Ableton Forum

SYNTHS:

- Reaktor (especially DSQ-32, Junatik, Verring)

- Atmosphere

- Trilogy

- z3Ta+

- Amplitube

- B4

- Pro 53

- Impulse

I have others but these are turning out to be my main tools

EFX:

- Reaktor (Spacemaster Stereo, Fusion Reflections, Two Knees Compressor)

- PSP VintageWarmer

- Elotronix

- Bionic Delay

- BBE Sonic Maximizer

- Classic Compressor

- Classic Flanger

- SuppaTrigga

- and of course, classic Live efx: Ping Pong Delay, EQ 4, Resonator

Again, have tons of others but I use these 80 / 90% of the time. Focus ...

Better to know a few instruments really well, and mangle the f*ck out of the presets sounds with loops, efx, resampling etc. imo.

actually this is why i joined the forum! been using live for a about a month now, trying to learn it all and i have YET to be able to use ANY plug-ins..wheter instruments or effects. when i "re-scan" for the plug ins, i can see all the plug ins i have in the folders running across the bottom of the window, but i have yet to be able to see them when im actually running live....very frustrated!

oh..using live 4.0.4 mac..panther

help??

morris215,
I had the same problem with a previous version of Live. Live couldn't see anything beyond a bad free vst I had in the folder. I went through and pull vst's out one by one until I found the bad vst. You can't see any in the viewer so it may be safe to assume that it's the first vst in your folder. Move it out and restart Live, then tell us what happened.

i was under the impression that live wouldnt start up if you had "bad" plug ins in the folder?..i had some what seemed to be bad ones and it crashed the program..so i removed them and then it seemed to start up fine..

ill try your suggestion though!

so far nothing....have been going through and pulling them out one by one and it still just shows an empty folder when in live...