Ableton not showing vst's

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andrewf
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Ableton not showing vst's

Post by andrewf » Sun Jul 21, 2019 5:26 pm

I am using ableton live lite which on the website shows it supports vst plugins. I have set up custom folders and pointed ableton to them and re scanned multiple times, i have re installed plugins multiple times to different locations to try to fix the problem nothing worked. The only plugins that show up are plugins that have a .vst3 extension any .dll plugins whether it is 32 or 64 bit will not show up in ableton no matter what i try, i have tried the articles on the help website and tried all the steps i have wiped my entire system and did a clean install and tried the steps above to see if it was an external process that was interfering but i still have the same problem no .dll plugin will load no matter where i put it no matter where i install no matter what i do it does not show up in ableton, i have no idea what to do. The website only provides support for intro, standard and suite so i am out of luck.

If any one has any idea on how to solve this i would be grateful.

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by miyaru » Sun Jul 21, 2019 5:52 pm

In preferences go to the scan button - press alt on your keyboard and press scan with the mouse. This way it is forced te rescan everything where you have pointed Ableton to.
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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by andrewf » Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:10 pm

Tried that. Thanks for suggestion

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by miyaru » Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:55 pm

Are the vst2's 32 or 64 bit?

That is, Live 10 is 64 bit only.
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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by andrewf » Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:57 pm

Nearly all the plugins have an install for both 32 and 64 bit so i can understand not seeing the 32 bit but even the 64 bit files as long as they are .dll they do no show up.

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by miyaru » Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:07 pm

Strange, sorry, I do not know what causes this........ :?
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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by andrewf » Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:12 pm

Yeah it must be some obscure technical problem but thanks for the help anyways :)

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by jestermgee » Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:25 pm

Do you have the 64bit plugins installed in a dedicated location? What is the location? And are you 100% sure that path has been added as the path to scan for plugins?

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by andrewf » Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:42 pm

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This is the location.

it does not pick up any of the plugins you see there.

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by jestermgee » Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:28 am

Your VST2 folder is pointing to the wrong location. It should not be pointing to your 32bit path. VST3 is different than VST2 64bit. Change the VST2 path to your pictured 64bit path and try a rescan

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by andrewf » Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:18 am

You are a legend man! thank you so much, would you accept a giftcard if you want to pm your email and i will send one over!

Just pm your email

PROBLEM SOLVED FOR ANYONE READING THIS!

Thanks to previous posters for help!

- Andrew

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by PaddyThorne » Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:28 pm

jestermgee wrote:
Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:28 am
Your VST2 folder is pointing to the wrong location. It should not be pointing to your 32bit path. VST3 is different than VST2 64bit. Change the VST2 path to your pictured 64bit path and try a rescan
Dude, thanks so much for posting this fix! You deserve several diamond encrusted medals and a personalised motor yacht called VST folder hero 1!
Thank you :)

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by kfrncs » Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:11 am

THANK YOU, my many minutes of frustration were ended in this thread.

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by WolfgangCasper » Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:32 am

jestermgee wrote:
Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:28 am
Your VST2 folder is pointing to the wrong location. It should not be pointing to your 32bit path. VST3 is different than VST2 64bit. Change the VST2 path to your pictured 64bit path and try a rescan
LEGEND! this should be pinned somewhere - took me almost an hour of scouring the web to find this solution.

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Re: Ableton not showing vst's

Post by AlgoTrdr » Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:35 pm

jestermgee wrote:
Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:28 am
Your VST2 folder is pointing to the wrong location. It should not be pointing to your 32bit path. VST3 is different than VST2 64bit. Change the VST2 path to your pictured 64bit path and try a rescan
Thank you so much for this answer! I've been trying to get Air Mini Grand to work for days and this solved the problem! Not sure if it's a VST2 or VST3 but setting the VST2 directory did the trick.

Thanks!

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