Plugin Effects in Live

There are two ways to add VST/AU effects in Ableton Live:

1. Choose Plug-ins from the left sidebar. Mac version will offer you VST and AU options (if you have both standards installed) while the Windows version will only show VST plugins.



2a. Drag the effect of your choice onto the track you want to affect. Effects and instrument are displayed in the same folder.

OR

2b. Drag the effect on thr bottom tab with the appropriate track selected. In this case, it is put after chipsounds (virtual instrument) in order to affect it's timbre.



3. Click on the small "tool" button to shoh the effect's interface