VST 3 Locations

Plug-in Locations

For Mac platform:

On Mac platform, the host application expects VST 3 Plug-ins to be located in:

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Priority   Location             Path 
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!          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/ 
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Note: The host recursively scans these folders at startup in this order (User/Global/Application).

For Windows platform

On Windows platform, the host application expects VST 3 Plug-ins to be located in:

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Priority   Location             Path                                       Comment
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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/ 
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Note: The host recursively scans these folders at startup in this order (Global/Application).

Preset Locations


Note: Each path defined below should be scanned in the given priority, presets extracted and added to the preset list.

For Mac platform:

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Prio  Type         Scope  Writable  Path                                                           Comment
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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, ...)
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For Windows XP/2000 platform:

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Prio  Type         Scope  Writable Path                                                                                     Comment
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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, ...)
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For Windows Vista/7 platform:

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Prio  Type         Scope  Writable Path                                                                   Comment
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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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