• 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
• 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

  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"
• 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

  3 answers, most recent on 3/12/2026

  Butch Vig Vocal Plug-in can't be loaded into plug-in chain
  The Butch Vig Vocals Plug-in from Waves appears in my list of VST Effects in Sound Forge Pro14 but can't be loaded into the plug-in chain. Also, the interface to use the plug-in does not pop up. I have installed, uninstalled and re-installed the
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 10/24/2025

  SF Pro 14 is erroneously looking for ARA Waves plug-ins
  I use SF Pro 14 with Waves VST (v15) plug-ins. For some reason, SFP14 is now showing Waves ARA plug-ins under FX Favorites>Waves. Of course, since I have VST the plug-ins, selecting the ARA entries results in an error. I can't seem to fix this. I
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 3/12/2026

  RE: Butch Vig Vocal Plug-in can't be loaded into plug-in chain
  Yesterday I was on the Waves (maker of the Butch Vig Vocals plug-in) website and I found that only an earlier version of that plug-in would work with Acid. I’ve used the Sony, now Magix, music software, ACID, Vegas and Sound Pro for ages. After I
• Samplitude

  7 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

  RE: CC control of VST within Samplitude Pro X7
  @terra3 Inside the VST-Plugin menu enable Hardware Controller Easy Learn mode. Click on a control you want to influence with your MIDI device, then move a knob or fader on your device. Both are now coupled. Disable Easy Learn mode again. Yeah, I
• 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:
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

  RE: Sound Forge Audio Studio works incorrect with VST3 plugins
  Hi @tolkachovaa, all versions of SF-16 and 17 had issues with third-party VST 2 and 3 plug-ins.. Some were addressed in SF Pro 18 but as you are probably aware, there is no SF Audio Studio 18 version, nor do I expect there will be. I usually use
• 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

  2 answers, most recent on 1/24/2025

  RE: plugins VST or VST3 with SF pro 15?
  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,
• Music Maker

  10 answers, most recent on 1/26/2025

  [Solved] Chorus VST Effect plug in won't load
  Ever since downloading the newest update to Music Maker 2024 , I am unable to pull up or apply the Chorus Effect plug in for any of my tracks. When I click on it, the "ChorusFlanger" option comes up-but that's something completely different, and not
• Samplitude

  7 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

  RE: CC control of VST within Samplitude Pro X7
  @terra3 It could be that this plugin has some kind of non-standard VST interface (Waves plugins also do this for some reason) were it doesn't work in any DAW but only in a handful the developers tested. You may ask Line6 support if Samplitude is
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 2/19/2025

  RE: OZONE 9 mastering icons missing from my Sound Forge 18
  Hi @VegasProAus, What VST format are the Oz plug-ins? If they are VST-3, they are normally installed in 'Program files> Common files> VST3'' folder. In any case the pertinent folder must be enabled in the "Options> Preferences> VST
• ACID

  One answer, on 4/3/2025

  [Solved] Acid Pro 11 and Superior Drummer 3?
  Is Acid Pro 11 compatible with Superior Drummer 3 VST3? I can see the plug-in and I can load it, but I can't seem to get it to work. No sound from SD3.
• SOUND FORGE

  11 answers, most recent on 4/19/2025

  RE: SF Pro 18 Annoyances, Fixes?
  I am not sure if SF-12 (Pro or AS) supports the VST-3 format,,, otherwise, 32 and 64 bit VST-2 plugs should work in SF-12 providing the search folder path is set (as @SP. stated).If you are referring to the ARA plugs that come with the SFP-18 Suite,
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 5/1/2025

  RE: snapping
  Check the "Options> Preferences> VST Effects" menu. If they are installed, and the pertinent (search) folder is enabled, the RX plug-ins should be in the list at the bottom of the window. If they are, you can add them to the "Fx Plug-ins" menu
• SOUND FORGE

  27 answers, most recent on 3/19/2025

  RE: Sound Forge Audio Studio 17 doesn't detect Ozone 11 Standard (VST3)
  Hi @SP., I do not think Ozone 11 is ARA compatible. AFAIK, the ARA plug-ins can be used as ARA and VST3 and are in the Common files> VST3 folder like SpectraLayers and Melodyne.
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  We had to do a deep cleaning of our Windows 10. As a result, many doubled files had to be deleted. So we had to reinstall new DAW's and VST's, and even Printing drivers... uhg. Sorry for the dramatics... Anyhow, we are unable to find our WAVES
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 1/21/2025

  RE: SF 17 stopped find third party plugins
  Hi @beau-bowden, verify the iZ plug-ins folder is designated in the SF search folder: "Options> Preferences> VST Effects>" and select "Refresh".
• ACID

  3 answers, most recent on 11/17/2025

  RE: waves 16 plugins cannot be added to chain
  @Tinus72 My guess is that these plugins are simply not compatible because Acid is too old. You'll likely need a plug-in chainer like Plogue Bidule or DDMF Metaplugin as a workaround. You first load the plugin chainer as a VST and then load the Waves
• Samplitude

  One answer, on 6/28/2025

  VST Plugin Bypass Automation
  Ok...can someone for the love of everything holy chime in here???!! I'm trying to automate an inserts on/off on a filter plugin that I put into a submix track. I see nothing on any automation parameters that allows this. I see a plug in (bypass) at
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 2/4/2026

  RE: Sound forge pro 18_plugin chain issue
  Does this occur after saving the (Apply Fx Plug-in) FX Chain preset? On my system, after closing the chain window and reopening, the last used chain preset is loaded with all the last saved settings. OTOH, the timeline chainer stays active even when