Let us know which VST2.x plug-ins are working in Dorico

David_Tee · November 27, 2016, 8:17am

fratveno:

[This is probably not the right thread to post this, so MODS please delete/move as necessary]

Copy the name of the plugin faithfully (without the extension) and put it into its own line in the WHITELIST file. Then put 32 zeros on the line beneath it. The plugin itself will have to reside in one of the default paths. (there is an xml file listing those as well - install a reader that formats xml in a digestive way, e.g. (equivalent to) notepad2 on windows)

Start Dorico and quit again immediately. The xml files will get updated.

Open the defaults.xml file and look for the line with 32 alphanumeric charachters ending in “=0”. That will be your plugin. Change the “0” to “1” and copy those 32 glyphs (the GUID) to the clipboard and save the file. If there is no such line ending in “0” then your plugin has not passed the verification.

Open the WHITELIST file again and replace the line with 32 zeros with the GUID from the clipboard. SAVE.

Launch Dorico and your plugin should be available.

(If this is wrong or incomplete then a bottle of Barolo is to blame…

Oddly enough I found a part of this works for me - I entered a series of plug-in names (faithfully!) in the whitelist file, putting the 32 zeros beneath each of them. Unfortunately none of them were updated to =0" in the defaults file.

But… when I opened Dorico again, several of them were working as VST’s, including Play, Addictive Drums, BFD2 and some NI synths. I haven’t tested them thoroughly with multiple channels etc., but an initial test shows no problems.

As I have Cubase 8.5 installed and those VST’s work perfectly there, I’m guessing that the necessary codes etc. were already in the system and somehow I’ve opened them up for use in Dorico.

(as above, if this isn’t appropriate to this thread, MODS please delete/move as necessary)