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WORKING WITH VST PLUGINS373
The Plugin Rack Device
When you create a VST in Reason it’s automatically housed in a Plugin Rack Device. The Plugin Rack Device is a
“container” for the VST plugin and represents the VST in the Reason rack. The Plugin Rack Device much resembles
a Combinator device and features audio inputs and outputs as well as CV connectors and a CV Programmer section.
If the VST is detected as an instrument the Plugin Rack Device is automatically connected to a Mix Channel device,
just like any other instrument device in Reason.
Front panel
A Plugin Rack Device representing an Arturia ARP 2600 V3 VST instrument.
A Plugin Rack Device representing a Sonic Charge Permut8 VST effect.
A Plugin Rack Device for a VST instrument has Pitch and Mod Wheel controls, whereas a Plugin Rack Device for a
VST effect has the standard “Bypass/On/Off” switch (like any other Effect device in the rack).
! Note that setting the device in “Off” or “Bypass” will not disable the VST. This means the VST will still affect
the CPU/DSP Load.
• The center and right sections of the Plugin Rack Device are identical, regardless of if it represents a VST instru-
ment or VST effect.
• The Patch Load/Save section works in the same way as for the other device types in Reason (see “Loading
patches” and “Saving patches”).
There are also Next/Previous VST Program buttons to the right of the patch display, where you can step through
the programs loaded in the VST plugin itself, see “Selecting VST programs”.
• Above the Patch Load/Save section is the name of the corresponding VST, as well as the manufacturer’s
name.
• Below the Patch Load/Save section is a button for unfolding the CV Programmer (see “The CV Programmer”).
• The display shows a screenshot of the corresponding VST (or a default logo).
• At the bottom of the display is the Open button. Clicking this (or the image of the VST) brings up the VST in its
Plugin Window (see “The Plugin Window”).
• To the far right are audio input and output level meters, as well as indicators for Note On, Automation data and
CV input.
• Below the indicators is an On/Off button for enabling/disabling the VST plugin completely.
Disabling a VST plugin will also reduce the CPU/DSP Load.