SF 17 stopped find third party plugins

beau-bowden wrote on 1/20/2025, 11:37 AM

Hi,

So last night Sound Forge 17 has stopped seeing my izotope plugins.

I've uninstalled both Products and reinstalled in hope to rectify what ever the issue is. Since then i have now wiped my HD and gone for a fresh install. I still have the same problem.

Izotope was there in the Plug ins tab, and now it won't show when selected.

When re-running vst plugin in search, it spots them when searching, but fails to show in the software.

any ideas would be appreciated.

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rraud wrote on 1/20/2025, 1:50 PM

Hi @beau-bowden, verify the iZ plug-ins folder is designated in the SF search folder: "Options> Preferences> VST Effects>" and select "Refresh".

beau-bowden wrote on 1/21/2025, 8:07 AM

Hi Rraud,

i have done this several times.

Sf sees them when scanning the folders after hitting refresh but they aren't in the fx plugins folder when selected.

i'm wondering if this is a convenient bug to enforce upgrading.

i'll just switch to wavelab if i can't figure this out. it was all working perfectly.

SP. wrote on 1/21/2025, 10:11 AM

@beau-bowden Sound Forge can be completely reset to its default settings via the File menu. Maybe the plugin was blacklisted because of a crash or other error. I would guess that resetting will allow it to be added again.

rraud wrote on 1/21/2025, 10:43 AM

they aren't in the fx plugins folder when selected.

Hi @beau-bowden, are you referring to the "Fx Plug-ins" folder (aka, Fx Favorites) or the "Plug-in Manager" in the 'View' menu? If the said plug-ins are present in the 'Plug-in Manager', they can be opened from there and/or re-added to the Fx Favorites.