DAW Quickstart & Plug-In Directory PathsSTEP-BY-STEP
Ableton Live 11 & 12
VST3 / CLAP- Copy PlotAudioStudio.vst3 into standard directory (/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 or C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3).
- Open Live Preferences > Plug-ins > Rescan Plug-ins.
- Drop Plot Audio onto any MIDI Track. Enable MPE in Note Expression settings for polyphonic pitch bending.
Apple Logic Pro (10.7+)
Audio Unit (AUv2)- Copy PlotAudioStudio.component into /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components.
- Restart Logic Pro to let the AUValTool scanner validate the 64-bit component.
- Instantiate as Software Instrument. Set MIDI input mode to 'MPE / Multi-Timbral 1-16'.
Cockos REAPER
CLAP Native (Recommended)- Install PlotAudioStudio.clap into your CLAP plugin path.
- REAPER automatically enables thread-pool voice distribution for optimal multicore scaling.
- Supports sample-accurate MIDI 2.0 and per-sample parameter automation curves.
Bitwig Studio
CLAP Native- Select Plot Audio inside Bitwig's instrument browser under CLAP category.
- Access Bitwig's native nested modulation (LFOs, ParSeq-8) mapped directly to Rust internal PDE parameters.
