Where Is Audacity Vst Plugins Folder
- Audacity can load VST effects (but not VST instruments) on all operating systems. The VST Enabler is no longer required. Install the VST effects to the Audacity Plug-Ins folder on Windows, to /Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins on OS X/macOS or to system locations.
- Plug-In Installation To install new LADSPA or Nyquist plug-ins, place them in the Plug-Ins folder inside the Audacity installation folder. On Windows computers, this is usually under 'Program Files'. On Mac OS X, it is usually under 'Applications'.
All the directories where you can place VST plug-ins are searched recursively, which means that plug-ins that are inside their own folder in that directory should still be found by Audacity. You can enable new VST effects in Audacity by using the Effect Add / Remove Plug-ins.
vst-bridge-1.1.exe (Windows Installer)
vst-bridge-1.1-win.zip (Windows ZIP file)
vst-bridge-1.1.dmg for macOS
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vst-bridge-1.1.tar.gz (Source code)
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This plug-in allows Audacity 1.2.4 and higher to support VST plug-ins. Just put it in Audacity's 'Plug-ins' folder. For more information on VST plug-ins, see Audacity's Plug-ins page.
To use with Audacity: just copy vst-bridge.so or vst-bridge.dll to the Plug-ins folder inside of your Audacity folder.
The Mac version is a universal binary.
This library makes it possible for programs which support the LADSPA API to load VST plug-ins. Simply place the library into any folder where LADSPA plug-ins are loaded, and it will automatically load all VST plug-ins and make them appear as LADSPA plug-ins.
VST plugins are searched for in this order:
The current directory
The path specified by the VST_PATH environment variable, if any
On Windows, additionally:
The first of the following to be found: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareVSTVSTPluginsPath HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareVSTVSTPluginsPath C:Program FilesSteinbergVSTPlugins
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On OS X, additionally:
The users ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST directory
The system /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST directory
The Windows version now looks for plugins in standard locations as well as the current directory and the VST_PATH environment variable. First, it tries to locate the 'standard' VST registry key and, if not found, looks in 'Program FilesVSTVSTPlugins'.
Because of licensing issues, VST support must be kept separate from Audacity. This 'VST Enabler' is mostly open-source, but the source code to Steinberg's VST SDK is required, and this must be downloaded from Steinberg separately.
Update 2.2.1: VST Plug-ins Audacity can load VST effects (but not VST instruments) on all operating systems. The VST Enabler is no longer required. Install the VST effects to the Audacity Plug-Ins folder on Windows, to ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins on OS X/macOS or to system locations. Then use the Plug-ins Manager to enable the new plug-ins as in the plug-in installation instructions above.
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