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I have downloaded what I think is supposed to be a VST plugin, so that I may use it to analyse sounds in the creation of music. (A VST, or Virtual Studio Technology, is an effect [or VSTi for instrument], that alters sound. VST files for Windows are .dll, for Mac they're .vst.)

However, when I download said file I get a zipped file which contains only a manual, and a dll file. Usually I get the files with the extension .VST, which I then add to my VST files, and the actual plugin with extension .conpoment, which I add to it's respective file. However, I just got that dll file.

I know that this particular program works on mac, as I stumbled upon it via an online tutorial in which a guy was using that same program, but I can't seem take the necessary steps to the point where I can actually install/use the file.

Furthermore, I've tried downloading it from other sites other than the official website, but I always get the same contents.

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In FL Studio on Windows, you can put the .dll in the Plugins directory under Program Files, and it will appear in the list of plugins when the program is started again. I think you can also put it in C:\Program Files (x86)\VST, there is a setting and it checks there by default.

So you'd have to dig into your sound program's settings and see where it is looking for plugins. Mac does not use DLL's, though. So it sounds like the plugin you've downloaded might be for Windows only.

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