How Can You Ensure You Load the Right (VST 3) Version of Your Plugin

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I loaded Fabfilter Pro MB, which according to Plugin Manager is listed as being a VST 3.7xxx
but when I load it, the behavior is that of a VST 2. (It will not resize, which the VST 3 does do).

I can’t load from the Plugin Manager, and my plugin browser doesn’t list which are the VST 3. When I hit About in the Fabfilter plugin, it says 64 bit , which I think confirms that it is indeed the VST 2 (which explains why it doesn’t resize).
Where is this ability to choose which version of a plugin one loads, or how to configure the way plugins show up in the browser (I heard it was customizable but thus far I haven’t seen anything in the manual. In fact, when I search “plugin” i get zero results [edit - i see, ya’all call 'em plug-ins not plugins, ha!!!)

I found out I can hide the vst 2 versions. And that option is fine for Fabfilter products, but ideally I would simply like to give myself the option, in case I experience bugs with a VST 3 version - hiding everything would be time consuming besides the fact that plugin devs often cannot fully debug their products.

So my question is still, how can I get access to the information on what I’m loading from the plugin loading interfaces?

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Hi,

VST3 plug-ins have the /// symbol next to the name in the plug-in list.

Of you have VST2 and VST3 of the same plug-in installed (with the same plug-in ID), Cubase blocklist the VST2 version automatically to offer you the better VST3 version.

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Thanks for that helpful response. To be clear, Fabfilter plugins had an issue where only the VST3 could be real-time resized. In retrospect and after playing with the VST Manager to hide the VST 2 versions entirely, I figured out that I may had just not dragged to the plugin from the right corner carefully enough. (ALthough I had no idea that those /// meant VST3. It would be good if info like that were in the manual and/or on a Youtube video. If I type find, /// in the Cubase 12 Pro manual I get no result - but maybe it’s there. Fabfilter Help on the plugin doesn’t actually reveal that its VST3, just that its 64 bit - but I was actually already using the VST3 version.

My question to you is this. In FL Studio I can see from the plugin wrapper itself what type of plugin architecture is being used. Is there a way to reveal this information from the plugin interface once it is opened in Cubase?
Just one

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Hi,

No, I don’t think so. Maybe the plug-ins’ About screen.

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