KVR Audio

zanshin777 · Post by **zanshin777** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:03 pm

Normally we put VST files to

Program Files - Steinberg - Cubase LE AI Elements 8 - VSTPlugins

Where to put

1) VST3 type of plugins?

(Program Files - Steinberg - Cubase LE AI Elements 8 - VST3) Right?

2) AAX

??

Thanks

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:09 pm

VST3's belong to C:/Program Files/Common Files/VST3, or, if you're running a 64-bit system, and install 32-bit versions of the plugins too, C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/VST3. VST2 plugins you can install wherever you want. I wouldn't put it into the hosts plugin folder though... i'd rather use a common folder, like C:/VST or similar.

fluffy_little_something · Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:24 pm

I hate it when installers force you to install 32-bit versions even if you are only going to use 64-bit versions. Had such a case just recently...

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:18 pm

C'mon, obvious ones to Google...

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_U ... r-location

zanshin777 · Post by **zanshin777** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:41 am

Summary;

For Steinberg Cubase and 64-bit OS

1) VST Plugins;

Program Files - Steinberg - Cubase LE AI Elements 8 - VSTPlugins

2) AAX Plugins;

Program Files - Steinberg - Cubase LE AI Elements 8 - VSTPlugins

3) VST3 Plugins;

Program Files - Steinberg - Cubase LE AI Elements 8 - VST3

4) VST2 Plugins;

wherever you want

5) 32-bit Plugins;

Program Files - Steinberg - Cubase LE AI Elements 8 - VST3

If I'm wrong correct me please.

Thank you very much for the answers.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:50 am

zanshin777 wrote:If I'm wrong correct me please.

Thank you very much for the answers.

You're completely wrong about AAX and if you'd followed the link I gave you, you'd know that.

zanshin777 · Post by **zanshin777** » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:30 pm

1) It says

Windows (64-bit)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins (for AAX plug-ins)
C:\\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\\Digidesign\DAE\Plug-Ins (for TDM/RTAS plug-ins)

However It's not the Plugin folder which Steinberg Cubase use?

2) and Where should I install RTAS type of plugins?

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:49 pm

AAX & RTAS are ProTools only formats. Cubase can't do jack with them.

I'd say either the installer knows where the DAW expects them to be, or you'd just point the DAW where your plugin locations actually are.

zanshin777 wrote:1) It says

Windows (64-bit)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins (for AAX plug-ins)
C:\\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\\Digidesign\DAE\Plug-Ins (for TDM/RTAS plug-ins)

However It's not the Plugin folder which Steinberg Cubase use?

2) and Where should I install RTAS type of plugins?

You gave the answer to #2 in #1 already

DarkStar · Post by **DarkStar** » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:56 pm

AAX, TDM and RTAS are for Pro Tools only, aren't they?

As you are on Cubase you don't need them / cannot use them.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:11 pm

zanshin777 wrote:1) It says

Windows (64-bit)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins (for AAX plug-ins)
C:\\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\\Digidesign\DAE\Plug-Ins (for TDM/RTAS plug-ins)

Only for 32-bit plugins on a 64-bit system.

However It's not the Plugin folder which Steinberg Cubase use?

Well of course not.

2) and Where should I install RTAS type of plugins?

Reread what you posted.

Why are you asking this? Are you a programmer or an end-user? What host are you using. I would have thought all of this was known to the former, and there's no host that an end-user would have that uses more than two of any of these.

zanshin777 · Post by **zanshin777** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:44 pm

The software shows them at the installation. So I thought they should be installed.

Summary

I don't have to install "AAX and RTAS" plugins for Cubase.

Thank you very much for answers.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:53 pm

zanshin777 wrote:Summary;

For Steinberg Cubase and 64-bit OS

1) VST Plugins;

Program Files - Steinberg - Cubase LE AI Elements 8 - VSTPlugins

2) AAX Plugins;

Program Files - Steinberg - Cubase LE AI Elements 8 - VSTPlugins

3) VST3 Plugins;

Program Files - Steinberg - Cubase LE AI Elements 8 - VST3

4) VST2 Plugins;

wherever you want

5) 32-bit Plugins;

Program Files - Steinberg - Cubase LE AI Elements 8 - VST3

If I'm wrong correct me please.

You are wrong.

It doesn't matter where you put VST and VST2 plugins... and it hasn't anything to do with Steinberg Cubase either. It also doesn't have to do with 32-bit or 64-bit. VST plugins are installed wherever you like. Only VST3 have to be installed into Program Files/Common Files/VST3.

zanshin777 wrote: I don't have to install "AAX and RTAS" plugins for Cubase.

Yep. You don't need them at all for Cubase.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 3:20 pm

zanshin777 wrote:The software shows them at the installation. So I thought they should be installed..

Any installer offering those versions will always put them in the only place they can go.

zanshin777 · Post by **zanshin777** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 5:51 pm

Only VST3 have to be installed into Program Files/Common Files/VST3.

1) Why?

2) What about ".vstsound" files?

lobanov · Post by **lobanov** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 7:12 pm

zanshin777 wrote:Only VST3 have to be installed into Program Files/Common Files/VST3.

1) Why?

2) What about ".vstsound" files?

1. Your host (Cubase) won't find VST3 in another place. But you can pick the host where to find VST2. Don't question why. It's a rule, you can change nothing here.
2. .vstsound files are banks and presets. Put them anywhere you want.

Where to put VST3 and AAX type of plugins whilst installing?