Plug-ins Preferences

You can specify where WaveLab Yellowtec Edition should search for your VST plug-ins and which ones it should ignore. It also allows you to choose how your VST plug-in controls respond to mouse actions and how frequently graphics are updated.

If you use your own file structure to organize and save VST plug-ins, this dialog allows you to gain full control over which plug-ins are loaded and which are ignored. This is useful if you want to deactivate a particular plug-in or if you want to ignore plug-ins that you never want to use with WaveLab Yellowtec Edition.

• To open the plug-in preferences, select File > Preferences > Plug-ins.

General Tab

Search Standard VST Plug-in Shared Folders

If this option is activated, WaveLab Yellowtec Edition searches for VST plug-ins in the default VST plug-in folders.

Information About the Searched Folders

Click on the info icon to see in which folders WaveLab Yellowtec Edition searched for plug-ins when it was launched. If you cannot find a plug-in in WaveLab Yellowtec Edition, this helps you to determine whether you have specified the correct folder, for example.

Additional VST Plug-in Folders (WaveLab Yellowtec Edition Specific)

Lets you specify additional folders where VST plug-ins can be found.

Ignore Plug-ins Located in the following Subfolders (Separate Folder Names with a Semicolon)

Lets you specify folder names that WaveLab Yellowtec Edition skips when searching for VST plug-ins.

Do Not Load the following Plug-ins

Lets you specify plug-ins that WaveLab Yellowtec Edition does not open. Enter the file names, without path and without file extension. Write each plug-in on a new line.

If you put the character * in front of the name, any plug-in that contains the name is ignored.

Force Plug-in Detection at Next Launch

Analyzes the plug-ins when launching WaveLab Yellowtec Edition the next time. To reduce the start time of WaveLab Yellowtec Edition, the plug-ins are not analyzed every time WaveLab Yellowtec Edition is started. However, WaveLab Yellowtec Edition keeps a list of plug-ins and updates this automatically when a date or size change is detected.

Keep Plug-ins in Memory until WaveLab Yellowtec Edition Quits

If this option is activated, the plug-ins are kept in memory even when they are no longer used. This results in a faster reopening of plug-ins. However, if you use many plug-ins, too much memory could be used after a specific time, which slows down the application.

Faster Graphics Refreshing (Consumes More Computer Power)

Refreshes the graphics of VST plug-ins more quickly.

VST Plug-in Knobs

Lets you set the mode for using knobs in plug-ins. You can set the mode to Circular, Circular Mode (Relative Movement), and Linear.