How To View Downloaded Plugins On Ableton

London, Los Angeles and online electronic music school Point Blank is in the midst of Ableton Month, and as part of the proceedings they are giving away specially-made Max for Live plug-ins. The free devices include a rather powerful Kick Drum Designer, the unusual but surprisingly useful Monster Timestretch, a very cool Funky Arp arpeggiator and many more.

Download all Point Blank plug-ins for free – registration is required.

Taken together the devices offer enough features to produce an entire track with. And this is exactly what Point Blank instructor Dan Herbert does in a three part series of tutorial videos. Starting with the aforementioned Kick Drum Designer, Herbert builds up a track layer by layer while showcasing the individual plug-ins and imparting some very useful production tips and tricks along the way.

Check out part 1 of the video tutorial here. Go here for part 2 and part 3.

This will scan the Waveshell and activate all available Waves plug-ins in the browser. See this tutorial on the Wave's site: How to use Waves plugins when using a custom VST folder. Was this article helpful?

  1. Turn the plug-in folder off and on again. Open Live's Preferences to Plug-ins (10.1 and later) or File/Folder (All versions until 10.1) and check under 'Plug-In Sources'. Disable the plug-on folder and then re-enable. Wait for the plug-in scanning to complete, then check the browser list again.
  2. Open the Plug-in Devices Tab. Back in the main window, click the icon to open the Plug-In Devices tab. This tab displays a list of all the plugins Ableton Live has detected on your computer, by looking in both system-standard paths and your custom VST folder that we set up in the previous step.

Visit the Point Blank homepage to learn more about their offerings.

Issue

You can’t find the Equator VST or AU plugin inside a digital audio workstation (DAW).

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Solution

After downloading Equator from My ROLI and then installing it, the Equator plugin is saved in the following locations:

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Mac

  • VST Plug-in: Mac HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/
  • AU Plug-in: Mac HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/


Windows

  • VST Plug-in (32-bit): C:Program FilesCommon Files(x86)SteinbergVST2
  • VST Plug-in (64-bit): C:Program FilesCommon FilesSteinbergVST2

Ensuring your DAW is using the correct plug-in location

Some DAWs have different default locations to scan for plugins. If you have installed a plugin (like Equator) and can’t seem to access it from your DAW, check the DAW’s settings to ensure that it is looking in the right folder. In some DAWs you can set additional folders to scan automatically.


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For example, in Ableton Live:

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  • Go to Preferences > File Folder.
  • Select the button Use VST Plug-In Custom Folders
  • Click Browse by VST Plug-In Customer Folder
  • In the window that opens, navigate to the folder where your VST plugin is located:
    • C:Program FilesCommon FilesSteinbergVST2Equator for RISE x64.dll
  • Press Rescan to make Ableton find the VSTs in that folder and make them available in your project.

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