Full VST Rescan recommended after upgrading SONAR

SONAR supports VST3 and various VST enhancements, plus background scanning that automatically detects new plug-ins.

If you are upgrading from an older version of SONAR, you should perform a full re-scan of your VST plug-ins in order to take advantage of some of the new VST enhancements. This is recommended since upgrading from an older version of SONAR to a newer version does not forcefully reset all of your VST plug-in settings.

Note: The reason SONAR does not forcefully run this process for upgrade installations is because performing this process will remove custom configuration settings applied to plug-ins. For example, if you configure an audio effect as a synth, this setting will be erased and you will need to reapply the setting. Please keep this in mind when performing the below steps.

To perform a full VST Rescan:

1.	Go to Edit > Preferences > File - VST Settings.

2.	Under Scan Options, select Re-scan Existing Plug-ins and Re-scan Failed Plug-ins, then click Reset.

3.	The following confirmation message appears: “This will reset configuration settings for all your VST plug-ins to defaults. VST Plug-ins will be unavailable until a VST Scan is performed. Any custom configuration settings will be lost. Are you sure you want to do this?”

4.	Click Yes.

5.	Click Scan.

The background VST scanner scans your list of plug-ins. When scanning is complete, you can reapply any custom settings to your plug-ins.

Note: After performing a full VST rescan, clear the Rescan Failed Plug-ins and Rescan Existing Plug-ins check boxes, especially if Automatic Background Scan is selected. Leaving all of these options configured simultaneously can lead to a continuous scan loop.

For more information about VST Scan settings, see File - VST Settings.

 

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