Working with VST effects

Adobe Premiere Pro supports the Steinberg VST (Virtual Studio Technology) audio plug‑in format so that you can add VST audio effects from third‑party vendors. Adobe Premiere Pro includes VST plug‑in effects that are available in both the Audio Mixer and the Effect Controls panel. Track‑based VST plug‑ins may provide additional controls. Apply VST effects the same way you apply other audio effects to tracks or clips.

In the Effects And Sends panels of the Audio Mixer, VST effects appear in the Effect Selection pop‑up menus. In the Effects panel, they appear in the Audio Effects bin so you can apply them to individual clips. In most cases, VST effects appear in the Audio Effects bin and track type that corresponds to the number of channels the effect supports. For example, stereo VST effects appear in the Audio Mixer track effect pop‑up menus for stereo tracks only, and in the Stereo bin in the Audio Effects bin in the Effects panel. After you apply any VST effect, you can open a window with all of its controls. You can leave multiple VST editor windows open as long as you want, such as when automating effects, but Adobe Premiere Pro closes all VST editor windows when you close the project.

If you previously installed a VST‑compatible application other than Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro finds VST effects in the VST folder that already exists. Inside the Plug‑ins folder of the Adobe Premiere Pro application folder, there is also a VSTPlugins folder with plug‑ins that are used only by Adobe Premiere Pro.

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