How to Import VSTs Into FL Studio

Last Updated: February 3, 2020

This article will guide you through installing and adding Virtual Studio Technology (VST) Plugins to your FL Studio. It will also show you how to ad those plugins within the FL Studio environment.

Steps

1
Create a folder on your desktop named VST's
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Find and download the VST plugin you desire to that folder. Make sure you select Save As not Run.

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3
Install the plugin if needed. Some may require extraction, just extract them to this folder and continue (you may get a choice during install to install as a VST Plugin and Stand Alone. Always only check VST Plugin only
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Save the File to the VST Folder you Created
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Locate the (vstname).dll file in the folder you created and Make a copy by pressing Ctrl+C
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Open Program File/Imageline/Fl Studio10/Plugins/VST and select Ctrl+V which will paste the (vstname).dll file into the FL Plugin Directory
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Open Fruity Loops. Now, depending on whether you are installing an Effect for your mixer (i.e. AutoTune) or Generator (i.e. minimoog synth program), there are different ways. This article assumes a generator is to be installed.
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Open the channel tab in the main screen and under the "add one" menu, click "More" at the top.
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At the bottom of the next screen click refresh, Fast Scan
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Scroll through the list until you see the (vstname) you installed. It should be written in red font.
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Select the little Box which will have an f inside, close the window
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Select the channel tab and locate the generator you installed under the "add one" menu. Select it, and it will appear in the Step Sequencer.
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If installing an effect, follow the exact same steps. However, start in the "mixerboard" screen, locate the arrow on the drop tab to the far right tab and repeat step as above.