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Play mode
Play mode allows you to change how your music sounds in playback, including by changing the playback template and assigning VST instruments, inputting automation, adjusting the mix, and changing the sounding duration of notes in playback without affecting their notated duration.
Project window in Play mode
The project window in Play mode contains the default toolbar and the event display, and also a toolbox and panels that contain all the tools and functions that allow you to set up your project for playback.
VST and MIDI Instruments panel
The VST and MIDI instruments panel contains the VST and MIDI instruments available and used in your project, and allows you to edit their settings. It is located on the right of the window in Play mode.
Whitelisting VST instruments
You must whitelist any VST 2 instruments you want to use in Dorico Pro. After you have whitelisted plug-ins once, they are available in any project.

Whitelisting VST instruments

You must whitelist any VST 2 instruments you want to use in Dorico Pro. After you have whitelisted plug-ins once, they are available in any project.

A default vst2whitelist.txt file is included with your Dorico Pro installation, which lists VST 2.x plug-ins that Steinberg has qualified for use with Dorico Pro.

Procedure

Press Ctrl/Cmd-, (comma) to open Preferences.
Click Play in the page list.
In the VST Plug-ins subsection, click Edit VST2 Whitelist to open the vst2whitelist.txt file in a text editor.
Enter the names of the VST plug-ins you want to whitelist.
Note
- Each plug-in must have its own line in the text file.
- Do not include the plug-in file extension (.dll on Windows and .vst on macOS).
Save and close the text file.
Click Close to close the Preferences dialog.
Quit Dorico Pro.

Result

When Dorico Pro next opens, your whitelisted VST plug-in entries are available for use in the program.