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layout: default
title: Plugins Tab
menu_title: Plugins Tab
---
<p>
This tab contains settings that control the discovery and availability of
plugins.
</p>
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<img src="/images/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>