SOUND ON SOUND

[Pat Nghia Long]

Hello,
I am using Reaper running on windows 10.
I have been trying to install the famous free VSTi Piano called NeoPiano (previously "Piano One) from Sound Magic.
But Reaper doesn't seem to see it.
In the explorer, I do see a "Neo_Piano_x64.dll" file appearing in my plugins directory, along with other VST instruments.
I also copied the "Piano1.ins" (925+ MB) file into the same dir.,
since the install process doesn't seem to do so.
But try as I may to scan for new plugins, restart Reaper, Piano1/Neo Piano does not appear in my VSTi list, nor in the general plugin list. Not a trace of it, Reaper doesn't see it.
I was wondering has anybody encountered such difficulties with this VSTi or another one, and where I should look to try to fix this.
Many thanks in advance.
Regards,
Pat

[ef37a]

Have you asked on the Reaper forum Pat?

Dave.

[Moroccomoose]

Could it possible that the install did not put the VSTi's DLL file in one of your scanned locations?

Try searching for it in file explorer and check that its location is in one of your scanned locations. It may well be in the install folder for the VSTi in C\programs. If it is not in one of your scanned folders, you can simply move the DLL file to an existing scanned location or add that folder location to reaper's list for scanning.

Often VSTi that require a full installation with other support files beyond the DLL itself do not default the install location to the 'normal' VSTi locations... I've fallen foul of that one myself before!

Stu.

[Moroccomoose]

Sorry, scratch that - I just re-read you post properly!

:headbang:

Stu.

[blinddrew]

Not something I've encountered, if I get time I'll have a look installing this weekend and see if I get the same result (I'm also a Reaper and Win10 user).

[Wonks]

Only the .dll needs to be in your normal plugins directory. If you've moved the other files after installation, then the .dll won't be looking in the right place for the files.

I don't know Reaper, but if it tests each plugin to see if it works before adding it to the list of plugins, then I can understand why it's not showing up.

So I'd re-install the plugin. If it lets you change location during installation of files other than the main .dll, then do so then, not afterwards. But if all you can do is set the main plug-in file location, then do that, leaver everything else where it puts it and see if that works.

It's free, so you may have to live with the installer's limitations.

[Nathan-VST-Plugins]

You can also check if some other DAW is correctly loading the plugin, to diagnose if its a Reaper thing. There's lots of free tools that loads VST's.