plugins VST or VST3 with SF pro 15?

Duane-Kaya wrote on 1/24/2025, 12:00 PM

Can VST3 and/or VST plugins made available for use with SF pro 15? If so, is there a procedure for using/making VST3 and/or VST available in its menu? There are several WAVE's plugins, I would like to purchase & use, that are VST3 friendly... I also use Pro Tools 10.x (64b) for recordings with Digidesign 003 rack+, DAW. However using SF pro 15 for editing/mastering simple recordings, not limited-to.

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SP. wrote on 1/24/2025, 4:26 PM

@Duane-Kaya Plugins made by Waves can be incompatible. They officially only the support the audio softwares they list on their website. So definitely try a demo version of a plugin before you buy it. I don't know why there are problems. They might do something with their plugins that doesn't completely adhere to the VST standards.

Technically, all VST2 and VST3 plugins should work fine in 15.

rraud wrote on 1/24/2025, 4:48 PM

Like other versions of Sound Forge, the VST-3 folder must be added to the SF VST search folder list. (Options> Preferences> VST Effects) The 64 bit VST-3 plug-ins are usually installed in 'Program Files> Common Files> VST3' Once set up, use 'Organize' in the "Fx Favorites" menu to add the desired plug-ins to the menu

I am not sure if Waved installs them in the VST3 folder or elsewhere. There are issues with Waves plug-ins in general with many versions of SF, Allegedly, they work okay in SFP-18 though, I abandoned Waves plugs long ago,. mostly due to their bizarre activation system and the difficulties of using them on more than one computer.