I’m coming from Logic and misunderstanding how to solve my problem. I’ve searched and just can’t find an answer other than something completely off the wall that doesn’t make sense. I upgraded some EastWest plugins to a better version. It freezes when loading the project because it can’t find the missing plugins. I disable them on startup, but I am not understanding how to replace them or put new plugins in their slot to save. In Logic you just bypass loading the plugin and it’s super simple, this seems convoluted. Any help would be appreciated.
Hello and welcome.
Usually in Cubase it is the same - if Cubase can’t find a plugin that is used in the project it displays a message and then just loads the project.
If Cubase crashes on your system something else is wrong. @Martin.Jirsak might guide you to where to find the crash reports created by Cubase in order to upload them here.
Thanks. It doesn’t actually ever crash, it just freezes on this screen. I can’t select any of the download or no options.
Hi,
From the screenshot you provided, this is not about missing plug-in. This is about misuse library of the given plug-in. If you click Download, the library is going to be downloaded and everything should OK. If you click No, the instrument is going to be loaded without the library, do you will not hear the sound. But the project should load in both cases. It’s just waiting for your action.
Gotcha. I tried that, but it always freezes. I can’t click any of these options. It’s just stuck here.
Hi,
I always try to solve all libraries issues out of running DAW software. So I would start the plug-in (EW?) as standalone version and solve the library issue there. Once I’m sure I have all libraries installed properly, I start my DAW (Cubase).
Thanks for your help so far. Sorry if I’m not being clear. There’s nothing to fix inside the standalone version. I am not trying to reinstall these libraries, I have downloaded better plugins. What I’m trying to do it just get into the project, swap out the plugins that don’t work anymore, and move on. Either that’s load up with everything disabled, swap out the plugins, and reactivate everything, or is there a way to only disable certain plugins before loading so it doesn’t search for them when the project is loading.
Hi,
I see.
So if you click No, it doesn’t help…
Then you can either install Cubase in the Cubase Safe Start Mode and disable all 3rd party plug-ins. Then open the project(s) and set the instrument to None. Then restart Cubase (in normal mode) and assign the new instrument(s).
Or you can open the Plug-in Manager and disable the plug-in temporarily there.