# API plugins examples not showing up in FMOD studio

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/api-plugins-examples-not-showing-up-in-fmod-studio/12540>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [June 22, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/api-plugins-examples-not-showing-up-in-fmod-studio/12540 "2016-06-22T07:35:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![rory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rory](https://qa.fmod.com/u/rory)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/api-plugins-examples-not-showing-up-in-fmod-studio/12540/1 "2016-06-22T07:35:48Z")

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I’ve just downloaded the FMOD API, built the plugin examples. Copied fmod\_noiseL.dll and fmod\_noiseL64.dll into the fmod plugins folder. Opened FMOD. Created a new audio track. Right-clicked on the track, Add Plugin-Sound, but the only plugins showing are the included ones. The screenshot below illustrates the problem. Note that the gain plugins do not show in the Add-effects menu either. I’m using the very latest FMOD Studio and Low-level API. Both were downloaded earlier today. Any ideas? Surely I’m doing something wrong!

![enter image description here](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11301894/Untitled.png)

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**Author:** ![thuan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/thuan/32/261_2.png) [@thuan](https://qa.fmod.com/u/thuan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/api-plugins-examples-not-showing-up-in-fmod-studio/12540/2 "2016-06-23T02:11:44Z")

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> I’ve just downloaded the FMOD API, built the plugin examples. Copied fmod\_noiseL.dll and fmod\_noiseL64.dll into the fmod plugins folder. Opened FMOD. Created a new audio track. Right-clicked on the track, Add Plugin-Sound, but the only plugins showing are the included ones. The screenshot below illustrates the problem. Note that the gain plugins do not show in the Add-effects menu either. I’m using the very latest FMOD Studio and Low-level API. Both were downloaded earlier today. Any ideas? Surely I’m doing something wrong!
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> ![enter image description here](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11301894/Untitled.png)

Hi,

Typically you only need one of the dll depending if you have installed the 32 bit or 64 bit version of Studio. I tested the setup on our end and it works fine. Are you using Visual Studio? You can get more information if you open the console via Window-\>Console. If you can provide a screen capture of the log that would help.

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**Author:** ![rory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rory](https://qa.fmod.com/u/rory)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/api-plugins-examples-not-showing-up-in-fmod-studio/12540/3 "2016-06-23T09:13:23Z")

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It seems having both versions of the dll in my plugins folder was causing the problem. They show up when I remove the 32bit ones. Thanks for the help.

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**Author:** ![rory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rory](https://qa.fmod.com/u/rory)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:16am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/api-plugins-examples-not-showing-up-in-fmod-studio/12540/4 "2016-06-23T09:16:10Z")

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The solution, thanks to Thuan Seah Tan, is to place only the plugin dlls that match the fmod studio architecture. I’m using fmod 64bit, so once I removed the 32bit dlls everything works fine.