You may also see a box with an F in it to the left of each plug-in name this is to set a plug-in as a favorite so that loads in the immediate insert or a place menu without ou have to go to more to find it, You’ll know you’ve opened in effect if you get a pop-up error stating can’t load an effect into a channel as frustratingĪs this can be until you learn the names of your vsts you’ll have to use this process, In that section there should be any VST plugins’ you have available there’s no filter to show only instruments or only effects here so you may accidentally open an effect, To access your vsts the method will depend on whether they’re instruments which load in the channels of the step sequencer or if their effects which load into the mixer and will be explained in a later lesson focusing more heavily on the mixer,įorgetting about effects, for now, let’s load a VST instrument into our step sequencer, right-click on any channel already in your step sequencer and choose to insert then mouse over the list of available instruments we have already been using and go to the word more at the top,Ī new list will pop up showing all available instruments FL recognizesĪt the bottom of this list should be a section labeled VST plugins’, Here we can add our VST folder by clicking on the folder icon beside it, another pop-up will ask you to navigate to and select your VST folder. To do so go to options file settings, in the pop-up window that appears you see the bottom half is labeled VST plugins’ extra search folder, Once you’ve added plugins to your folder you now need to tell FL Studio where that folder is so that it can add the contents to your available effects and instruments, You would need to extract or install the contents of the zip file to a dedicated folder that you want to use for your VST plugins, Inside there may be an installer name set up but in many cases of free VSTs there only be a file called a DLL file and maybe a folder with some presets or other data. Many are free online many more are available for a fee, in downloading a VST plug-in you’ll most likely download its packaged as a zip file, VST plugins are virtual instruments or effects that can be used in any DAW or digital audio workstation that supports their use, In this lesson, we’re going to focus on how to add and use VST plugins’ specifically VST instruments in your pattern and song structures,

This lesson continues our set of lessons on adding and managing content in FL studio.

Welcome to lesson 11 in the FL studio’ tutorial series.

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