Installing free plugins in Pro tools express?

[jakehudak]

I bought pro tools express awhile back and recently downloaded some free plugins and dragged them into my plugins folder, but pro tools wont read them. A message keeps popping up that i need to authorize them before i can use them. How do i authorize them? Any help would be appreciated:)

[Southsidemusic]

Hi and Welcome to the Community

If I look into my "Chrystal Ball" I see exacly which plugins you are talking about aswell as your system setup .. or Not!

Read This Please so I don't have to guess what you are trying to do here.

Best Regards
Christopher

[Craig F]

most free plugs are not VST or UA both are not compatible with Pro Tools

Express will only work with RTAS/Audio Suite format plugs

[jakehudak]

The plugins im trying to install are .dpm files
The version of pro tools i have is 10.3.4
The hardware i have is an avid mbox mini
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 duo
Memory: 8 gb 1067 MHz DDR3
I hope that helps. Im a noob when it comes to computers

[cwsand]

Originally Posted by jakehudak

I bought pro tools express awhile back and recently downloaded some free plugins and dragged them into my plugins folder, but pro tools wont read them. A message keeps popping up that i need to authorize them before i can use them. How do i authorize them? Any help would be appreciated:)

Which plugins exactly? Dragging them into the plugins folder is not the typical way of installing them. You usually need to run an installer. Just because you have the .dpm plugin file doesn't mean you can install it, nor does it mean it's "free".