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VST Sound
Introduction
One of the biggest challenges in typical project studio en-
vironments is how to manage the ever-growing number of
plug-ins, instruments, presets, etc. Cubase provides a
truly universal, fully integrated solution to this problem:
VST Sound.
What constitutes VST Sound?
VST Sound is what links the MediaBay and instrument
tracks as well as track and VST3 presets.
• The MediaBay is a universal Media Management Sys-
tem providing different views that allows you to find and
tag media files, quickly import media files into projects and
more (see “The MediaBay” on page 287).
• Instrument tracks are a sound-oriented combination of
MIDI tracks and VST Instruments, another way of applying
sounds to tracks easily (see “VST Instruments and Instru-
ment tracks” on page 182).
• Track presets are a combination of track settings, ef-
fects and mixer settings that can be applied to new tracks
of various types. So right from the start, you can set up
your tracks for a specific sound (see “Track Presets” on
page 300).
• With the introduction of the VST3 plug-in standard, Cu-
base makes use of VST presets as an additional way to
apply sounds to instrument tracks and effects to audio
track (see “Inserts and EQ settings from track presets” on
page 310). Plug-in parameters can be saved as VST pre-
sets, and you can also generate VST presets (i.e. sounds)
from VST2 Instruments.
You can identify VST Sound features in Cubase through
the VST Sound logo.
The VST Sound logo
The VST Sound logo is used in various places in Cubase,
for example:
• In the Inspector as a button for applying track presets.
You will only see track presets corresponding to the type of track you are
working on.