I’ve just downloaded the Noise Gate file for Mac using the ZIP folder because the Download link only gives a text file and not the .ny file. This is the link:
However, once I am putting the Noise Gate plugin file into Audacity Plugins folder, while it does show in the Plugins Folder, when I open Audacity (after having closed it down and reopening). I cannot see Noisegate in the Effects menu.
When I click in Add / Remove Plugins, to enable NoiseGate, again, I cannot find Noise Gate in the Effects drop down menu.
I am having this problem too. I had a look at the online manual and it mentions going to Add / Remove Plugins to enable or disable installed plugins, but this menu item is completely missing under Effect, Generate and Analyze on my version of Audacity (2.1.0)
It came in with 2.1.1 and was called “Manage” then
In 2.1.2 the nomenclature was changed to the "Add/Remove Plug-ins
All of those versions are way out of date and superseded (Unless you are visually impaired and need screen reader functionality - in which case 2.1.1 is the current version).
Thanks very much for your help. I’m not sure how I ended up with an old version of Audacity since I only installed it a few weeks ago! I must have clicked on the wrong link.
I’m seeing a similar problem when trying to add the Acx-check.ny plug-in. Firstly there was no Plug-Ins folder in my /Library/Application Support/audacity/ folder so I created one. When I downloaded the Acx-check.ny plug-in and moved it to the Plug-Ins folder I could not see the plug-in under the the Analyze → Add/Remove plug-ins… menu even if I restarted Audacity. I have version 2.2.0
Wrong folder. That’s the system-wide folder. You want your user library folder, which is at ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/. The “~” character at the start is important.
– Bill
In the Finder, click the Go menu while holding down the option key. “Library” should appear as an option in the menu. Select it.
If that doesn’t work, do Go > Go to Folder and type “~/Library/Application Support/audacity” into the dialog. Don’t forget the “~” character at the start.