Exported VST3 not recognised by Waves Studio Rack or Waveform 12

[TinyHustlr]

Hi all

I have tried exporting a basic saturator/eq plugin with VST3 export turned on, and loading it into Waves Studio Rack. After some testing, it appears Studio Rack will only recognize .VST3 files and not .dll, so that problem is solved.

However, even though it appears to recognize the plugin when scanning, it never appears in the app. I then tried loading it into Waveform 12, and had a similar issue, but it would appear in the plugin list but not show the two knob interface.

I did also clear the VST cache, rescan and tested the file in various folder locations.

A lot of this is pretty new to me so I feel like I must be missing something basic but can't work out what it is.

Thanks

[d.healey]

@TinyHustlr instrument or effect?

[DabDab]

After Removing VST3 from Plugins directory
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
also Remove Plugins Directory from here.....
C:\Users\Partho\AppData\Roaming\VendorName\PluginsName

Use Waveform 13.
It should fix the problem.

[TinyHustlr]

@d-healey Effect. Just a no code saturator plus limiter. Interface has a knob for saturation and knob for threshold. Kept it simple for testing.

[d.healey]

@TinyHustlr You definitely exported as an effect and not as an instrument? Have you tested any other plugin hosts?

[TinyHustlr]

@d-healey Bingo! Using FX Plugin export worked first go I just saw VST and was exporting as that and totally missed that it said 'instrument'. Had a feeling it was going to be something basic.

Okay, now I can get back to your scripting 101 video. Thanks again.