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Installing and Managing Plug-ins
Compiling a New Effects Collection
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The Show Plug-in Information button opens a section at the bottom of the
window in which more information about the selected item is shown. If you
select several plug-ins, the information for the plug-in that you have selected
first is shown. In this section, you can also deactivate selected plug-ins.
Deactivated plug-ins are no longer available in collections. This is useful if you
have plug-ins installed that you do not want to use in Cubase.
The Plug-in Manager Settings button opens a section at the bottom of the
window in which all current paths to VST 2 plug-ins are listed. You can add
or
remove folder locations by using the corresponding buttons. Click Rescan
All to rescan your computer for plug-ins.
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ELATED LINKS
Plug-in Manager on page 383
Compiling a New Effects Collection
You can create a new collection of effects or VST instruments for use in the plug-in
selectors.
P
REREQUISITE
A number of effect plug-ins is correctly installed on your computer, and these
plug-ins are listed on the VST Effects tab of the Plug-in Manager window.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Plug-in Manager window, click the New Collection button and do one
of the following:
• To create a new collection based on the list of all effects, select Add All
Plug-ins.
• To create a new collection based on the current collection, select Copy
Curren
t Collection.
2. Enter a name for the new collection and click OK.
3. Drag items from the list of all effects and drop them to the new collection. A
blue line
indicates the drop position.
• Click the New Folder button to create folders and place items directly in them.
• You can drag items to new positions within the collection.
• Drag items from the collection list to the list of all plug-ins to delete them, or
select items and click Delete.
RESULT
The new collection is saved automatically.