Remove VSTs that "Couldn't be opened"?

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Remove VSTs that "Couldn't be opened"?

I use Sylenth1 and one day when I opened Logic Pro X up there was a "!" over the Sylenth1 on every track and it said "Missing Plugin: Sylenth1". I have now tried to reinstall it and everything but however, it is stuck in the Plug-In Manager as "Couldn't Be Opened" and if I right click, the option "Remove" is like grey-ish and I can't click it. How do I remove this old VST from my Plug-In Manager?

Btw, I have removed the .component and the .vst but I need to know why I can't remove it and how to fix it.

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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Jul 28, 2015 3:53 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 28, 2015 6:03 PM in response to Albin Clern

Sylenth never worked natively with Logic Pro X because currently its an old 32bit AU plugin which are not supported in Logic Pro X

I assume you must have also used a 32bit plugin wrapper like 32Lives to use Sylenth inside of Logic Pro X so check that program..

You may need to update 32lives and rescan inside it's application to reactivate Sylenth..

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Jul 29, 2015 1:34 AM in response to Albin Clern

Yeah I use 32Lives but I've checked it and tried to like unwrap it again and such but the problem I need an answer to is how to remove it from the Plug-In Manager, since it's saying remove but I can't click (see screenshot)

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Answer 3

Jul 29, 2015 8:39 AM in response to Albin Clern

You still have Sylenth wrapped by the sounds of things..

Check both the System and User libraries for the Audio/Plug Ins/Components folders and carefully look through there for any signs of Sylenth.... Delete all of them... I think 32Lives changes the name of the plugin to something else, adding 32Lives to the component name so check carefully...

Once done, restart your Mac and test.....

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