Hi everyone! So, recently I started having an issue, one day Cubase started taking ages to load any project. I tried updating to 14, updating every plug in and any other updatable thing, yet the issue remained. So I tried loading it without third party plug ins and it’s fine, so I need to search for some defective plugin but I have no idea where to start. Any suggestions on how to solve this?
Hi,
you can deactivate 50% of the 3rd party plugins and see if the issue still occurs:
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If the problem persists: Deactivate another half of the remaining plugins (you are now down to 25% in total). Go on until…
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…the problem doesn’t occur anymore: Now you have isolated the chunk with the culprit. Take this chunk and repeat the previous process until you have found the plugin(s).
It is cumbersome but more effective than deactivating each plugin one by one.
Good luck!
So you think i should just deactivate them and not completely uninstall them?
Hi,
sorry, I should have been more clear.
The VST3 format has a dedicated installation path all VST3 plug-ins must comply with.
If you are on Windows all your VST3 plug-ins are installed here:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
If you are on a Windows 64-bit system than VST3 32bit on Windows 64-bit systems reside here
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\VST3
Just take a chunk of the 3rd party Plugins each time and put them somewhere else for the time being. The plugins will not be loaded if you launch Cubase as they can’t be found in their dedicated location. If you are working with customized plugin collections: The plugins that are temporarily removed will appear as greyed out and will reappear in full once you restored them in their dedicated location above.
If you are on a Mac it is basically the same but I don’t know where they reside on a Mac. Still, there is only one installation path like on a Windows OS, so that shouldn’t be too hard to find out.
I haven’t asked, yet: You are not using any VST2 plugins or bridge older plugins, do you?
I am also using some VST2 plug ins, yes, and had no issues until a couple months ago. Also, I’m on Mac, I tried doing this already but I can’t find all the plug ins in that folder, for example the Waves plugins
Ah, good to know…
Have you checked this box in the Plugin Manager?
Studio/VST-Plugin Manager down at the very bottom
Please try to able/disable it to rule out any VST2s first. As the VST2 standard does not know a dedicated installation folder, VST2 plugin installers usually let the user select an installation path. But VST2 plugins can also have a fixed installation path predefined by the manufacturer. In this case, only the documentation can tell you where to find the plug-in…
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It may also be good to mention that any x86 plugins require Cubase be run in Rosetta to use, so that may also have something to do with it.
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There is a handy tool that works on Windows as well as MAC that will scan your plugins and find errors and other info. Quite good. Free too