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Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X #555654 09/20/19 04:49 AM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 1,039 C camog OP Expert
OP camog Expert C Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 1,039	The BB plugin is nowhere to be found in Logic Pro X (10.4.6), any ideas??? "Band-in-a-Box" or "PG Music" are not in the AU plugins menu when I select "open software instrument"!! I have looked in the Plugins Manager - not there either?? Carl Last edited by Andrew - PG Music; 09/20/19 09:22 AM.

Re: Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X camog #555677 09/20/19 09:24 AM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 280 Worcester, United Kingdom TRYUK Apprentice
TRYUK Apprentice Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 280 Worcester, United Kingdom	Hi Carl. Open Logic Pro X and select software instrument, by default mine opens Classic Electric Piano. Make sure the Inspector window is open and you should see E-Piano. Click on that and select AU Instruments at the bottom and then PG Music inc / BiaB DAW AU plugin / Stereo. And you should see the Plugin window appear. Hope that helps. Tim.

Re: Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X TRYUK #555678 09/20/19 09:25 AM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
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OP camog Expert C Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 1,039	Thanks a lot for trying for me Tim - mine doesn't open with Classic Electric Piano, in fact it opens with no instrument selected! Anyway, if I click on 'Instruments" on the instrument channel I've just opened (above the ch fader) and move down the menu to AU Instruments, there is no sign of PG Music or BiaB AU Plugin - and as I mentioned above, it's not in Plugin Manager either, so Logic clearly is not 'seeing' it. I can still use everything else in BB 2019, listening to all the demos etc - and I can move individual tracks over from BB into Logic manually as before, just can't drag all the tracks over in one go from the Plugin. I'm sure Andrew will sort this out, cheers Tim! Carl

Re: Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X camog #555690 09/20/19 10:34 AM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,810 Victoria, BC Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff
Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,810 Victoria, BC	Do you actually see the plugin in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Component/ ? Band-in-a-Box DAW AU Plugin.component A reboot of your Mac may fix this. Does GarageBand see it? Andrew PG Music Inc.

Re: Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X camog #556323 09/24/19 10:13 PM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
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OP camog Expert C Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 1,039	Thanks a lot Andrew for your post elsewhere - I have checked through the path you suggested: Library/Audio/Plugins/Components/Band-in-a-Box DAW AU Plugin.component - and you're right, it's not there! So when I installed BB 2019 Ultra+ Mac, the automatic installation of the Plugin failed - no wonder Logic Pro X doesn't 'see' the Plugin! Where do I go from here? Carl

Re: Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X camog #556327 09/24/19 11:51 PM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
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Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Have a look in Applications/Band-in-a-Box/BBPlugin/Files you can add that as a folder or copy the BB Plugin to your Plugins folder.

Re: Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X camog #556334 09/25/19 01:32 AM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
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OP camog Expert C Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 1,039	THANK YOU Pipeline - just did what you suggested and I now have the Plugin working fine!! Your post much appreciated Pipeline - all the very best, Carl

Re: Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X camog #556336 09/25/19 01:58 AM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
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OP camog Expert C Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 1,039	Andrew, thanks for your time & effort - Pipeline's suggestion worked and the Plugin is there and working! Best, Carl

Re: Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X camog #556338 09/25/19 02:04 AM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
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Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Andrew would of gave you the same solution but he would be in bed at this time and I think I'll do the same now.

Re: Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X Andrew - PG Music #597620 05/15/20 10:21 AM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
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OldJiggs Newbie O Joined: May 2020 Posts: 1	Andrew - The BB Plugin is not showing up in Logic Pro X. I checked all the paths and folders suggested by you and pipeline below, but I don't see the BIAB plugin component, and I don't see a BIAB plugins folder under Applications/BIAB I have BIAB 2018 for Mac and Logic Pro X - is that my problem? (Note: My BIAB install was the BIAB external hard drive version but the hard drive failed this year, so I had to re-install from the digital downloads. Thanks for any guidance and help. Tom

Re: Cannot find BB Plugin in Logic Pro X OldJiggs #597989 05/18/20 06:39 AM Band-in-a-Box VST/AU and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Mac)
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 78 Gothenburg, Sweden B Bjorn Beskow Enthusiast
Bjorn Beskow Enthusiast B Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 78 Gothenburg, Sweden	The BIAB VST/AU plugin was introduced in BIAB 2019, hence if you're still on BIAB 2018, you don't have it. /Björn

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