Empty vst/components folders

Hi

2 issues:

Neither Logic nor MS will use VST plugins (only AU versions).

The AU plugin components should be in either of the two Library:Audio:Plugins:Components folders (usually the main boot disk library).

Assuming that they are in the correct folders, (and that they are compatable with your OS) you may need to boot both Logic and/or MS in 32 bit mode to correctly scan the plugins.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3934

and

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3989

CCT

Hi

Crassstate wrote:

I am running both programs in 32 bit mode already. Both the main boot disk and user AU components folders are completely empty,

If you have correctly installed the plugins, they should be in these folders. Seems like they ar enot installed correctly

Crassstate wrote:

despite there being plenty of plugins available within the programs.

The Logic/MS built-in plugins or 3rd party ones?

Crassstate wrote:

When I drop my plugin in component into either of them it does not show in the programs. Even after I've rescaned AU within Logic.

It is more usual to run an installer to do all this, though sometimes one can simply add the .component files manually. Are you sure that you are using a) legit plugins (no offence), b) The versions you are installing are the latest versions that *will* work with your OS (check for updates)?

CCT

Hi

The "built in" plugins are not installed as AU plugs, they are actually built in to the applications themselves. Of all that part is working correctly, there should be no need to re-install Logic or MS.

I have just downloaded and installed the 'Fish Fillets" plugin and I can confirm that it does not work on OSX 10.8.2. According to their www, the latest update was in 2005, so this is hardly surprising.

I suggest that you find the component file, and remove it from whichever library you installed it into, and Trash it.

CCT

Couple of minor clarifications which may help further . .

1. When CCTM says:

The AU plugin components should be in either of the two Library:Audio:Plugins:Components folders (usually the main boot disk library).

Since you are new to Mac, you may not know that there are two AU component folders. One is inside the Library/Audio/Plugins/Components. This houses plugins that will be available to all users on your Mac. The other folder, ~/Library/Audio/Plugins/Components where "~" refers to your home directory (inside the "users" folder) houses plugins that are available only to you, your user account. Since you may find yourself messing within these folders quite often, they are ideal candidates to be added to your left column in the finder window as a short cut. If you are the only user on the machine, it shouldn't matter which folder you put them in, though some installers prefer one over the other for whatever reason.

2. the reason Fish Fillets is not available is that it was never ported over to the Intel Mac platform. When considering older AU plugins, one has to always check to make sure if they are Intel or "UB" (Universal Binary" which will work on intel - UB works on both Intel and the older PowerPC platform. I would suggest that Spitfish from Fish fillets is the most loved and mourned plugin that never made the transition .. .