Macros to launch my most commonly used Third Party Plugins not working in Ableton Live (12.2 Beta)
Title
Macros to launch my most commonly used Third Party Plugins not working in Ableton Live (12.2 Beta)
What do you expect to happen when you run the script/macro?
Simple macro to open my most commonly used plug-ins and add to a track in Ableton.
Are you seeing an error?
Add Eventide Blackhole failed Error: Load Plug-ins: Line 59 (Add Eventide Blackhole line 1)
What happens when you run this script?
Nothing happens, the error described simply pops up.
I will add that a few other plugins I have tested (for example Valhalla Delay) do seem to work but most do not for me.
How were you running this script?
I clicked the "Run Script" or "Run Macro" button in SoundFlow
How important is this issue to you?
5
Details
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Source
//Macro converted to script
//Calling command "Load Plug-Ins" from package "Ableton Live" (installed from user/pkg/version "oMDTMcbKv2OT4GaE3NFzdjMdeXj2/clrm7ovg00000wm10jrwimta1/cmamkgdi700001510iefadfp6")
sf.soundflow.runCommand({
commandId: 'user:clrm7ovg00000wm10jrwimta1:cm9n9e90f0001ou10j8nnu5em',
props: {
pluginType: "VST",
pluginPath: ["Eventide","Blackhole"],
targetPosition: "First",
}
});
Links
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- Chad Wahlbrink @Chad2025-05-22 21:37:49.799Z
Hi, @wolaud,
Thanks for the question. To confirm, can you share a screenshot of your Ableton Settings for "Plug-Ins"?
Like this:
For it to work as expected, we will need to make sure that you have specified the type of plug-in that will load accurately according to what's scanned and available on your system. Are you using custom VST folders for any plug-ins that haven't loaded?
Another thing to confirm is that there is a "VST" of the Eventide > Blackhole plug-in in your Ableton Browser, like this:
If only a VST3 or AU is showing in the browser, we'd need to adjust the preset accordingly.
Finally, here's a quick video demoing how to set up the plug-in loader presets:
- WIn reply towolaud⬆:wolaud @wolaud
Thank you, this clarified things — I was using custom VST folders but if I turn them off everything works as expected.
Chad Wahlbrink @Chad2025-05-23 02:09:48.885Z
Awesome!
Okay, I'll look into the custom VST folders and see if we can get those working. Thanks for the heads up.
- SIn reply towolaud⬆:SoundFlow Bot @soundflowbot
This issue is now tracked internally by SoundFlow as SF-1846