Jun 28, 2017 If you like my videos and want to support please consider checking out the links below. If you have a question or video suggestion leaving a comment is the best way to get me to see it, I try to. Activate either the Custom folder or System folder (VST 3 only) as required. Note: only add discrete folders which contain VST plug-ins. Adding entire drives or system folders may crash Live. Make sure that the folder contains only VST.dll files. Other system files can use the.dll extension too, but they may crash Live if included in the. Jan 17, 2017 In this video we explain how to administer your VST plug-ins in Ableton Live on Windows computers. 'How Can I Check the Version Number of My Installed Native. How to install and activate VST plug-ins on Windows. Download the latest installer file from the plug-in manufacturer's website and run it. Some plug-ins may also have a standalone version which is separate from the VST version. Don't install the standalone and VST versions to the same folder. Install to the VST folder of your choice.
I downloaded the demo version of the PSP MixPack and for some odd reason, they don't show up in Live, yet they are in the correct folder (or so I assume) : Mac HD/Library/Audio/Plugins/VST...![Mac Mac](/uploads/1/2/7/1/127107052/388365852.png)
Vst Folder Ableton
All the plugs are there but not in Live. Furthermore, I'm a bit confused between the VST folder I mentioned above and the one found in the User's Home directory (ie: from the finder--> 'your name'/library/audio/plugins/vst/....)
When looking into the VST plugin browser in Live, under the actual VST folder there is a sub-folder called 'local' and another called 'user', yet both of them contain VST plugs. All I want is to understand the difference between these different VST locations and why some plugins dont' show up at all in Live when they're clearly there in one of these folders (I did try changing their location but in vain).