Locating plug-ins within Cubase or Nuendo

If you're unable to find your iZotope products within Cubase or Nuendo, you can try the steps below to locate them:

1. Rescan your plug-ins:

  • Click the Studio menu.
  • Select Plug-in Manager.
  • Click the gear icon in the bottom left corner.
  • Click the "+" icon in the top right corner of the VST Plug-In Path Settings menu.
  • Navigate to your VST 3 folder* and click Open.
  • Click the Re-scan All icon in the top right corner of the VST Plug-In Path Settings menu.

*By default, plug-ins are located here:
Mac: (VST 3): Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plug-ins > VST 3
PC: (64-bit VST 3) C: > Program Files > Common Files > VST3 > iZotope

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2. Check your plug-ins folder:

If you're using a custom plug-in folder, be sure you've run the iZotope installer in Custom Install mode with that folder selected. You can read more about that on this article.

The default locations for iZotope products are:

Mac
— VST: Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plug-ins > VST
— VST 3: Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plug-ins > VST 3

PC:
— 64-bit VST: C: > Program Files > Steinberg > VstPlugins
— 64-bit VST 3: C: > Program Files > Common Files > VST3 > iZotope

Exponential Audio products will install to this location on PC:
— 64-bit VST: C: > Program Files > VstPlugins
— 64-bit VST 3: C: > Program Files > Common Files > VST3

 

3. Check compatibility:

Cubase 10+ will blacklist VST2 and 32-bit versions of plug-ins, be sure to use the 64-bit VST3 for best results. 

Cubase 10.5 isn't supported on macoS 10.13 and below or Windows 7, this may result in issues when using iZotope plug-ins. 

You can see each iZotope plug-ins compatibility on its specifications page.