id, **kwargs)
     except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:
-        logger_entry.exception(f'{type(e).__name__}: {e}')
+        logger_entry.error(f'{type(e).__name__}: {e}')
         raise VMError(str(e)) from e
     return REMOTE_obj