Below you will find a list of the standard installation paths for our plugins, preset files, and license files:
WINDOWS
PA license folder location:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\
Plugin folder locations:
C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VstPlugins
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Digidesign\DAE\Plug-Ins
Preset locations:
C:\Program Files\Vstplugins\Plugin Alliance
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\VST3 Presets\
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Pro Tools\Plug-In Settings\
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\VST3 Presets\Plugin Alliance\
No preset workaround:
In previous Cubase/Nuendo versions, VST3 presets saved by the user have been stored in these locations:
C:\Users\(Username)\AppData\Roaming\VST3 Presets\Plugin Alliance\(PluginName)\
MAC
PA license folder location:
Go to the Finder, click on the "Go" menu, click on "Go to Folder," and enter the following file path exactly as written below:
~/Library/Application Support/
Plugin folder locations:
Go to the Finder, click on the "Go" menu, click on "Go to Folder," and enter any of the following file paths depending on the format that you are after:
/Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/
Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-Ins/
Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/
Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/
Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST
Preset locations:
Go to the Finder, click on the "Go" menu, click on "Go to Folder," and enter either of the following file paths to get to the format that you want:
~/Documents/Pro Tools/Plug-In Settings
~/Library/Audio/Presets