Curve EQ from Cubase 7 in Nuendo 5.5

Nuendo
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I thought - why not copy the “Curve EQ” plugin from my copy of Cubase 7 (Contents/VST3 folder), into the corresponding folder in Nuendo 5.5. So I did, and it works. Also the others seem to be working as well (eg “synthegine”).

I haven’t tried to see f they work if placed in the normal system VST3 folder, since I can’t think of any other apps that support VST3 anyway.

Not sure if this is “allowed”, but I will buy Nuendo 6 as soon as it’s released anyway, and I own both Cubase (two copies), and Nuendo 5.5, so “who’s the victim here”?

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Why should it be not allowed? If you own Cubase7…?

Isn’t Curve EQ that Voxengo Plugin? Well, then this is just a simple dll which can be used in all hosts you have, or not?

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I own licenses for Cubase 7 and Nuendo 5.5. But I also discovered that, if I copy the plugin (in my case a VST3 not a DLL because I’m on Mac) to the system VST3 folder, I can also use it in Studio One, which supports VST3 format. But whether it’s licensed for that I can’t say, and I guess I don’t really want to open that can of worms.

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You can do the same thing with most plugins, unless the plugin is locked to the host in question.
For example, the stripped-down sonnox tools from WaveLab work in all VST3 hosts if you copy the files…