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VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
About the “plug-in could not be found”
message
When you open a project that uses an external effect/in-
strument, you may get a “plug-in could not be found” mes-
sage. This will happen when you remove an external
device from the VST Connections window although it is
used in a saved project, or when transferring a project to
another computer on which the external device is not de-
fined. You may also see this message when opening a
project last saved with version 3.0 of Cubase.
In the VST Connections window, the broken connection
to the external device is indicated by an icon in the Bus
Name column.
To reestablish the broken connection to the external de-
vice, simply right-click the entry for the device in the Bus
Name column and select “Connect External Effect”. The
icon is removed, and you can use the external device
within your project as before.
Freezing external effects/instruments
Just as when working with regular VST instruments and
effects, you can also choose to freeze external effects and
instruments. The general procedure is described in detail
in the chapters “Audio effects” on page 162 and “VST In-
struments and Instrument tracks” on page 182.
When freezing external instruments or effects, you can ad-
just the corresponding tail value in the Freeze Channel
Options dialog:
• Use the arrow buttons next to the Tail Size value field to
set the desired Tail length, i.e. the range after the part
boundary that should also be included for the freeze. You
can also click directly in the value field and enter the de-
sired value manually (the maximum value being 60 s).
• When the Tail Size is set to 0s (default), the freezing will
only take into account the data within the Part boundaries.
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Note that busses set up for external effects or exter-
nal instruments are saved “globally”, i.e. for your par-
ticular computer setup.
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Note that you have to perform Freeze in realtime. Oth-
erwise external effects will not be taken into account.