9.5

Customizing
Plug-in Organization
Customizing Plug-in Groups
You can customize the appearance and sorting of plug-ins on the Organize tab of the Plug-ins
preferences.
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To update the tree, click the Show Changes button.
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The category labels that are used to create the hierarchy are supplied by the plug-in
manufacturers. To change the category name, navigate to the Category Renaming table,
click in the Original column, and select the category that you want to rename. Then click in
the Modified column, and enter a new name.
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To change the sorting of plug-in groups, select whether to sort by category or by vendor
in the sorting menu of the Customize section. If a plug-in does not publish a vendor name
or category, the name of the enclosing plug-in folder on disc is used as vendor name or
category if it is not the VST plug-in root folder.
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To group all plug-ins that start with the same prefix in one submenu, activate Create
Submenus Based on Prefixes, and specify the number of plug-ins that must start with the
same prefix. Only if this number is reached, a submenu is created.
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To group plug-ins in a single submenu if their number is below a specified value, activate
Compress Hierarchy, and specify the threshold. A tree is flattened to a single submenu if
the number is below the threshold. This prevents too small submenus.
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To activate the Recently Used category, activate Submenu with Recently Used Plug-ins,
and specify the maximum number of recently used plug-ins that should be displayed in
this category.
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You can make the Recently Used category global to all places or individual for each
context, for example, for the Master Section, audio montage track, or audio montage clip.
To make the Recently Used category individual for each context, activate Independent
Recently Used Plug-ins Menus.
RELATED LINKS
Plug-ins Preferences on page 253
Adding Additional VST Plug-ins
You can specify folders where additional VST plug-ins can be found. This is useful if you are using
third-party VST plug-ins that you do not want to save in the standard VST folder.
PROCEDURE
1. Select File> Preferences> Plug-ins.
2. Select the General tab.
3. In the Additional VST Plug-in Folder (WaveLab Specific) section, click the folder icon, and
navigate to the folder that contains the VST plug-ins that you want to add.
Excluding Plug-ins
You can specify a list of plug-ins that WaveLab Elements does not open.
PROCEDURE
1. Select File> Preferences> Plug-ins.
2. Select the General tab.
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