

Hitting F10 is the keyboard shortcut for the settings into the MIDI tab, or you can go Options -> “File settings”, then just select “ Manage plugins” like shown in the image above.

Installed is where FL Studio sees all VSTs on your computer, depending what folder paths you included in the FL Studio Plugin Manager, which can be accessed in Settings (F10), selecting the File tab, and selecting “Manage plugins”. VST3 plugins are typically found in the Commons Folder).

We do not touch the “Installed” folder, we just pull from it! (The plugins stored can be in VST2 or VST3 formats. Note, we only use the Effects and Generators to customize our Plugin database for our own organization purposes. Generators are plugins like instruments, but can also be other things video players. Difference Between Effects, Generators, and Installed FolderĮffects are plugins like Equalizers (EQ), Compressors, Reverbs, Delays, Chorus, Distortion.
