Pro Tools 10 not showing my plugins??

[Daryl Hughes]

I've just installed PT 10.3.2 and its not showing my fxpansion Geist?? I've googled my problem but absolutely nothing is coming up, so what have I done thats so tragically wrong?

My system is a mac pro 2008 with the latest/last version of Lion. Geist was fully installed before PT's and was functioning and still is but only on the desktop. I have only installed 2 plugins prior to my PT install: Geist and Arturia CS-80. The CS-80 is in the "instruments" list, but it seems to be in there twice and coincides with what was automatically installed into my library/audio/plugins/VST.

Thanks

[Chief Technician]

Originally Posted by Daryl Hughes

I've just installed PT 10.3.2 and its not showing my fxpansion Geist??

First question, especially since I do not know this plug-in. Is Geist sold as an RTAS or AAX plug-in?

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by Daryl Hughes

I've just installed PT 10.3.2 and its not showing my fxpansion Geist?? I've googled my problem but absolutely nothing is coming up, so what have I done thats so tragically wrong?

My system is a mac pro 2008 with the latest/last version of Lion. Geist was fully installed before PT's and was functioning and still is but only on the desktop. I have only installed 2 plugins prior to my PT install: Geist and Arturia CS-80. The CS-80 is in the "instruments" list, but it seems to be in there twice and coincides with what was automatically installed into my library/audio/plugins/VST.

Thanks

VST?? Pro Tools does not use VST, it uses RTAS or AAX only. You need to install the RTAS version of Geist.

Darryl

[musicman691]

IIRC the CS80 shows up twice because there are actually two versions of that plug - a 'regular' one and one for 10 voices. Not in front of my daw at the moment so can't say for sure.

[Daryl Hughes]

As far as I can remember, the RTAS was selected on Geist when installing Geist and Spitter.

I do not understand whats going on with these pro tools plugins. I have navigated to my library/audio/plugins and I only have a Components, HAL, MAS, VST. No RTAS folder at all.

Geist, Spitter and the CS80 are only in Components and VST folders, but why has PT took a copy of the two CS80's from the VST folder, and moved and reformatted them to its own plugin folder within the applications/AVID folder as .dpm??

In the mean time I can only trash Geist and try again, but I am more concerned at the moment on how PT deals with all plugins??

[Tweakhead]

Originally Posted by Daryl Hughes

snip...I do not understand whats going on with these pro tools plugins. I have navigated to my library/audio/plugins and I only have a Components, HAL, MAS, VST. No RTAS folder at all. ...snip

RTAS Plug-Ins have never been located in library/audio/plugins

The path is:
RTAS:
Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-Ins

... and if necessary:
AAX:
Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins

The one within Applications/Avid/Pro Tools is simply an alias pointing to the AAX one I mentioned above.

[Daryl Hughes]

Thanks, that's cleared one thing up. I am not at my desktop at the min to uninstall and reinstall Giest. Do you think its because I installed both the CS80 V2 and Giest before Pro Tools 10?

[WernerF]

Originally Posted by Daryl Hughes

Thanks, that's cleared one thing up. I am not at my desktop at the min to uninstall and reinstall Giest. Do you think its because I installed both the CS80 V2 and Giest before Pro Tools 10?

Yes. Your plugins had no Pro Tools program to be installed into.

[Daryl Hughes]

Yes. Your plugins had no Pro Tools program to be installed into.

Thanks thats great

I'm just in the process of finding out the most safest way to unistall my Geist!

P.s Whats the best way I can organise my plugins now that I know where they are. For example I have 2 Arturia CS80 V2 and would like to put them both in a folder called "CS80"

Many thanks

[Chief Technician]

Originally Posted by Daryl Hughes

P.s Whats the best way I can organise my plugins now that I know where they are.

Leave them wherever the installer applications put them.

Originally Posted by Daryl Hughes

For example I have 2 Arturia CS80 V2 and would like to put them both in a folder called "CS80"

The applications are going to expect that the Arturia CS80 V2, or any other plug-in, be in a specific location. If you change that location, and then cannot specify in the software where to look for the plug-in, it won't work at all.