Ableton Vst Plugin System Folder

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Vst plugins gratis. In order to load a VST plug-in, the host sequencer needs to be pointed to the folder the plug-in is located in. If the sequencer does not search for the VST plug-in in the correct folder, it will not find anything or possibly load a second, older installation of the plug-in in question. Follow the steps below to fix this. Macintosh HD Library Audio Plugins VST If you're using a custom VST folder you need to locate the WaveShell file and move it to your custom VST folder. Then re-launch Live if it's already running. This will scan the Waveshell and activate all available Waves plug-ins in the browser. In the window that opens, navigate to the folder where your VST plugin is located: C: Program Files Common Files Steinberg VST2 Equator for RISE x64.dll Press Rescan to make Ableton find the VSTs in that folder and make them available in your project.


Im very new at the whole making music thing, and learning everything about Live 9.
I was interested in using the 'Massive' plug in I saw a tutorial on.

Ableton Vst Plugin System Folders


The problem I'm having is that none of my plug ins are showing up, but all the instruments show up. I was using Live 9.1 I think, and then read that I should use 32/64 bit accordingly, so I downloaded the trial in both 32/64, none worked. I also tried various other things like uninstalling, reinstalling, deleting files.db etc.
Another thing to note is that when I check the route to my VST folder it says it doesn't have one.

Any help would be appreciated.

Unlike other DAWs (FL Studio at least, which is what I use), Ableton Live allows you to choose only one custom VST plugin folder. This drives a lot of people nuts, especially when moving from another DAW to Ableton.

Fortunately, there is an easy solution- shortcuts! Here’s how to easily point to many VST folders from Live:

Ableton Vst Plugin Folder

  1. Choose a folder or create one that you will to point to from Live later on. This doesn’t need to contain any plugins. Let it be an empty folder if you please. Let’s call it “Ableton VSTs” for this article.
  2. Now here’s the important step- create shortcuts of all your VST folders that you want tracked by Live and drop those shortcuts in “Ableton VSTs”. Rename these shortcuts to meaningful names (you’ll find out why ahead).
  3. Go to Preferences> File Folder and click on the ‘Browse’ button for “VST Plug-in Folder”, and browse and select “Ableton VSTs.

Ableton Vst Folder

Live will scan all VST folders you have placed shortcuts to in the “Ableton VSTs” folder. Now, when you click on “Plug-ins”, you will notice the shortcut names as folders. Enjoy!