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Audio effects
The Plug-in Information window
On the Devices menu, you will find an item called “Plug-in
Information”. Selecting this opens a dialog listing all the
available VST compatible plug-ins in your system (includ-
ing VST Instruments).
Managing and selecting VST plug-ins
To see which VST plug-ins are available in your system,
click the “VST PlugIns” tab at the top of the window.
• To enable a plug-in (make it available for selection),
click in the left column.
Only the enabled plug-ins (shown with a check mark in the left column)
will appear on the effect menus.
• The second column indicates how many instances of
the plug-in are currently used in Cubase LE.
Clicking in this column for a plug-in which is already in use produces a
pop-up showing exactly where each use occurs – select an instance to
open the control panel for the plug-in.
Ö A plug-in may be in use even if it isn’t enabled in the
left column.
You might for example have opened a project containing effects that cur-
rently are disabled on the menu. The left column purely determines
whether or not the plug-in will be visible on the effect menus.
• All columns can be resized by using the divider in the
column header.
The other columns show the following information about
each plug-in:
Update button
Pressing this button will make Cubase LE re-scan the
designated VST folders for updated information about the
plug-ins.
VST 2.x Plug-in Paths button
This opens a dialog where you can see the current paths
to where VST 2.x plug-ins are located. You can freely
Add/Remove folder locations by using the corresponding
buttons. If you click Add a file dialog is opened, where you
can select a folder location.
About the Shared Plug-ins Folder (Windows and VST 2.x
only)
You can designate a “shared” VST 2.x plugins folder. This
will allow VST 2.x plug-in to be used by other programs
that support this standard.
You designate a shared folder by selecting a folder in the
list and clicking the “Set As Shared Folder” button in the
VST 2.x Plug-in Paths dialog.
Column Description
Name The name of the plug-in.
Vendor The manufacturer of the plug-in.
File This shows the complete name of the plug-in (with exten-
sion).
Path The path and name of the folder in which the plug-in file
is located.
Category This indicates the category of each plug-in (such as VST
Instruments etc.).
Version Shows the current version of the plug-in.
SDK Shows with which version of the VST protocol a plug-in
is compatible.
Latency This shows the delay (in samples) that will be introduced
if the effect is used as an Insert. This is automatically
compensated for by Cubase LE.
I/O This column shows the number of inputs and outputs for
each plug-in.