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Audio effects
Saving insert effect combinations
You can save the complete insert effect rack for a channel
together with all parameter settings as an inserts preset.
Inserts presets can be applied to audio, instruments, FX
channel or group tracks.
This works as follows:
1. Select the desired track in the Track list and open the
Inserts Inspector section.
2. Load a combination of insert effects and adjust the pa-
rameters (or select effect presets) for each effect.
3. At the top of the Inserts tab, click the VST Sound but-
ton to open the Preset Management pop-up menu for the
inserts and select “Store Preset”.
This can also be done from the Channel Settings window using the VST
Sound button at the top of the Inserts section.
4. Type in a name for the preset in the dialog that appears.
5. Select the track (audio/group/instrument/fx channel)
you wish to apply the new preset to, and open the Preset
Management pop-up menu.
As you can see, the new preset is available at the top of the pop-up menu.
6. Select the preset you created from the pop-up menu.
The effects are loaded into the Insert slots of the new track, and the con-
trol panels for all effects are opened.
• Note that when loading insert combination presets, any
plug-ins that were previously loaded for the track will be
removed, regardless of whether these slots are used in
the preset.
In other words, saving an inserts preset means saving the states of all in-
sert slots.
• You can use the Preset Management pop-up to save
your settings as preset, or to rename or remove the cur-
rent preset.
Extracting insert effect settings from track presets
You can extract the effects used in a track preset and load
them into your inserts “rack”:
• Select “From Track Preset…” on the Preset Manage-
ment pop-up menu to open a dialog where all track pre-
sets are shown.
• Select an item in the list to load the effects used in the
track preset.
Track presets are described in the chapter “Working with
Track Presets” on page 288.
Installing and managing effect
plug-ins
Cubase supports two plug-in formats; the VST 2 format
(with the file name extensions “.dll” on the PC and “.VST”
on the Mac) and the VST 3 format (extension “.vst3” on
both platforms). The formats are handled differently when
it comes to installation and organizing.
Installing additional VST plug-ins
Installing VST 3 plug-ins under Mac OS X
To install a VST 3.x plug-in under Mac OS X, quit Cubase
and drag the plug-in file into one of the following folders:
• /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/
This is only possible if you are the system administrator. Plug-ins in-
stalled in this folder will be available to all users, for all programs that
support them.
• /Users/<user name>/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/
“<user name>” is the name you use to log on to the computer (the easi-
est way to open this folder is to go to your “Home” folder and use the
path /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/ from there). Plug-ins installed in this
folder are only available to you.
When you launch Cubase again, the new effects will ap-
pear on the effect pop-up menus. In the VST 3 protocol, the
effect category, sub-folder structure etc. are built-in and
cannot be changed. The effect(s) will simply show up in the
assigned category folder(s) on the Effect pop-up menu.