How to Install VST Plugins in Ableton Live 12 (2024)

In this video I will teach you how to install both VST2 and VST3 plugins in Ableton Live 12 in a structured and organised manner.

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[ermiashahabi]

happy to see you again bro
thank you so much for all the videos and usefull lessons, much love

[Aksh]

Best way to organize VSTs! big thumbs up!! 👍

[KarsonMusic]

I still class myself as a beginner, 2 ish years in. I have the hardest time finding installed plug-ins etc! Bought one a month ago, still never used it lol...

I will try this, thanks for the help. : )

[bencerosko]

This man always knows what the people need. Thank you once again!

[haszoka]

Fantastic. Happy I came across this. Cheers!

[timlea]

Thanks mate - very clear and concise 🙏

[TheSabotaje]

ty for this man!
the shortcut method works best

[djeminent]

the best way... if on windows.... "C:\Program Files\Common Files" you will see VST2 and VST3 folders... NOTE this will only show if you have installed the plugins... Now you can make the shortcuts of those folder and put them in the Abel folder and it will scan for your plugins... Well this is usefull if you are using diffirent daws so it helps.... i think installing on the default place of the VST is better then changing the locations coz most DAWs find for the Common folder to look the Plugins... I know its a lot of information but this should be added in this video.... Good video broo thankx for sharing... One last TIP... VST2 can be tricky coz some of them may be OLD and dose not support in the Ableton so it will crash so make it sure you have tested or they are qulity plugins so that you dont get any issues in it... coz if for any reason Ableton dont like the plugin the daw will crash.. thankx for sharing thow i was looking for a solution for not saving presets in some plugins and thats a pain for me lol...

[MultiDisposition]

Good timing. I just got my new laptop, and am beginning to transfer everything from my old to my new (:

[DaddaPsy]

Placing a shortcut in a VST folder that points to other folders is something i never knew would work hahaha

Even for a intermediate user like myself, that's useful information and can save a lot of time and frustration

Or we can just fight against plugin developers and Steingberg to just let us choose which folders we wanna use

[ahmedmeabed]

Great video! Quick question, whats the difference between VST3 and VST2?

[eceogur]

on final stage, it seems empty and ableton stops working after click (ableton live 11, windows) any solutions?

[dylanbachman]

can you please do one on antares to install into ableton please, im having such a hard time :( PLEASE

[aurelienguardiola]

why i can't find "vst" when i go in plugins ? i only have vst3 ! please helps me lol i did everything even putting the folder into an extern storage, casue one drive is annnoying for vst. so idk why i can't find it

[BondedMusic]

When dragging .dlll files into the correct folder, Ableton is able to scan them all but they still don't show up in the browser? Anything else I can try?

[bumslightrail]

I get no installer thing when I download my vst. All I get is folder with no installer. Can somebody help me?

[eivydaspuskis]

When plugins have installs vst2 and vst3. Why install both? Is it possible to install only vst3?

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[parislol]

Note for people who are trying to map a VST folder to a drive that's on your network and not on your local machine--it doesn't work. Saved the VST folders to a local drive and that worked.

[triniticoclough]

I want to know what makes Ableton so dumb that it does not recheck the list upon launch like every other daw