When I go to add a plugin for music in Vegas Pro 21, the plugins are mostly in duplicate. Are these the 32 bit and 64bit versions? No indication of what they are or why there are two of each. Need help to remove the extra audio plugins in Vegas Pro 21. Thanks.
They are very probably VST2 and VST 3 audio effects.
To deselect the audio effects that you don't want, go to Options/Preferences/VST Effects (tab) and in the VST effects list uncheck the effects that you don't want.
VST2 and VST3 effects are usually in different folders on the C drive so there is also the option of removing folders from the 'VST Search Folders:' window.
Hi - Found out I installed 64 bit audio plugins for Reaper (Win 10 PC) in two areas: 1) Default = "C:\Program Files\Common Files" and 2) a folder I created "C:\VST64Plugins." Deleted duplicate plugins. Rescanned Reaper. Holding down CTL+ SHIFT, restarted Vegas Pro 21 - deleting stored files - will see if there are duplicate files. Now 90%. Loading fast. 92%. Now 98%!! 99%!! loading plugins 100%!! Wow. Removing duplicate plugins made Vegas Pro 21 load clean very fast!!! Impressed.
Options > Preferences > VST Effects > VST Search Folders - can add / edit plugin paths
Bottom = Scanning for VST Plugins - Decided to uninstall audio plugins for a certain company - clean the registry - then reinstall the plugins fresh. Doing this I believe when scanning Options > Preferences > VST Effects > VST Search Folders - no more duplicate plugins. Loading Vegas Pro 21 is fast without duplicate plugins to slow it down!! Hope this helps someone.