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title: Plugins Tab
menu_title: Plugins Tab
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<p>
  This tab contains settings that control the discovery and availability of
  plugins.
</p>

<img src="/files/a4/a4_preferences_plugins.png" alt="preferences
plugins tab"/>

<ul>
  <li>
    <p>
      <strong>General</strong>
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>
	<p>
	  <strong>Scan for Plugins</strong> will initiate an immediate scan of
	  the system for available plugins.
	</p>
      </li>
      <li>
	<p>
	  <strong>Always Display Plugin Scan Progress</strong> When enabled a
	  popup window showing plugin scan progress is displayed for indexing
	  (cache load) and discovery (detect new plugins).
	</p>
      </li>
      <li>
	<p>
	  <strong>Scan Time Out</strong> Specify the default timeout for plugin
	  instantiation in 1/10 seconds. Plugins that require more time to load
	  will be blacklisted. A value of 0 disables the timeout.
	</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </li>

  <li>
    <p>
      <strong>VST</strong>
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>
	<p>
	  <strong>Clear VST Cache</strong> Remove all VST plugins from the list
	  of plugins available to be inserted into the processor box.
	</p>
      </li>
      <li>
	<p>
	  <strong>Clear VST Blacklist</strong> Make blacklisted VST plugins
	  available to be added to the processor box.
	</p>
      </li>
      <li>
	<p>
	  <strong>Scan for [new] VST Plugins on Application Start</strong> When
	  enabled new VST plugins are searched, tested and added to the cache
	  index on application start. When disabled new plugins will only be
	  available after triggering a 'Scan' manually.
	</p>
      </li>
      <li>
	<p>
	  <strong>Linux VST Path:</strong> Launch a dialog to manage the
	  directories that will be searched for Linux VST plugins.
	</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>