Hi all,
I’ve created a VST3 synth with JUCE, but I’m having trouble loading it into FL studio. In particular, the plugin only shows up WITHOUT the “verify plugins” option enabled, and does not work unless the category is manually set to “Synth”. However, in the JUCE options, I have selected “Instrument” as my VST3 category.
How can I make it so that the plugin will load nicely in FL? This seems to be a problem with FL studio only, it loads cleanly in VSTHost and REAPER.
Any ideas?
Hi 
Did you end up finding a solution to the problem? I have exactly the same.
(EDIT: actually not quite - in my case the plugin shows up whether Verifying plugins or not, but the status shows as “error” until I manually select a Type)
same issue over here… anybody got a solution?
well I never solved it.
I’ve only seen problems with it getting mixed up over older plug-in versions before.
With ‘verify plug-ins’ enabled sorts the categories, apparently, but it might do a short test run.
I’ve used FL studio for years and I have never seen that category miss before.
I only search for a new synth through the channel rack though, perhaps that’s why:
Right click an instrument on the ‘channel rack’ and choose ‘insert’ or ‘replace’ then choose ‘more plug-ins’ at the top. Then click manage plug-ins at the bottom of the ‘select generator plug-in’.
Enable ‘Verify plug-ins’ in the plug-in manager, then ‘Find more plug-ins.’
Don’t forget the Scan options:
That’s all I can guess, for now. It may be worth updating FL Studio (free to upgrade) and perhaps checking in their forums.
Dave H.
thanks for your information, however the “Verify plug-ins” button didn’t change anything for me. Even resetting the fl studio folder didn’t change anything.
did you ever find a workaround to this? maybe reinstalling something?
The verify stage does the category thing. Unfortunately it seems you can’t put a break point in the code to catch the scanning process.
Maybe it’s simply failing the test.
Perhaps try the VST 3 Inspector or VST 3 Plug-in Test Host from Steinberg:
https://steinbergmedia.github.io/vst3_dev_portal/pages/What+is+the+VST+3+SDK/Index.html
You find it in the ‘bin’ folder if you download the SDK3 yourself. Juce doesn’t include it.
For everybody who didn’t see the link in arcathrax answer and has the same problem on mac.
This solved the problem for me.
Thanks for linking it.
