If you follow these steps correctly, you’ll now have your VST and VST3 plugins added to your channel in Ableton Live 10.
Click the “spanner” icon on your plugin to open it.
Select your channel and open “Detail view” (View > Show/Hide Detail View).
Drag the desired plugin onto your channel.
Open the Browser in Ableton Live (View > Show Browser).
Select the folder where your 64-bit plugins are stored.
Select “Browse” next to “VST2/VST3 Custom Plug-In Folder”.
Toggle “Use VST2/VST3 Plug-In Custom Folder” to “On”.
Open “Preferences” in Ableton Live (Options > Preferences).
Save the plugin in the folder where your 64-bit plugins are stored.
To install and add VST and VST3 plugins to Ableton Live 10 on Windows: It can be tricky to load plugins into Ableton Live 10, so I created this guide to show you how to install, add, and open VST and VST3 plugins on Windows. Ableton Live is the most popular DAW for music producers and can be used to great effect with additional VST plugins.