'Use VST Plug-In Custom Folder' if you have installed all or some of the VST plug-ins in a dedicated folder of your own choice, i.e. 'VST Plug-ins'. Click on the Browse button and navigate to this specific folder. Don't set it to a big folder, partition or hard drive as this will crash Live.
- In the Ableton Live preferences, go to the 'File Folder' tab. Ensure 'Use VST Plug-In Custom Folder' is ON, and click 'Browse' to choose the folder where all your VST plugins are. After that, click 'Rescan' to make sure Ableton Live has refreshed the list of installed plugins.
- Where can I find the ddl's to drag them into my VST folder. Can not locate all my air VST's in Ableton Live. Edit Subject. Mac OS X users can skip this step.
Ableton Vst Folder Location Mac
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).
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Thanks for any help.Ableton Vst Plug-ins
PROCESS.AUDIO plug-ins are compatible with Ableton Live 8 and above in 64-bit mode ONLY.
1. PROCESS.AUDIO plug-ins are 64-bit only. So make sure you are NOT running your DAW in 32-bit in a 32-bit environment. Ableton Live 8 and 9 need to be installed with their 64-bit installers whereas Ableton Live 10 is already 64-bit only.
2. Make sure your plug-ins are installed in the correct and default locations:
Live 8 and 9 only use VST2 plug-ins wherease Live 10+ can use VST3 plug-ins.
MAC
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/ (AU)
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/ (VST2)
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/ (VST3) Live 10+ only
WINDOWS
C:Program FilesVstplugins (VST2)
C:Program FilesCommon FilesVST3 (VST3) Live 10+ only
3. Close Ableton, and then right-click and select ‘Run as Administrator’ (you will only have to do this once). If the plug-ins show up at this point, you're set. If not, move on to the next step.
Ableton Vst Folder Location
4. Open Live's Preferences > Plug-ins (Live 10.1 and later) or > File Folder (all Live versions until 10.1). Try to spot the Plug-In Sources section (usually at the bottom of the pane).
Ableton Vst Plugin
WINDOWS
If using Live > 10 and VST3, enable the System folder. This is where your PROCESS.AUDIO plug-ins are installed by default (C:Program FilesCommon FilesVST3).
If using a VST3 or VST2 Plug-in Custom Folder, make sure your PROCESS.AUDIO plug-ins are actually installed in this folder and switch it on (usually C:Program FilesVSTPlugins).
In any event, make sure to switch ‘Off’ both VST2 and VST3 locations first, hit Rescan, then switch them back ‘On’ and hit Rescan again.
MAC
If using Audio Units (AU), switch ‘Use Audio Units’ on.
If using the VST2 or VST3 Plug-in system folder, switch this on.
If using a VST3 or VST2 Plug-in Custom Folder, make sure your PROCESS.AUDIO plug-ins are actually installed in this folder and switch it on (Usually /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/).
Trick: Hit Rescan while pressing the Option key. It will force a deeper full rescan
Ableton Scan For Plugins
In any event, make sure to switch ‘Off’ both VST2 and VST3 locations first, hit Rescan, then switch them back ‘On’ and hit Rescan again.
Ableton Vst Folder Location
4. If everything fails, remove the plug-ins manually, trash the plug-ins, rescan, re-install them with the PROCESS.AUDIO installers and hit rescan again.