• ACID

  13 answers, most recent on 2/20/2026

  RE: Acid Music Studio 11 Fails to run.
  @stuart-cassie I keep all my VST plugins in a VST folder. Its scanning that folder and picking up most, but not all of them. Just a slightly random thought: are your plugins VST2 or VST3, or a combination of both? By default VST3s must be installed
• Music Maker

  3 answers, most recent on 4/4/2026

  Disable VST plugin scanning??
  Is it possible to disable VST plugin scanning during Music Maker 2026 Premium startup?
• ACID

  13 answers, most recent on 2/20/2026

  RE: [Solved] Acid Music Studio 11 Fails to run.
  @stuart-cassie Some other idea. These steps are for Acid Pro 10, not maybe they work also for Acid Music Studio 11. This will prevent Acid from doing a VST scan at startup. If you can start the program, you can open the VST Manager and remove a
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 12/21/2025

  RE: Sonnox plugins error
  Check the basics, like the Sonnox plug-in files <.vst3> are in the VST 3 folder"C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3" and confirm the VST search path is correct. You might try refreshing the VST-3 plugs. "Options> Preferences> VST Effects"
• ACID

  13 answers, most recent on 2/20/2026

  RE: Acid Music Studio 11 Fails to run.
  I keep all my VST plugins in a VST folder. Its scanning that folder and picking up most, but not all of them.
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

  RE: Sound Forge Audio Studio works incorrect with VST3 plugins
  @tolkachovaa We had some success by installing the free trial version of Music Maker 2026 and copying and pasting the
• ACID

  13 answers, most recent on 2/20/2026

  RE: Acid Music Studio 11 Fails to run.
  @stuart-cassie Looks like it crashes during the VST scan (sfvstwrap.dll). There was a similar discussion a few weeks ago for Acid Pro 11, which we could solve. Maybe it works as well for Acid Music Studio 11. You need to install the free demo
• SOUND FORGE

  7 answers, most recent on 3/12/2026

  RE: RX VST Plugin Issues
  @Myu I think ARA is broken in SF16. I had the same experience. You can try the following: install the free demo version of SF18 and copy and paste and overwrite the following files from the SF18 folder into the SF16
• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

  RE: Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11
  @Eric-Penington Yeah, for some reason, Waves seem to not correctly adhere to the VST standard, so they only guarantee that their plugins can be loaded in the programs listed on their website. There might be a somewhat hacky workaround. For this,
• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

  RE: [Solved] Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11
  Finally figured out the problem. After installing and uninstalling several legacy versions, it turned out version 13 of the Waves plugins included the vst 3s and the others didn't for some reason. Everything is working as usual finally! Stinkin
• Music Maker

  3 answers, most recent on 4/4/2026

  RE: Disable VST plugin scanning??
  @ray-r Hi . . . . Is it possible to disable VST plugin scanning . . . No. Many programs, eg Cubase, Reaper etc, that use VST's rescan on startup, some, such as Musc Maker display a small info message while the scan is in progress. An 'extended'
• Samplitude

  One answer, on 1/26/2026

  CC 123 interfering with MIDI Learn
  I'm trying to use MIDI learn with a VST. For example, set CC 74 to control the VST's filter cutoff. But the VST's knob inevitably gets hijacked by CC 123 no matter what I try. Am I missing something? Does anyone know how to get around this? Thanks
• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

  RE: Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11
  This is what I get when I open an Acid 11 Project that has a bunch of Waves Plugins: An error occurred while loading the project file... An error occurred while loading a plug-in or plug-ins. The plugin(s) specified are not installed on this
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  RE: WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  I'm not sure for Sound Forge but Music Maker 2026 files work with Acid11. Followw SP. steps. You need to copy these files from Music Maker
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 3/12/2026

  RE: Butch Vig Vocal Plug-in can't be loaded into plug-in chain
  Will it open singularly but not in the chainer? Are the Waves Audio plug-ins listed in the"Options> Preferences> VST" menu and have you tried refreshing the VST plug-ins, then restarting your PC. Unfortunately Waves plug-ins have always been
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

  RE: Sound Forge Audio Studio works incorrect with VST3 plugins
  I tested SFAS 17 with plugin scan files taken from Music Maker 2026. Yes, the program recognized all plugins, but not all of them agreed to work correctly. If anyone is interested, I will now describe the results of my tests. The program acts
• ACID

  13 answers, most recent on 2/20/2026

  RE: Acid Music Studio 11 Fails to run.
  @stuart-cassie Which VST paths are listed in the program preferences?
• Samplitude

  7 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

  RE: CC control of VST within Samplitude Pro X7
  Its odd. Easy Learn works fine with other VST plug-ins.    
• SOUND FORGE

  31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

  RE: Sound Forge alternatives
  Use an earlier version if possible. I use SFP-15 a lot. SF 16 &17 had display issues using third-party 32 bit VST-2 plugs and the peak playback meters were messed up. The VST issue was 'mostly' resolved with SF-18, but other issues remain. I am
• ACID

  8 answers, most recent on 12/15/2025

  RE: Acid Pro 11 plante "update VST plugins"
  No new VSTs installed, I emptied all the VST folders.I copied the audio_plugin_scan_server files from SoundForge 18 without success, then those from Acid Pro 10 (which work perfectly), but version 11 still crashes.I'll have to go back to Acid Pro
• ACID

  One answer, on 1/21/2026

  RE: ACID PRO 11 Waves L2 and Ozone can not open
  @JOHN-CHEN1085 We're currently discussing the same problem in another topic. Please try the steps here: 1. Install Sound Forge Pro 18 or Music Maker 2026 (install the free trial version in case you don't own a full version) 2. Go to Local Disk C:
• Music Maker

  One answer, on 2/1/2026

  RE: How to make this sound disappear?
  @Eimantas-Miliauskas Do you use a VST effect or instrument in demo mode? This is a typical behavior for such plugins.
• SOUND FORGE

  31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

  RE: Sound Forge alternatives
  Use an earlier version if possible. I use SFP-15 a lot. SF 16 &17 had display issues using third-party 32 bit VST-2 plugs and the peak playback meters were messed up. The VST issue was 'mostly' resolved with SF-18, but other issues remain. I am
• ACID

  13 answers, most recent on 2/20/2026

  RE: Acid Music Studio 11 Fails to run.
  That worked. Got it running but none the wiser as to which VST/plugin caused the issue in the first place. Thanks for the help.