Reference Manual

227 Working with Instruments and Effects

activating) plug-in sources can be found later in this chapter, in the sections on the VST Plug-in

folder (page 231) and Audio Units Plug-ins (page 234).

Note for “Intel® Mac“ users: Intel® Mac computers cannot natively run VST or AU plug-ins that

have been written for the PowerPC platform. Only plug-ins of type Universal or Intel® can be

used in Live.

If you install/de-install a plug-in while the program is running, Live will not detect your changes

or implement them in the browser until the next time you start the program. Use the Rescan but-

ton in the File/Folder Preferences to rescan your plug-ins while Live is running, so that newly

installed devices become immediately available in the browser.

You can also rescan if you believe that your plug-in database has somehow become corrupted.

Holding down the [ALT](PC) / [ALT](Mac) modiﬁer while pressing Rescan will delete your plug-

in database altogether and run a clean scan of your plug-ins.

17.2.1 Plug-Ins in the Device View

A VST Plug-In in the Device View.

Once a plug-in is dragged from the browser into a track, it will show up in the Device View. For

plug-ins with fewer than 32 modiﬁable parameters, a Live panel will represent all of the param-

eters as horizontal sliders. Plug-ins that contain more than 32 parameters will open with an emp-

ty panel, which you can then conﬁgure to show the parameters you want to access. The plug-in’s

original interface can be opened in a separate window (page 228).