Сергей Репков Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Hi! Sorry for a noob question, I feel very stupid right now. I've downloaded some instruments from the Internet and want to make them available in Cakewalk to replace built-in Windows drums, bass, etc. I've been trying to do this for a couple of days now and I can't find any tutorial on how to do this. Can someone please point me to some video or tutorial? Thank you and sorry if I posted this in a wrong section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 You want to decide on a directory where your plugin dll's live, and copy your plugins into that directory. The most common ones are: 64 bit: C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins 32 bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\VSTPlugins C:\Program Files (x86)\Steinberg\VSTPlugins If you're using very old 32 bit plugins, I'd recommend putting them somewhere else to avoid having to run as admin, e.g.: C:\32BitVST\ Next, make sure these paths are in your VST Scan Paths, then click the Scan button: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Mackay Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 We need a good tutorial about installing plug-ins, but there are so many different approaches that if you even just mention a few of them the poor newbies will be totally lost. @Creative Sauce Want to give it a go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scook Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Paths should be unique. In the image below, c:\program files\cakewalk\vstplugins\cakewalk sound center is redundant and should be removed. The plug-ins in that path get scanned as a result of c:\program files\cakewalk\vstplugins being in the scan path. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 well spotted @scook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Сергей Репков Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 Thank a lot, everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creative Sauce Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 On 5/9/2020 at 12:17 AM, Nigel Mackay said: We need a good tutorial about installing plug-ins, but there are so many different approaches that if you even just mention a few of them the poor newbies will be totally lost. @Creative Sauce Want to give it a go? I have one here! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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