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i;m running live 7 on a new imac and my custom vst plugin folder doesnt work. my system vst folder works fine but i can't navigate to it in Finder to put my plugins in to use in live.

could anyone help please?

rude_NHS wrote: i can't navigate to it in Finder

??

don't you use AU's on a mac?

longjohns wrote:don't you use AU's on a mac?

you only use AU's in logic, you cant still run vsts on a mac in other hosts.

when i say i cant find it in Finder i cant find the system vst folder that works in live.

if you had a vst folder working in live, then it's path would be displayed in the preferences

so it is confusing to me why it is not find-able

also I'm sure there would be some distinctively named things in it which could be searched for w/ spotlight

?

i know where my custom vst folder is because i created it and set the file path up in the preferences in live, the thing is tho is that is doesnt appear in lives browser. the only vst folder that appears is the system vst folder which i cannot navigate to to put my vsts in.

Hi,

there are two system Vst folders, one "global" one and one user-related one:

Global:
Mac HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST

User:
users/your-user-name/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST

If you want to use a custom VST folder, please simply choose it in the file/folder preferences and rescan the plug-ins.

Jörg

jok wrote:Global:
Mac HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST

fantastic, exactly the answer i was after. many thanks.

ok, i have done that and put some plugins into that folder but they still wont show up in lives browser. i have rescanned several times.

any ideas?

Are your VST plugins UB? They need to be to be recognized and run on an IntelMac.

ew

i didnt consider that so its worth looking into.
thanks for the tip.