Pro Tools Basics: Plugins Not Displaying, Plugins Not Showing

Pro Tools Basics: Plugins Not Displaying, Plugins Not Showing
In this video, we talk about a few common ways to fix the issue of plugins that aren't displaying or showing in Pro Tools. Can't find your plugins? Check out this video! Hope this helps someone out there!

And for anyone wondering, here's the plugin folder path for Windows 10 + Pro Tools 2020 (per one of my Patreon patrons - thanks!): C:/Program Files/Common Files/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/

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[darylegoldfarbmusic]

OHmygod I was going insane after trashing my preferences, reinstalling protools and STILL not seeing any of my purchased plugins! Your advice of simply creating a stereo track fixed my problem and they are all there now! No one ever suggested this before, you are a true hero- thank you thank you thank

[williammccleod]

This was a "BLESSING" I'm just getting started this has "TRULY" helped me. "GOD BLESS YOU"😁

[GuitArmy]

I had a mono track and that's why I couldn't find my plug-in. Thank you so much. I changed it to stereo and there was my plugin Komplete Kontrol. Thanks you much. Saved me a lot of time.

[broadyardrecordstv]

Hi thanks a lot for this video I’m back to mixing in protools after more than 10 years and I am totally re learning everything…nuff respect

[johnnysabino]

really helpful. Cato is casual but articulate and focused. Great!

[tiffanyericawilliams]

LIFE SAVER in legit the first 50 seconds!! I was trying to open up SERUM wavetable in mono instead of stereo omg thank you so much you just got a new subscriber wow im eternally grateful i was getting so stresssed lol

[hipsnowsis]

ITS THE FUCKING STEREO TRACK OF COURSE

thank you so much I have been trawling across the internet looking for the answer to this

[DavidPalmer_blinder]

oh holy crap, that organize plugins setting. Thanks Cato for this! i've only been using PT since forever.

[demic]

I never bothered to see if I could search for plugins by category AND manufacturer. This is how Logic Pro does it by default. Thank you for this tip!! I was going nuts sifting through my plugins by category alone in Pro Tools.

[billyvidal]

you're I spent hours trying to figure out why my Maschine wasn't working with Pro Tools... watched the first :10 seconds of your video now I can get on with the rest of my life...LOL

[christopherrippel]

OMG! Thank Mono -vs- Stereo did the trick!!! (Would not have thought that). Thank you again!

[wolfshoen]

Searched for ages and nothing, but your very first tip was my problem exactly. Seems like a simple oversight in hindsight, but I think it'dve taken me a long long time to figure this out. Big ups.

[kallilang]

Wow, this was super helpful! Thank you!! Even though this did fix my issue, I learned a lot!

[GoodGuidanceTheBrand]

thank you ... haha i was trying to find my plug ins but, i couldn't find any video to show me... you done saved my headache that i had for about 18 hours

[freestyleval]

Thank you so much! I am still a beginner almost one year into it! Lol. Take care. God bless

[Flashbacktheband]

I am having problems getting the plugins to display, whilst they are all showing installed in programs folder, I noticed that the drivers are missing out of the mix, have tried installing a couple of times with the same result ...any thoughts on this would be gratefully appreaciated

[JaquanGrand]

You helped me so much just in the first few minutes of your video thank you

[thabazzwarrington]

Thank you great info the stereo, mono track was my issue .. thanks again 😊

[SimianSenate]

Thank you so much!! the stereo mono trick, never would've thought about it X'D

[bryantlroeback]

Usually the default pro tools plugin folder location in windows 7 64 bit or windows 10 64 bit is in this path:
C:\program files\common files\avid\audio\plug-ins. Hope this helps windows users to find their pro tools aax plugins.