In Library/Audio/Plug-Ins I have both VST and VST3 directories.
To use Pigments as an example.
In Library/audio/Plug-Ins/VST I have “Pigments.vst” 56.7 MB
In Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 I have “Pigments.vst3” 56.7 MB
OK Simple enough, if I want to remove a VST2 entry I just delete it from Library/audio/Plug-Ins/VST?
However If I go to Library/Arturia/Pigments (it’s the same for all instruments) I also have both of the vst files in there,
“Pigments.vst” 56.7 MB and “Pigments.vst3” 56.7MB
I presume that as I can remove a VST2 by removing it from Library/audio/Plug-Ins/VST then the vst’s in Library/Arturia aren’t referenced at all? If that’s the case, why does the installer put them there?
While I have a lot of spare internal SSD space, I always try not to have anything unnecessary installed.
Note: Main studio is Windows, hence using VST3 on Mac
Many thanks