Accessing Plugin Instruments
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:35 am
I downloaded a free VST instrument plugin and put this in the correct folder on my Mac.
1. When I open DP9.52, I try to add an ‘Instrument’ track, but then find that the new instrument is not listed. I can’t instantiate it.
2. It’s interesting that DP lists instruments by manufacturer from the ‘insert instrument track’ menu. How does DP identify the manufacturer from the instrument plugin? Is it by ‘required’ folder?
3. Both instruments and effects are kept in the VST or AU (etc.) folders, but instruments are called up as instrument tracks, and effects are called up to sit inside insert slots in DP Aux tracks. How does DP distinguish between instruments and effects if they’re sourced from the same folder(s)?
I’m thinking that the problem may be because I might have set DP to use only AU in this particular project file. I know one can’t use AU and VST simultaneously (unless someone knows a magic trick).
1. When I open DP9.52, I try to add an ‘Instrument’ track, but then find that the new instrument is not listed. I can’t instantiate it.
2. It’s interesting that DP lists instruments by manufacturer from the ‘insert instrument track’ menu. How does DP identify the manufacturer from the instrument plugin? Is it by ‘required’ folder?
3. Both instruments and effects are kept in the VST or AU (etc.) folders, but instruments are called up as instrument tracks, and effects are called up to sit inside insert slots in DP Aux tracks. How does DP distinguish between instruments and effects if they’re sourced from the same folder(s)?
I’m thinking that the problem may be because I might have set DP to use only AU in this particular project file. I know one can’t use AU and VST simultaneously (unless someone knows a magic trick).