Live scans VST3 but it doesn't appear in library- works in Reaper

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bradelectro
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Live scans VST3 but it doesn't appear in library- works in Reaper

Post by bradelectro » Tue Oct 21, 2025 1:07 am

This is an odd one- Live successfully scans my Maschine 3 VST3, but I can't find it in anywhere in my library. My default.als has an instance of Maschine 3 but it says plugin not found. It used to work... then I updated Maschine and it went missing. So I thought it was a Maschine issue, but the VST3 loads just fine in Reaper and the stand-alone version works! Maschine 2 VST3 shows up too. I'm kinda stumped.

Any ideas?

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Re: Live scans VST3 but it doesn't appear in library- works in Reaper

Post by cids » Tue Oct 21, 2025 3:23 pm

A "deep scan" in Ableton is a forced, full rescan of all plugins, which you can initiate by holding down the Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) key while clicking the "Rescan" button in Live's Preferences > Plugins menu. This is useful when plugins aren't showing up, even after a standard rescan.
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Re: Live scans VST3 but it doesn't appear in library- works in Reaper

Post by bradelectro » Tue Oct 21, 2025 6:14 pm

Cool- I'll try that, thanks. I installed Live and Maschine on another mac and it found the VST3 no prob, so that's a relief.

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Re: Live scans VST3 but it doesn't appear in library- works in Reaper

Post by bradelectro » Wed Oct 22, 2025 12:38 am

That worked! Thanks.

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Re: Live scans VST3 but it doesn't appear in library- works in Reaper

Post by cids » Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:41 pm

bradelectro wrote:
Wed Oct 22, 2025 12:38 am
That worked! Thanks.
Great to hear!
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