You can right-click a plug-in and choose Add to Favorites from the shortcut menu or drag it to the Favorites folder. The ReWire Devices folder also contains a Favorites folder you can use to keep your most-often-used ReWire clients handy. Select the All folder to display all ReWire clients. Please see “Organize plug-ins with folders” in this help topic for more information.ĭisplays your ReWire device (client) applications. The Audio FX folder also contains additional folders you can use to organize and categorize your plug-ins. ACID preserves information about uninstalled plug-ins so settings can be restored if the plug-ins are reinstalled. The Unavailable folder contains plug-ins that you have uninstalled since running ACID. You can right-click a plug-in and choose Ignore from the shortcut menu or drag it to the Ignored folder. The Ignored folder contains plug-ins that you want to prevent ACID from using without uninstalling the plug-in. You can right-click a plug-in and choose Rescan from the shortcut menu to attempt to rescan the plug-in for use in ACID. The Failed folder contains plug-ins that did not scan correctly or timed out during scanning. Select the All folder to display all audio plug-ins. You can drag plug-ins to tracks or Mixing Console channel strips to add effects to your project. When you open the Plug-In Manager window, an Explorer view is displayed with separate folders for your plug-ins.ĭisplays all your DirectX and VST audio plug-ins. If you want to remove an existing folder, select a folder in the Search Folder column and click the Remove button.Ĭlick the Scan button to start scanning your folders for plug-ins. If you want to edit an existing folder path, select a folder in the Search Folder column, click the Edit button, and then browse to the folder where your plug-in is installed. If you want to add a new folder, click the Add button and then browse to the folder where your plug-in is installed. Indicate where your plug-ins are installed:

The dialog displays a list of folders where ACID looks for VST plug-ins. The Plug-In Configuration dialog is displayed. These plug-ins are registered with Windows and are detected automatically.įrom the View menu, choose Plug-In Manager if the window isn’t already visible.Ĭlick the Configure VST button at the top of the Plug-In Manager window. You don’t need to scan for DirectX or ReWire plug-ins. Scanning your computer for VST plug-ins is a two-stage process: first, you need to tell ACID where your plug-ins are installed, and then you can scan those folders for plug-ins.

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