Ableton can't find my plugins anymore – can somebody please help?

[Christian_R]

Hi,

I had do reinstall my entire iMac some days ago. I have downloaded and installed Ableton Live 10 again, and today I reinstalled Serum, Xfer LFO Tool and Massive.

All three installation were successful, but when I open Ableton I can't see any of them when I click on "Plug-ins". Can somebody please help me?

When I installed Ableton, I put the program in the Applications folder as suggested. I haven't done anything else to the program, so I'm not sure what's the reason for this? Massive is also in the Applications folder, and when I installed Serum and LFO Tool I didn't get asked where to put them.

I even gave my Mac a restart just in case, but that didn't help. And I allowed these programs to be installed under "Security and Privacy" on my Mac, so this is really strange.

Really hope somebody can help me out

[Mark Williams]

check ableton prefs are pointing to the relevant plugin folders and turned on VST3/AU as well.

[Mark Williams]

check ableton prefs are pointing to the relevant plugin folders and turned on VST3/AU as well.

[Christian_R]

check ableton prefs are pointing to the relevant plugin folders and turned on VST3/AU as well.

Thank you!

I now turned Use Audio Units and Use VST2 Plug-In System folders on. I tried to turn Use VST3 Plug-In System folders on too, but that didn't change anything (I think).

I have a couple of more questions, if you (or anyone else) don't mind:

1) When I turned on Use Audio Units, my plugins are put in sub folders under "Audio Units". But when I also turned on Use VST2 Plug-In System folders, they are also there. Is there a difference between these two dropdown menus? Do I need them both?

2) And what is the difference between VST2 Plug-In and VST3 Plug-In?

Sorry for many questions, but the last time I installed Ableton with all plugins I got help, and now I must figure this out for myself

[Mark Williams]

I have a pc so I can’t help much with your vst 3 plugins

VST3 are on both PC & Mac.
AU's are Mac only

[Mark Williams]

Thank you!

I now turned Use Audio Units and Use VST2 Plug-In System folders on. I tried to turn Use VST3 Plug-In System folders on too, but that didn't change anything (I think).

I have a couple of more questions, if you (or anyone else) don't mind:

1) When I turned on Use Audio Units, my plugins are put in sub folders under "Audio Units". But when I also turned on Use VST2 Plug-In System folders, they are also there. Is there a difference between these two dropdown menus? Do I need them both?

2) And what is the difference between VST2 Plug-In and VST3 Plug-In?

Sorry for many questions, but the last time I installed Ableton with all plugins I got help, and now I must figure this out for myself

When you install plugins you may get option wether to install AU and or VST versions. Upto you which or what ones you may wish to install.

VST3 is the latest version of VST and has some improvements & in due course will eventually replace VST2, as Steinberg no longer allow developers access new VST2 development kits.

[Christian_R]

Thank you!

I now turned Use Audio Units and Use VST2 Plug-In System folders on. I tried to turn Use VST3 Plug-In System folders on too, but that didn't change anything (I think).

I have a couple of more questions, if you (or anyone else) don't mind:

1) When I turned on Use Audio Units, my plugins are put in sub folders under "Audio Units". But when I also turned on Use VST2 Plug-In System folders, they are also there. Is there a difference between these two dropdown menus? Do I need them both?

2) And what is the difference between VST2 Plug-In and VST3 Plug-In?

Sorry for many questions, but the last time I installed Ableton with all plugins I got help, and now I must figure this out for myself

When you install plugins you may get option wether to install AU and or VST versions. Upto you which or what ones you may wish to install.

VST3 is the latest version of VST and has some improvements & in due course will eventually replace VST2, as Steinberg no longer allow developers access new VST2 development kits.

I see, I think

So if I get the option between VST2 and VST3, I should choose VST3?

Also, is there a reason why these were turned off in the preferences when I installed Ableton? It makes it a bit harder for people that way.

[Mark Williams]

I generally only install VST3 & AU if I get option, most new plugins now are VST3/AU only.

[Mark Williams]

I have a pc so I can’t help much with your vst 3 plugins

VST3 are on both PC & Mac.
AU's are Mac only

Yes obviously, I was referring to the Mac version of ableton and Mac OS

Doesnt matter if mac or PC, VST3 works on both.