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10 TIPS on running a virtual studio (time to get unreal)

1 Organise, organise

n a basic level, you can organise plug-in instruments into folder by effect or instrument type, but you will possibly have to rescan – see next point – if you start moving them about a lot. The most important organisational tip is to make sure your plug-ins all reside in one (correct) place. Sadly, this doesn’t always happen, especially when you get the option of choosing an install location, so make sure they install to the correct USER/Library folder (for a Mac), or correct VST/plug-in folder (for a PC). Similarly, with vast libraries for Kontakt or other libraries, keep all

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