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making the problematic plug-in unavailable. If you choose to rescan and they crash the
program a second time, Live will automatically make them unavailable, meaning that they
will not appear in the Plug-In Device Browser and will not be rescanned again until they are
reinstalled.
15.3.2 VST Programs and Banks
Every VST Plug-in instance owns a bank of programs. A program is meant to contain one
complete set of values for the plug-in's controls.
The VST Plug-In
Program Chooser.
To select a program from the plug-in's bank, use the chooser below the title bar. The number
of programs per bank is xed. You are always working in the currently selected program,
that is, all changes to the plug-in's controls become part of the selected program.
Note that VST programs are different from Live device presets: Whereas the presets for a
Live device are shared among all instances and Live Sets, the VST programs belong to
this specic instance of the VST Plug-in.
Renaming a VST Plug-In
Program.
To rename the current program, select the VST program chooser and execute the Edit
menu's Rename Plug-In Preset command. Then type in a new program name and conrm
by pressing
Return
.
The VST Program/Bank
Load Button (Left) and
Save Button (Right).
VST programs and banks can be imported from les. Clicking the VST Program Load button
brings up a standard le-open dialog for locating the desired le.