Scott Thorpe Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 I have just reinstalled Cakewalk as well as the IK Multimedia ARC 2 VST 64 bit plugin and no matter what I do, I cannot get ARC to show in my list of installed plugins within Cakewalk: -I have uninstalled ARC and reinstalled ARC. -I have reset and rescanned my VST plugins within Cakewalk numerous times with no luck and I am out of ideas. -I have set Cakewalk to rescan existing plugins -I have tired all combinations of the above Does anyone know why the plugin isn't showing in the list? It used to work perfectly.
Stephen Morgan Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 First, do you know what folder the ARC plugin is in? And is that folder in your "VST Scan Paths" list? (Preferences -> File -> VST Settings)
lapasoa Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 Find where ARC dll is and in Plugins Manager options open VST scan path and add the folder you've found. Check OK. Good luck.
scook Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 8 hours ago, Scott Thorpe said: -I have reset and rescanned my VST plugins within Cakewalk numerous times with no luck and I am out of ideas. -I have set Cakewalk to rescan existing plugins -I have tired all combinations of the above One reset should be enough, if the plug-in is in the scan path Since the plug-in is not appearing in the plug-in list "Rescan Failed Plug-ins" is the option to choose assuming the plug-in shows up in the Excluded List in the plug-in manager. There is no need to enable Rescan options when running a Reset. The reset scans every dll and vst3 in the scan path except for the dlls in the dedicated vst3 paths. One thing not mentioned in the OP was if a scan log was created. Enabling "Generate Scan Log" when running a Reset or Rescan can be helpful.
Scott Thorpe Posted January 10, 2021 Author Posted January 10, 2021 I have a few paths entered into Cakewalk where plugins reside, however I have not been able to verify that ARC is correctly installing into one of them. This is despite it appearing to do so when I install it, as it does ask me where to install and I do select one of the paths. I will generate a log and see if it provides any insight. Thanks!
Scott Thorpe Posted January 10, 2021 Author Posted January 10, 2021 Ok, Cakewalk will find ARC during the scan, but it won't show in my list of plugins to install. I have tried creating a log and it shows in the log, I just can't see it as an option to add in the plugin manager. It is not set to excluded either.
scook Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 If it scans without error then it should be a plug-in list somewhere. Have you tried searching for it in the plug-in browser using one of the "Sort by" plug-in layouts? What is the path to the dll?
Scott Thorpe Posted January 10, 2021 Author Posted January 10, 2021 The path to the dll is C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\VstPlugins and this is entered as a path in Cakewalk, as a result Cakewalk finds it and scans it but it won't show in the list of available plugins. This is getting frustrating
Scott Thorpe Posted January 10, 2021 Author Posted January 10, 2021 Even when I remove ARC and reinstall and rescan, Cakewalk finds it, but doesn't report it as new which I expect it should.
scook Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 It may help to see images of the appropriate sections of the scan log or a link to the full scan log. What plug-in layout are you using?
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