Problems with Plug-Ins/Plug-In Manager.

First, repair permissions. That sorts many things out.

If not, try deleting your cache ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.audiounits.cache. The next time you launch Logic, it will rescan all the plugins.

If the plug in comes with an uninstaller, use that to uninstall the plug in and then reinstall it.

If that does not work, search for the offending files, and delete them. Make sure you get all of them. The AU, VST, VST3, AAX, and whatever other file format you have for that specific plug in.

Then reinstall them.

I've been having a lot of problems upgrading my plug ins and Logic not recognizing the plug in and the only way o get logic to recognize it was to reinstall after deleting all of the old files.

HTH

Hi, Logic will only run Audio Unit versions of your plugins.

VST and all other formats such as AAX will be ignored as those format is not compatible with LP.

LP X will only run 64 bit plugins, so any 32 bit AUs won't pass validation.

If you're getting a blank avul tool drop down box I suspect you are trying to validate a non AU plugin.

hope this helps.

regards

Scorpii

Same problem here.. I was forced to update the Waves Central to 9.6 and also just got Antares Auto Tune 8.1.

Now Logic will not validate Waves and does not even see Auto Tune.

Are the plug version to NEW ? If Scorpii is correct ( above ) is there any solution ? or do we need to wait until Logic fixes or updates to catch up to the plugs ?

I don't seem to have that cache file mentioned above ?

Whats more strange is that all the plugs show up and work with Pro Tools HD 11

Hi, Jerry.

For waves, you also have to update your licence. Waves central will do this, but first you should log into your waves account and select the "Get latest version" from the menu. Click on that and you should get a list of your plugins that can be updated. NOTE. You must have a current waves update plan for this to work!.

Once you've done that you'll see a box saying download and install.

Run waves central and transfer the new licences from your licence cloud either to a flash drive or computer, or where ever you currently store the waves licence info. download and install the latest version of your plugins

Then run logic and it should validate your plugins.

As for auto-tune you must install the AU version of the plugin for LP X to recognise it.

hope this helps.

regards,

Scorpii

Thanks .. All the plugs are found, authorized and working in Pro Tools HD this tells me it a Logic issue. Just not validating in Logic - I tried to move and delete that

com.apple.audiounits.cache file , after that Logic re scanned all the plugs and it got worse. I then lots all my UAD , Waves and everything that wasn't an Apple plug.

Great call on Auto Tune ( I would have never figured that one out ) I installed the AU version and now it's in the plug manager but crashed validation with the other non apple plugs

Feels like logic may be looking at the wrong AU file or something ?? Any other suggestions ?

Hi

Jerry dixon wrote:

Feels like logic may be looking at the wrong AU file or something ?? Any other suggestions ?

Your Mac will look at

<User> Library>Audio>Plug-Ins

then

Macintosh HD>Library>Audio>Plug-Ins

Check that you do not have duplicates

CCT

Edit

Duplicate post

CCT

No luck - looks like there's no duplicates.

What's odd is that all the plugs are being seen and working inside PT HD.

In the folder you wanted ( Macintosh HD>Library>Audio>Plug-Ins ) all the plugs say "Pro Tools Plug-in" under the "kind" tab , none of them say Logic ?

If I try and move this file I lose all my UAD plugs which are working in Logic

Library/Caches/com.apple.audiounits.cache

Any other suggestions ?

Hi, Jerry.

Can you reinstall all the non working plugins?

When you run the installer make sure that Audio Units is selected.

From what I'm reading, it seems that you only installed the Pro Tools versions which is AAX not the AU [Audio Units version]

In the Macintosh HD>Library>Audio>Plug-Ins folder there should be folders named VST, VST 3, and another called Components. This folder holds the Audio Units versions of your plugins. See if the missing/nonworking ones have a file in there. If not, those plugins are not installed for logic.

One other suggestion. Did you drag these plugins from another folder? You wrote that:

I've installed some 64 bit compatible plug-ins to my Components and VST folders, for the purpose of using them in Logic Pro X, v. 10.2.0.

You can't copy old versions of these files, they may not work. Run the installers. They also need to be the latest versions and 64 bit not 32.

regards,

Scorpii

I tried everything and blamed the plugs ins. In the end I updated my OS from 10.2 to 10.5 and everything worked again.