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Click the 'Browse' button next to 'VST Plug-in Custom Folder.' Navigate to the folder that contains your VST plug-ins; this is nearly always either 'C:Program FilesVSTPlugins' or 'C:Program FilesSteinbergVSTPlugins.' Click the 'Rescan' button next to 'Rescan Plug-ins.' Ableton scans the specified directory for VST plug-ins and activates them in the browser.Using VST Plug-insOpen the project in which you want to work in Ableton. Click the 'Plug-in Device Browser' icon, which looks like an electrical plug, on the left side of the Ableton window. Scroll through the list of VST plug-ins until you find the one you want to use.Click and drag the VST plug-in onto a track in the mixer window. You can add a VST effects plug-in to either an audio or a MIDI track; VST instruments, however, only work on MIDI tracks.Click the title bar at the top of the track to view the VST plug-in's interface.
Connect the MIDI out port of the synth to the MIDI in port on your MIDI interface. Or use a USB cable if that is supported. Enable the Track button for the Input MIDI port. Enable the Remote button if you wish to map knobs and dials on your synth to controls in Live. Note: See also Local Control below. Click and drag the VST plug-in onto a track in the mixer window. You can add a VST effects plug-in to either an audio or a MIDI track; VST instruments, however, only work on MIDI tracks. Click the title bar at the top of the track to view the VST plug-in's interface.
If the interface doesn't appear, press 'Shift' and 'Tab' simultaneously to reveal the plug-in device section for the track, then click the wrench icon on the VST plug-in to bring up its interface.Click and drag the VST plug-in's controls to adjust its parameters. If you've added a VST instrument to the Ableton set, you can now play it using a MIDI clip or an attached MIDI keyboard.
Repeat the process for any other VST plug-ins you want to use.