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Have followed the instructions carefully and put the VST enabler plus a couple of VST plug-ins in the Audacity plug-ins folder but it seems to make no difference - nothing extra appears in the effects menu.

This is the second time I've done this. I did it on my PC (running Vista) and now have done the same on a laptop running XP.

Am I missing something??

VST support in Audacity is very basic (mostly due to restrictive licensing) and also does not work with all VST plug-ins.
Real time effects are not supported.
VST graphical interface is not supported.
VSTi is not supported.
Some other VST effects do not work.

Audacity has very good support for LADSPA plug ins and also supports many Nyquist plug-ins. There are hundreds of free LADSPA and Nyquist plug-ins, so I would recommend you go down this route. If you really need to use VST effects, then there are much better VST hosts, such as Krystal or Reaper.

Hello,

I'm having a similar problem. I've downloaded the VST enabler from the audacity forum link and have dowloaded some VST plug-ins (its the Spitfish de-esser I particularly want) to my Audacity plug-ins folder. But they still don't show up under the effects menu. I read somewhere that there is a problem with the most recent version of VST bridge enabler, and that I should download an older version of VST enabler. But I can't find a link for it anywhere. I'm on a Mac using OS X. I am not technical at all and very new to all this. Can anyone help? Thanks

stevethefiddle wrote:VST support in Audacity is very basic (mostly due to restrictive licensing) and also does not work with all VST plug-ins.
Real time effects are not supported.
VST graphical interface is not supported.
VSTi is not supported.
Some other VST effects do not work.

Audacity has very good support for LADSPA plug ins and also supports many Nyquist plug-ins. There are hundreds of free LADSPA and Nyquist plug-ins, so I would recommend you go down this route. If you really need to use VST effects, then there are much better VST hosts, such as Krystal or Reaper.

OK thanks will try that

steve69 wrote:

stevethefiddle wrote:VST support in Audacity is very basic (mostly due to restrictive licensing) and also does not work with all VST plug-ins.
Real time effects are not supported.
VST graphical interface is not supported.
VSTi is not supported.
Some other VST effects do not work.

Audacity has very good support for LADSPA plug ins and also supports many Nyquist plug-ins. There are hundreds of free LADSPA and Nyquist plug-ins, so I would recommend you go down this route. If you really need to use VST effects, then there are much better VST hosts, such as Krystal or Reaper.

OK thanks will try that

Tried both of those: still no joy I'm afraid.

I've now got loads of files in my plug-ins folder, but they don't appear to have any effect on audacity

Did you unzip the plug-ins? If you unzip a LADSPA plug-in into the plug-in folder it should appear in the appropriate Audacity menu. For example, if you unzip an effect plug-in into the plug-in folder, it will appear in the effects menu.

Note that if you have installed both Audacity 1.2 and Audacity 1.3, you will have 2 Audacity folders on your computer, so you need to make sure that you are putting them into the right one.

stevethefiddle wrote:Did you unzip the plug-ins? If you unzip a LADSPA plug-in into the plug-in folder it should appear in the appropriate Audacity menu. For example, if you unzip an effect plug-in into the plug-in folder, it will appear in the effects menu.

Note that if you have installed both Audacity 1.2 and Audacity 1.3, you will have 2 Audacity folders on your computer, so you need to make sure that you are putting them into the right one.

Yep: definitely in Aud 1.3 plug-ins folder; all unzipped - nothing extra appears in menus I'm afraid

If you have a default install of Audacity 1.3.4 you will have the following files and folders:
C:Program FilesAudacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode)
C:Program FilesAudacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode)Plug-Ins

C:Documents and SettingsusernameApplication DataAudacityaudacity.cfg

This last file is the configuration file.

Close Audacity/
Go to C:Program FilesAudacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode)Plug-Ins folder and remove all the files.
Then delete the configuration file C:Documents and SettingsusernameApplication DataAudacityaudacity.cfg

You now have a clean install of Audacity.

Now download this high-pass filter plug-in: http://easyspacepro.com/audacity/plugins/highpass.ny and put it in the folder: C:Program FilesAudacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode)Plug-Ins

Now open Audacity - you will get the "new user" screen when it starts.
Generate or record a few seconds of audio and make sure that it is selected.
Go to the "Effects" menu and you will see that "High Pass Filter.." has been added to the effects list.

Thanks for the advice.

However:

stevethefiddle wrote: C:Documents and SettingsusernameApplication DataAudacityaudacity.cfg

I don't have an Audacity folder within the Application Data folder

stevethefiddle wrote: Then delete the configuration file C:Documents and SettingsusernameApplication DataAudacityaudacity.cfg

Have done a search for "audacity.cfg" on all drives and it doesn't exist

What version of Audacity do you have? (look in: "Help > About")