Hi, when I load the old project sometimes they says its missing plugins. I open the track and theys greyed out with the no way to auto-replace with the updated vst3 version. then I try to drag and drop updated vers vst3 over the vst2 it wont do its just adds it next to the missing plugin

 

good question. I recently had the same issue and never did find a "swap" solution

 

Not a swap as i know off . One of my big annoyance with ableton is vst , in general is crap compaired to cubase , scan takes for ever ,starts default on start up so you have to stop scan , used to be able to stop that but they removed that in a update and say if you got a hundreds / takes forver .

 

No and it sucks! There should be a vst2 -> vst3 tool in Ableton im not sure how other DAWs do this and some vst3s might not be exactly the same like their vst2 version but at least have a wizard that does try???? Should work without problem for 99% of the plugins anyway.

Loading time on my avarage PC with almost 400 plugins is excellent, takes a few seconds to open Ableton and scan is in background, but only if you install a new plugin anyways. What exactly is the problem with the scans?

 

It does sucks because I encounter these problem more now with so many updates I only can reinstall old vst2 version and try to copy over setting or save preset to rearrange to new folder so now need to keep 2 version for backup. Does the new Ableton 12 handle this different? I cant try the demo right now

 

For this reason I still keep a few of my essential plugins in vst2 installed as well, the synth I use almost exclusively and my favorite effects.

That way I have to dial in all eq and most stuff again but at least the basic synth and delay stays the same. Not ideal but what to do...