1. In Live 9: Click File Folder on the left side of the preferences window. Make sure 'Use VST Plug-In Custom Folder' is set to 'On.' Click the Browse button to the right of 'VST Plug-In Custom Folder.'
2. If you want to use plug-ins in Live, they need to be set up first whether it's VSTs or Audio Units (Mac only). It's an easy and quick process when you know how. If you want to use plug-ins in Live, they need to be set up first whether it's VSTs or Audio Units (Mac only). It's an easy and quick process when you know how.
3. How to Install VST plugins on Ableton. On Ableton, the idea is the same. You must put the.dll of your VST into a specific folder. Windows users: Click on Options (1) Preferences (2) After that, you have to click on Use VST Plug-ins Custom Folder (1) (if not activated) so that you can browse your VST folder (2).

In Live 9: Click File Folder on the left side of the preferences window. Make sure 'Use VST Plug-In Custom Folder' is set to 'On.' Click the Browse button to the right of 'VST Plug-In Custom Folder.' How to Use VST Plugins With Ableton. Hey, Thanks for your ideas, but sadly it didnt work. Product 1: Ableton Live Ableton Live is a computer program meant to help you create, finish and perform your music in style. Any fixes I find on the internet tend to be overly simplistic and don't solve my problem.

Have you, or your installer, ever installed a VST or VSTi in the wrong folder? Ableton Live has a perfect and incredibly easy workaround!

I have been getting a lot of pre-release VST & VSTi for testing and for making tutorial & marketing videos. It is awesome. However, sometimes the installers aren’t completely sculpted as they would be for an official release. One particular upcoming iZotope plug, which is absolutely going to blow you away, didn’t ask me where I wanted it to install the x64 and x86 VST .dll files.

How To Install Vst Plugin In Ableton Live 9

It defaulted into the Steinberg folder. That isn’t where I keep my plugs. So, I tried to copy and paste all the .dll files on the off chance that might work. Sometimes it does. Like with smaller, less expensive plugs. Simply moving the .dll files around isn’t a problem. But, with the bigger more expensive plugs, like those from iZotope, you can’t do that.

How To Install Vst Plug-ins In Ableton Live 9

I didn’t want to uninstall and reinstall, because no one likes doing that. So, I did a bit of digging and found a simple solution. Free hip hop vst plugins.

All you need to do in order to have multiple VST & VSTi folders recognized and displayed in Ableton Live is create a short cut and drop it into the folder you have designated as you plug-in folder.

My custom VST Folder Location in Ableton Live for Third Party Plug-ins /best-free-vst-drum-machine-2015.html.

That is where I keep most of my plugs. So, what I did to get a second, unrelated folder and its contents to show up in Live is created a shortcut and dropped it into that folder. Then hit the “Rescan” button. BLAM-O!! Two VST folder locations recognized by Abelton Live.

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