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Ableton comes with an impressive, diverse and extremely usable set of instruments, effects and samples. However, at some point you will almost certainly want to install 3rd party plug ins to get that sound you need.
The truth is there isn’t one specifically for Ableton, it’s a shared plug ins folder in. How to setup your audio interface with Ableton Live on a Mac. How to Install Ableton Live Skins – WIN: Place.ask files in C: ProgramData Ableton Live 9 Suite Resources Skins. – MAC: Right click on Ableton app icon show package contents app resources skins; How to Change Ableton Live Skins in Program. In Live go to Options - Preferences - Look/Feel - Skins.
- Make sure that the Use VST Plug-In Custom Folder option is set to On, so that your selected folder is an active source for VST Plug-ins in Live. On a Mac, the process is similar. Go to Live, Preferences, File Folder. On Mac OS, Ableton Live understands 2 different formats of third party plugins; Audio Units (AUs) and VSTs.
- Macintosh HD:/Users/Your Username/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/ (VST 3) 3. You can instead install your plug-ins to a custom folder if you prefer (VST 2 and VST 3 only) 4. Once installed, launch Live. Open Live's Preferences → Plug-ins (Live 10.1 and later)/File Folder (all Live versions until 10.1) → Plug-In Sources.
Luckily for you, the process of adding 3rd party plug-ins on a Mac is extremely straight forward. It is literally a case of copying the plug in files into the Mac plug in directory. Once this is done Ableton will automatically find your plug-ins ready to use.
Where is the Ableton Plug ins folder?
The truth is there isn’t one specifically for Ableton, it’s a shared plug ins folder in you Mac Library. By default the folders used to contain plug-ins, and where you need to copy them to, are:
(for AU) Library > Audio > Plug ins > Component
(for VST) Library > Audio -> Plug ins > VST
Setting a custom plug in folder
In Ableton there is also the ability to set a custom location for your plug ins folder. This is handy if you have multiple DAWs installed on the same Mac, or if you just want to use a different hard disc, perhaps a solid state to run them from.
In the Ableton top menu go to:
Ableton Live Plugin Folder Mac
Preferences > File Folder > VST Plug-In Custom Folder
Make sure to enable the feature, and you can now copy plug ins to any location you like.
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This is where and how to install user made Ableton Live Skins (.ask) files.
Also, a quick note on how to change them in program and.. if that wasn’t enough, some of my favorites!
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LINKS
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50+ Skins by Sonic Bloom – CLICK HERE
How to Install Ableton Live Skins
- – WIN: Place .ask files in C:ProgramDataAbletonLive 9 SuiteResourcesSkins.
- – MAC: Right click on Ableton app icon > show package contents> app resources> skins
How to Change Ableton Live Skins in Program
In Live go to Options -> Preferences -> Look/Feel -> Skins
How to Change the Ableton Live Skin
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Ableton Live Plugin Folder Mac Version
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