Just did a clean install of Cubase 14, renamed 13 folder so I get a fresh start and will tweak preferences later. Second attempt to get Cubase Pro 14 to start up and it hangs on scanning VST and task manager shows it is checking licenses.
How long does this VST scan take? Or is this a known bug.
I only have about 20 VST3 plugins on this machine.
Going on 15 minutes so far.
I have rebooted after installing and activation.
Hello
the plugins are in the folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
and they are in vst3 version?
because otherwise you have to activate the small vst2 button
and it is not the same file
C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins
or
C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins
otherwise you have to manually add the location
It could be that the vstscanner or vstscannermaster is choking and therefore hanging indefinitely. If you reboot again and restart Cubase, does it get stuck again or does it suddenly work? If not, have a look in the list of processes (Win: Task Manager, Mac: Activity Monitor) does it show a vstscannermaster or vstscanner process?
@Freuden - FYI, this issue was that it was the first time starting Cubase Pro 14 and it never loaded so I could not get to the VST 2 button.
I rebooted a couple times after hanging and decided to use the third option in that dialog one gets after having to end task. For the computer in question, I’m not using VST 2 so once I got Cubase loaded. I made a few preference changes and quit and restarted a few times and it seems to be working now. Thank you.
the problem is that you can’t see the vst3s loading and you can’t see which vst3 is blocking or slowing down startup? solution: take fl studio for a test run and scan with it, which displays the names of the vsts it’s loading, so you can identify them.
Steinberg, can you change this on the next version?
Facing the same issue with Cubase 14 Pro.
I also had this issue the first time I downloaded Cubase 14 trial and then Nuendo 14 when I bought it. It eventually fixed itself after I let it sit for a while, but not longer than I had previously — it just decided to work that time around. Now I’m running into the same issue after having Nuendo 14 (kinda) working over the past couple weeks. I say kinda cuz I’ve been running into a ton of bugs that are very similar to this one.
On Windows you can have a security setting activated that prevents Cubase from launching properly.
Look in the Security settings for “Protected Folders”. Cubase needs to access the Documents folder and Windows might block that access.
You need to allow the CubaseXX.exe (XX = version number) and the file “vstscanner.exe” in the same Cubase program folder access to the Documents folder.
