On Mac platform, the host application expects VST 3 Plug-ins to be located in:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority Location Path ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! User /Users/$USERNAME/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST3/ 2 Global /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST3/ 3 Global /Network/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST3/ 4 Application $APPFOLDER/Contents/VST3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: The host recursively scans these folders at startup in this order (User/Global/Application).
On Windows platform, the host application expects VST 3 Plug-ins to be located in:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority Location Path Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Global /Program Files/Common Files/VST3/ native bitdepth: 32bit Plug-in on 32bit OS, 64bit on 64bit OS) 1 Global /Program Files (x86)/Common Files/VST3/ 32bit Plug-ins on 64bit Windows 2 Application $APPFOLDER/VST3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: The host recursively scans these folders at startup in this order (Global/Application).
Note: Each path defined below should be scanned in the given priority, presets extracted and added to the preset list.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prio Type Scope Writable Path Comment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 User User X Users/$USERNAME/Library/Audio/Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ 2 Shared_Factory Public - Library/Audio/Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ Computer shared FactoryROM 3 Shared_Factory Public - Network/Library/Audio/Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ Network shared FactoryROM 4 App_Factory Apps - [$APPFOLDER]/VST3 Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ Host Application (Cubase, ...) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prio Type Scope Writable Path Comment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 User User X [My Documents]/VST3 Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ CSIDL_PERSONAL 2 User_Factory User X [Documents and Settings/$USERNAME/Application Data]/VST3 Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ CSIDL_APPDATA 3 Shared_Factory Public - [Documents and Settings/$ALLUSERS/Application Data]/VST3 Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA 4 App_Factory Apps - [$APPFOLDER]/VST3 Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ Host Application (Cubase, ...) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prio Type Scope Writable Path Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 User User X [Users/$USERNAME/Documents]/VST3 Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ FOLDERID_Documents 2 User_Factory User X [Users/$USERNAME/AppData/Roaming]/VST3 Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ FOLDERID_RoamingAppData 3 Shared_Factory Public - [ProgramData]/VST3 Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ FOLDERID_ProgramData 4 App_Factory Apps - [$APPFOLDER]/VST3 Presets/$COMPANY/$PLUGIN-NAME/ Host Application (Cubase, ...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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