Here you go! You can now access plug-ins quickly using the shortcuts, inside the appropriate folders: Move these shortcuts to your new folder, and create sub-folders to organize them. Right click on each plugin you want and choose “Create shortcut” (multi-selection works too).Ħ. Drag it into your Sidebar Favorites section to make it available as a shortcut there.ĥ. For example in the ” My Documents” directory.ģ. Create a new folder somewhere convenient on your system.
To quickly access your plug-ins, without modifying the original install locations (for optimal compatibility), just do the following:ġ. There is however a very simple way to overcome this issue and organize your plug-ins properly: it will just take you a few minutes! On Windows, whatever you do, your VST plug-ins folder will probably quickly look like a huge mess, unfortunately… While this may be added in the future to our software, be aware that it may never beat what you can already do today with the Windows Explorer or Finder, as you will see below… Some people have been asking for the capability to load the plug-ins directly from the menu instead of having to open an Explorer Window. Spending Too Much Time Looking For Plug-Ins?
sad!Īs shown some time ago for the Mac, today’s tip shows you how to organize your plug-ins on windows, in order to find and load them quickly into Blue Cat’s PatchWork or MB-7 Mixer.Īs you will see, It’s no rocket science, and this will greatly improve your experience and reduce the time to load your plug-ins. PS : a very exciting project (a VST to AAX wrapper by Sugar Bytes TransVST) has been canceled by Avid.
Preferences, the Preferences dialog will open automatically, so that you can set up your VST Shell X (free) load your VSTi & your VST plugins but maybe quite outdated.Ĥ°) Go to your applications folder & launch JackPilot in your Jack folderĥ°) If it’s the first time you’ve run JackPilot, and/or if you’ve not yet saved your Jack Watch the video below to see how to do it
VSTLord (free) load your VSTi fast & easy, just need to create audio / midi configuration and you're good to go Ugly VST Interface (free) load your VSTi only
create your audio / midi config & you can play your AU or VST instruments directly in Protools SoundFlower (free) Route any audio in your Protools like Logic Audio, Cubase etc. Reaper (free for 30 days) works like a charm with plugins & instruments Otherwise you can Rewire / route your VST plugins / audio in Protools with a lot of softwares such as :īidule / Plogue (95$) works like a charm with plugins & instruments + is very versatile but can be a little complicated for newbies.
I am not pretending my method is better than the others, BUT what I say is that this works fine with Protools 8/9/10 so far, it's free and if you use it, you'll be able to import tons ad tons of free VST plugins directly in your favorite Protools software.
In fact there are plenty of methods available depending on the software you want to use and the budget you have for that. The complete answer is Yes but you'll have to cheat a little bit Protools to do so. It's been quite a long time since I had the idea to write an article about a burning subject like Is it possible to use VST plugins with Protools ?
There are lots of VST plugins available, some a free and some requires you to have a license. Step1.) Make sure you have an installer (.exe file) of the VST plugin you need to install. General Procedure of installing VST plugin in Windows operating system. How to install VST and AAX plugins on windows for Ableton Live, FL Studio, Cubase, Reaper and every other DAW.