Adding Plugins to Your Library

There are three ways to add plugins to your Plugin Library: searching the catalog, screenshot import, and adding one we don't have yet. Each method has its advantages depending on your situation.

Method 1: Search and Add

The fastest way to add plugins you know by name. Our catalog includes 1,000+ plugins from major vendors, with descriptions, categories, and sonic characteristics already filled in.

Open the Add Plugins dialog

Click Add Plugins in your library header. It opens on screenshot import — choose search our database to add individually to search the catalog instead.

Search for your plugin

Start typing the plugin name or vendor. Results will appear as you type. You can search for things like "Pro-Q 3", "FabFilter", or even "parametric EQ".

Add it

Each result shows its vendor, category and type, with its own Addbutton. Click it and the button changes to Added — the plugin is in your library.

Pro tip

Adding several? The dialog stays open, so you can search, add, and search again without closing it. For a long list, use Paste a list at the top of the dialog and add them all in one go.

Method 2: Screenshot Import

Have a lot of plugins to add? Take a screenshot of your DAW's plugin menu or your license manager (Native Access, iLok, etc.) and we'll extract the plugins automatically.

Take a screenshot

Capture your plugin list from your DAW or license manager. Make sure the plugin names are clearly visible.

Upload to Plugin Library

Click Add Plugins in your library header — the dialog opens on screenshot import. Drop your image on the upload area, or click it to browse your files.

Review what we found

We'll read the image and show you what we found, split into plugins we matched to our catalog, ones already in your library, and names we don't have yet. Everything starts checked — uncheck anything that isn't really a plugin, then click Add with the number of plugins you picked.

Screenshot tips

For best results, make sure text is sharp and not cut off. Avoid low-resolution screenshots or images with heavy compression artifacts.

Method 3: Add a plugin we don't have yet

For plugins we don't have yet (rare or very new releases), you can still add them — and you don't fill in the details, we go and find them.

Search for it first

Type the plugin name in the Add Plugins dialog. If nothing matches, you'll see Can't find it? Add it and we'll fill in the details for you.

Add the brand, if you know it

There's one optional field — the brand. Nothing else to fill in.

Add it

Click Add with the name you typed. It goes into your library straight away, and we go looking for its details.

If what you typed looks like something we already have, we'll ask "Did you mean …?" first, so you don't end up with a second copy of a plugin under a slightly different name. There's more on what happens next in Adding a Plugin We Don't Know Yet.

Next Steps

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