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I know very little about these kinds of folders or how to create them so I'm basically lost now as the above is for using with Mixcraft which I don't use (but probably would have if I knew about this before Reaper). So how do I create a new folder for VST plugins which I can use with RealBand?





Read carefully the instruction you quoted. You DON'T need to create a new folder, you simply need to watch where the effects .dll is being installed on your machine. You already have VST directories (folder) on you machine. And most installers will look for them and find them - or they will create there own. You just need to watch where it goes. Then you go into you DAW (Mixcraft, Reaper, RB or any other) and tell them where the new .dll has been placed. Reaper for example will automatically scan your VST folders for any new .dll's installed each time it runs. In RB you need to tell it to find the new .dll.

It is simple, once you do it a couple times. But here is the warning!! There are 1000's of free VST/Dxi effects to download - same great, some good, and some crap. Don't get carried away with ones which don't come highly recommended. If you get a bad .dll it can causes problems and have to be deleted.

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