Can't install Studio Pipers 3rd Party Instruments with VST Plugin

Tish-Cat wrote on 7/29/2020, 7:45 PM

Hi there, Bold

I have Music Maker 2021 Premium Edition and have downloaded a 3rd party software called Studio Piper to install other instruments. This is what I have done so far and it doesn't want to work -

* Installed Studio Piper with the Best Service Engine and connected the two so I can see all the instruments etc when you open the Engine program.

* Created a VSTPlugins folder in my C Drive, Program Files and I put the Engine2.dll file in that folder

* In Music Maker Added a VST Plug in Path to that folder (this shows up in the Exports folder) - I've tried both 32bit and 64 bit options.

* When I go to add the instrument into a song it give me this option to click on the VST Plug in Path and I can go to the C Drive and open that folder and nothing happens.

Thank you for your help in advance! Cheers :)

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johnebaker wrote on 7/30/2020, 3:33 PM

@Tish-Cat

Hi and welcome to the forum.

It would appear no one has picked up on this issue yet, so here's my take on the issue.

With VST's there is no need to use a program such as Best Service Engine, this is introducing an additional step for Music Maker (MMM) to get to the VST's, and makes it difficult to determine where the issue is.

The simplest way to enable the Studio Piper VST to be used by MMM, is to place the DLLs - 32 and 64 bit version, and any supporting files that are required by, in the VST folder that MMM uses - ie the following folders:

32 bit VSTs - C:\Program Files (x86)\VstPlugins

64 bit VSTs - C:\Program Files\VstPlugins

Once this folder has been scanned by MMM it should appear in the Instrument tab and on the Track header instrument selector.

HTH

John EB
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Tish-Cat wrote on 7/30/2020, 6:31 PM

Cheers thanks John - I will contact the developer as there are no DLL files in any of the folders of the download :)