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What Are The Different Parts of My Spitfire Dedicated Plugin Download?

The dedicated Spitfire Audio plugins have several parts that are downloaded to different locations: 1. The library content, which contains patches, presets and samples, is downloaded to the location chosen during installation. 2. The plugin files, which allow DAWs to load the plugin, come in different formats (VST, VST3, AAX, AU) and are installed in default locations that vary between Mac and Windows. 3. Settings files connect the plugin files to the library content and store plugin preferences. On Mac they are in Music/Spitfire Audio/Settings and on Windows they are in a hidden directory.

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What Are The Different Parts of My Spitfire Dedicated Plugin Download?

The dedicated Spitfire Audio plugins have several parts that are downloaded to different locations: 1. The library content, which contains patches, presets and samples, is downloaded to the location chosen during installation. 2. The plugin files, which allow DAWs to load the plugin, come in different formats (VST, VST3, AAX, AU) and are installed in default locations that vary between Mac and Windows. 3. Settings files connect the plugin files to the library content and store plugin preferences. On Mac they are in Music/Spitfire Audio/Settings and on Windows they are in a hidden directory.

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Unlike our Kontakt libraries, which download into a single folder, Spitfire Audio dedicated
plugins have a few different parts which download to different locations on your computer. These
can be described in three categories:

Library content
Plugin files
Settings files

Library content

This is the "Library folder" for the product and will contain at least the Patches, Presets, and
Samples for the library. It may also contain a Documentation folder depending on the product.
This will be downloaded to the location you choose when prompted for an install location and
makes up the bulk of the download. If you don't choose a different location when prompted, this
will be installed in your Default Content path which can be found in the Settings of the
Spitfire Audio app.

The Library content is intended to be kept in one place so it is not recommended that you move
this after downloading, as this will result in an error. If you need to move the library content
to another location on the same computer please see this guide.

Plugin Files 

These are the files which your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) uses to load the plugin, we
provide four types of plugin file VST, VST3, AAX and AU (AU is Mac only)

On a Mac the are found in the following locations by default with:

AU: Macintosh HD>Library>Audio>Plug-Ins>Component>


VST: Macintosh HD>Library>Audio>Plug-Ins>VST>
VST3:Macintosh HD>Library>Audio>Plug-Ins>VST3>
AAX: Macintosh HD>Library>Application Support>Avid>Audio>Plug-Ins>
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On Windows we provide 32bit and 64bit versions of the plugin files, depending on your registry
settings the defaults may vary, however sensible defaults are:

32-bit AAX: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins


32-bit VST: C:\Program Files (x86)\VstPlugins
32-bit VST3: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\VST3

64-bit AAX: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-In


64-bit VST: C:\Program Files\VstPlugins
64-bit VST3: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3

If you download a dedicated plugin and do not see it available in your DAW, we recommend
checking your DAW is looking in these locations, the steps to check this will vary by DAW but
searching "[the name of your DAW] plugin location" should help find tutorials on this online.

Settings Files

The settings files are used to connect the plugin files to the library content and to store
preferences for the plugin, we generally do not recommend trying to open or edit these as this
can result in errors, but our support agents may ask for these files when troubleshooting an
issue with you. The Spitfire.Properties file tells the Plugin where on your computer the Library
content is located and the .Settings folder named after the plugin (e.g. LABS.Settings) holds
specific preferences for the plugin such as the default preset and size of the plugin window.

On a Mac these are located in Music>Spitfire Audio>Settings and on Windows these are located in
a hidden directory as shown in this guide.

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