{"id":31624,"date":"2007-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=31624"},"modified":"2007-05-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T00:00:00","slug":"vst-plugins-not-show-up-sonar","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/vst-plugins-not-show-up-sonar\/","title":{"rendered":"My VST plugins do not show up in Sonar."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonar has user-defineable, dedicated folders where it searches for all VST plugins.  If a valid (and compatible) VST plugin resides in one of these folders, then Sonar will recognize it and make it available for use.  If a plugin does NOT reside in these folders, or is incompatible, then Sonar will not allow it to be used.<\/p>\n<p>To set up the VST plugins folder in Sonar, go to Options > Global > VST Plug-Ins.  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