[8.0b27] Live does not rescan Audio Units

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photonal
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[8.0b27] Live does not rescan Audio Units

Post by photonal » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:52 am

Whilst Live was running I added an Audio Unit into my 'Components' directory. I did a rescan but the new Audio unit was not recognised, so I then did a complete Plugin rescan (with the option key held down) - still the new Audio Unit was not recognised. It seems to me that the 'Plugin Rescan' only looks in the VST folders (User + Local) and ignores Audio Unit folders.

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Re: [8.0b27] Live does not rescan Audio Units

Post by Henrik Hahn » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:03 pm

Hi photonal,

yes, thats right. Live does only rescan VSTs when pressing the Rescan button. This is because, Audio Units are managed by OS X itself and not by Live. So, if you install a new Audio Unit you have to quit and restart Live to get access to the plugin.

btw: Apple does even say, that you have to log off from your account and login again to force OSX rescanning Audio Unit components, but this is rarely needed in my experience.

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Henrik

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Re: [8.0b27] Live does not rescan Audio Units

Post by photonal » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:33 am

Thanks for that info Henrik.

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