3 This tab contains settings that control the discovery and availability of
7 <img src="/images/a4_preferences_plugins.png" alt="preferences
13 <strong>General</strong>
18 <strong>Scan for Plugins</strong> will initiate an immediate scan of
19 the system for available plugins.
24 <strong>Always Display Plugin Scan Progress</strong> When enabled a
25 popup window showing plugin scan progress is displayed for indexing
26 (cache load) and discovery (detect new plugins).
31 <strong>Scan Time Out</strong> Specify the default timeout for plugin
32 instantiation in 1/10 seconds. Plugins that require more time to load
33 will be blacklisted. A value of 0 disables the timeout.
46 <strong>Clear VST Cache</strong> Remove all VST plugins from the list
47 of plugins available to be inserted into the processor box.
52 <strong>Clear VST Blacklist</strong> Make blacklisted VST plugins
53 available to be added to the processor box.
58 <strong>Scan for [new] VST Plugins on Application Start</strong> When
59 enabled new VST plugins are searched, tested and added to the cache
60 index on application start. When disabled new plugins will only be
61 available after triggering a 'Scan' manually.
66 <strong>Linux VST Path:</strong> Launch a dialog to manage the
67 directories that will be searched for Linux VST plugins.