Which format you choose to use is up to you bearing in mind the following tips.
Ableton live 9 plugin format.
Live supports flac files with a resolution of 16 bit or 24 bit.
Live on mac supports both the audio unit au and vst2 and vst3 10 1 and later formats.
If you ve installed the plug in correctly but it s still not appearing in live see our dedicated article.
All supported plug in formats vst2 64 32 bit vst3 64 bit live 10 1 and later only.
Can you run 64 bit plugins in ableton 9 7 7 and below.
Can you run 32 bit plugins in ableton live 10 and above.
Installing vst plugins in ableton for the first time might not be as straightforward.
So make sure your vst plugins are in the right bit format and match your current daw.
Ogg vorbis ogg is a container format for video and audio streams which is most popular for containing a lossy compressed vorbis audio stream.
If you wish to install a third party pack downloaded from another source then please follow these instructions.
Vst au plug in doesn t appear in live.
The flac audio format is a free lossless compressed audio format developed by the xiph org foundation.
All if you are installing official live packs downloaded from the ableton website check instead our article on how to install packs.
If sharing projects with windows users it s better to use vst.