VST Organization

amigo · Post by **amigo** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:40 pm

Hello all, I am wondering if this is a bug.

I have my VSTs organized in subfolders in my main VST folder like so:

VST Parent Folder \ FX (subfolder) \ Creator \ VST Folder \
VST Parent Folder \ Instruments (subfolder) \ Creator \ VST Folder \

I have found that in some cases some of the VSTs are not displayed in Live. If I then move the 'missing' VST to the parent folder and refresh Live, I can then see the VST.

Live is running on Windows XP professional with service pack 3 installed.

Has anybody else experienced this and is it a bug?

retrodisko · Post by **retrodisko** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:00 am

Well in my case i have all on STEINBERG/VST PLUG INS
You should try to move the .dll of the vsti that you dont see into the folder where all the rest are visble

amigo · Post by **amigo** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:04 am

Hey retrodisko,
That doesn't really answer the question. I know I can place all of the dlls into the VST folder but my point is that I wanted to organise them so I don't have to trawl through an endless list to find the one I want.

lapieuvre · Post by **lapieuvre** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:52 am

Unfortunately, Live can only see 1 folder, so you have 2 choices:

1. Put VST Parent Folder as your VST folder
or
2. Create shortcuts in 1 folder, then cut/paste them to the other VST folder.

doremifa · Post by **doremifa** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:25 pm

I've got the following organization in vst folder:

fx (by creator name)
samplers (kontakt, sapletank, etc)
keys (piano, ep-s, organs)
synth (all of them, with no creator name)
drums

GUY SMILEY · Post by **GUY SMILEY** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:04 pm

that doesn't seem right. I used to have all of my vst's as shortcuts in a folder.. and they all showed up in live. you sure you're shortcuts are all correct and up to date ? try pointing the vst folder to where the original vst's are and see if the 'missing'plugins show up..if not re-install plugins, recreate shortcut and try again etc etc

amigo · Post by **amigo** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:44 am

Hey guys. Thanks for the replies. I will try out your suggestions.