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Scanning plug-ins

Nota builds a catalogue of your installed plug-ins by scanning them in a separate process (so a misbehaving plug-in can’t crash Nota).

Where Nota looks

Section titled “Where Nota looks”
  • VST3 — the system’s standard VST3 folders: on macOS ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 and /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3; on Windows C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3; on Linux ~/.vst3, /usr/lib/vst3 and /usr/local/lib/vst3 — plus the folder Nota installs registry plug-ins into, and any folder you add.
  • AU (macOS) — the system’s Audio Unit registry.

Adding a folder and rescanning

Section titled “Adding a folder and rescanning”
Settings ▸ Plug-ins: scan folders and RescanSettings ▸ Plug-ins: scan folders and Rescan
  1. Open Settings ▸ Plug-ins.
  2. Add folder… adds a folder to search for VST3 plug-ins; Remove takes one away.
  3. Rescan plugins scans everything again. The status says how many folders it searched and how many plug-ins it found.

Plug-ins installed from Settings ▸ Downloads are scanned automatically.