Plug-ins and Collections

The VST Plug-in Manager shows the VST effects and VST instruments that are installed on your computer.

In Nuendo, plug-ins are arranged in collections. Only one collection can be active at the same time. The plug-ins contained in the active collection are shown in the selectors all over the program.

When you launch Nuendo, all plug-ins that are found are automatically placed in the Default collection. This is the collection of plug-ins that is active by default.

The Default collection is created each time you start Nuendo or you initiate a rescan.

You can, however, add your own VST effect or VST instrument collections. This is useful if you only want to see the specific plug-ins that are used in a specific project, for example. When you activate this collection, all VST effects and VST instruments of this collection are shown in the selectors for VST effects or VST instruments.

Note

If an installed VST effect or a VST instrument could not be loaded by Nuendo, it is not shown on the VST Effects tab or the VST Instruments tab, and grayed out in any collection. In this case, verify if that plug-in is copy-protected.