Don't know what I am missing here. Until I transitioned to iLok and it came with Ensembe 7 my notation program Finale used to work fine with ensemble 6.

I read that Finale cannot 'see' vst 3? If this is the case how do I get my ensemble 7 to show itself to Finale as vst 2? At present everything is in a folder that named itsled vst3!

Any help much appreciated, thanks.

Jill

Originally Posted by: Bill

First, make sure you install the VST2 version. It's a choice during the installation process. Also, make note of where it is installed.

Then in Finale, add that folder to the VST Plugin list, in MIDI/Audio, Device Setup, VST Plugin Directories

It defaults to VST3 even though the pathis set in preferences in Vienna assistanat as VST2

Thanks to all for your help and some research which gave me more of an understanding regarding VST2 and VST 3 I have finally managed to sort this. For anyone having similar problems this is what I did.

1. Realised that Finale, as some others have said, can only recognise Vst 2.

VST 2 have the extension .DLL  and VST 3 normally have the VST 3 extension or just none.

2. Realised that the Vienna assistant on install was not putting them where I had specified. 

3. Looked at some helpful guidelines as to where the .Dll (VST2 files) might be on Windows pc and checked them all. Mine were not in these but armed with the knowledge of what to look for I found them (shown at the bottom of the other suggested places)

C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins

C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST2
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\VST2
32-bit plug-ins on 64-bit Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steinberg\VstPlugins

Mine were actually in this path

C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Vst plugins