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How to Install VSTs Into Cubase

VST stands for Virtual Studio Technology, and it usually refers to downloadable plugins that emulate sounds or sound effects. A plugin is basically a small program that runs inside a larger program, and in this case the larger program that needs to access a VST plugin is Steinberg's Cubase. Whether you are installing a compressor, EQ, distortion effect or any of the numerous other types of VST plugins out there, the process is incredibly simple.

Things You'll Need

  • VST plugin (usually downloaded in .zip, .rar, or .exe format)
  • File compression program
  • Cubase
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Instructions

    • 1

      Download the VST plugin you wish to use and save it to a location on your computer that you can easily remember.

    • 2

      Double-click "Computer" and navigate to the folder where the compressed VST plugin was downloaded. Doulble-click it to open it with your system's default file compression program.

    • 3

      Click "Extract To" in the file compression program. In the resulting dialog, navigate to the folder on your computer where Cubase stores VST plugins. By default, this will be C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Vstplugins.

    • 4

      Click "OK" or "Extract" to extract the plugin to the "Vstplugins" folder.

    • 5

      Double-click the desktop icon for Cubase to launch it. Alternatively, click "Start," then "Programs," then select Cubase from the programs list.

    • 6

      Click "Devices," then "VST Instruments."

    • 7

      Click an empty slot, and select your VST plugin from the drop-down menu.

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