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Audio effects
About earlier VST effect presets
As stated previously, you can use any VST 2.x plug-ins in
Cubase. For a description of how to add VST plug-ins, see
“Installing and managing effect plug-ins” on page 142.
When you add a VST 2 plug-in, any previously stored pre-
sets for it will be in the old FX program/bank format (.fxp/
.fxb). You can import such files, but the preset handling will
be slightly different. You will not be able to use the new fea
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tures until you have converted the old “.fxp/.fxb” presets to
VST
3 presets. If you save new presets for the included
VST 2 plug-ins, these will automatically be saved in the new
“.vstpreset” format.
Importing and converting FXB/FXP files
To import FXB/FXP files, proceed as follows:
1. Load any VST 2 effect you may have installed, and
open the Preset Management pop-up menu.
2. Select “Import FXB/FXP…” from the pop-up menu.
This menu item is only available for VST 2 plug-ins.
3. In the file dialog that opens, locate the FXP file and
click Open.
If you load a bank (.fxb), it will replace the current set of all effect pro-
grams. If you load a single program, it will replace the currently selected
effect program only. Note that such files exist only if you created your
own .fxp/.fxb presets with a previous version of Cubase (or any other
VST
2 application).
4. After importing, you can convert the current program
list to VST presets by selecting “Convert Program List to
VST Presets” from the Preset Management pop-up menu.
After converting, the presets will be available in the Presets browser. The
converted presets will be stored in the VST3 Preset folder.
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/VST3/ 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, subfolder structure, etc. are built-in
and cannot be changed. Therefore you will find the ef-
fect(s) in the assigned category folder(s) on the Effect
pop-up menu.
Installing VST 2.x plug-ins under Mac OS X
To install a VST 2.x plug-in under Mac OS X, quit Cubase
and drag the plug-in file to one of the following folders:
• /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/
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.
• <user name>/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/
“<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.
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All VST 2 presets can be converted to VST 3 presets.