VENUE SC48 Guide
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Enabling and Disabling Installed Plug-Ins
The Installed Plug-Ins list shows Disabled plug-ins in
italics
.
Plug-Ins can be manually disabled and enabled to manage
DSP resources, troubleshoot possible conflicts, and to manage
plug-in availability.
To globally disable or enable a plug-in:
1
Click to select the plug-in name in the
Installed Plug-Ins
list,
at the right of the
Options > Plug-Ins
tab.
2
Right-click the plug-in and select whether to
disable
or
en-
able
the selected plug-in.
If assigned to any rack slots, the plug-in will be displayed as
unavailable and inactive.
Automatically Removing Plug-ins During
Show Load
Plug-ins are verified during the Show file load procedure to
streamline plug-in lists and menus by automatically removing
unused plug-ins (plug-ins that were once installed but subse-
quently uninstalled or disabled).
In addition, the plug-in lists can be reset manually using the
Remove Unavailable Plug-ins
command. Plug-ins which are not
available and not in use in the rack are automatically filtered
from all plug-in menu lists when the show file is subsequently
stored. This filtered list is stored with the Show file.
Plug-ins which are not available but
are
in use will remain in
the rack and display a warning icon indicating the plug-in
isn’t installed or is disabled. Such plug-ins appear as italicized
entries in the plug-ins menu lists.
Manually Removing Unavailable Plug-ins
from the Racks
Unavailable plug-ins can be easily removed from rack slots us-
ing the Remove Unavailable Plug-Ins command.
To manually remove unavailable plug-ins:
1
Put the system in Config mode. Make sure the plug-in rack
is fully initialized (the Status indicator displays OK).
2
Click the
Plug-In selector
in any rack slot and choose
Remove
Unavailable Plug-Ins
. This menu item is only available when
one or more unavailable plug-ins are present in the rack.
3
Click
Remove
to confirm the operation, or click
Cancel
.
If you proceed with the removal:
• All unavailable plug-ins are removed from the plug-ins
rack.
• The italicized entries for unavailable plug-ins are re-
moved from all plug-in menu lists.
• All references to unavailable plug-ins are removed from
the Insert Processing section of all affected channels, and
the insert point plug-in is set to
None
.
• All references to unavailable plug-ins are removed from
all snapshots.
The new, updated list of available plug-ins is subsequently
saved to the Show file.
History File and Removing Plug-ins
A History file is written immediately before removing unavail-
able plug-ins from the rack, in order to provide a means of un-
doing the operation.
Plug-in Version Checker
VENUE D-Show software includes a comprehensive database
of plug-in information, and this info can be used to greatly
simplify the process of managing your VENUE plug-ins.
Use this feature to get version details and compatibility infor-
mation for a plug-in prior to installing, or after it has been in-
stalled to help diagnose or troubleshoot plug-in performance.
Version checking also warns you when you are about to
downgrade a plug-in (install an older version over a newer ver-
sion).
To view plug-in version information:
1
Go to the
Options > Plug-Ins
page.
2
Select a plug-in in either list (
Plug-Ins to Install
, or
Installed
Plug-Ins
).
In addition to using the plug-in version checker, also check
the VENUE plug-in pages on the Digidesign website
(www.digidesign.com) for the most up to date information
Version information is not shown for a multi-selection. Se-
lect an individual plug-in to view its version information.
Info about a recommended update in Options > Plug-Ins
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