Installation

Outboard-EQ ships as a VST3 and CLAP plugin, delivered as a ZIP archive for Windows. There is no separate installer to run — you copy the two plugin files into your DAW's plugin folder yourself. This page tells you exactly where they go and what to do if your DAW can't find the plugin.

Windows

The download is a ZIP archive that contains the two plugin files plus an INSTALL.txt:

Outboard-EQ.vst3   VST3 plugin
Outboard-EQ.clap   CLAP plugin

1. Unblock the ZIP first

Files downloaded from the web carry a "Mark-of-the-Web" flag that can stop your DAW from loading them. Clear it before extracting:

Right-click the .zip → Properties → tick Unblock → Apply.

Or in PowerShell:

Unblock-File "Outboard-EQ-0.1.0-Windows.zip"

2. Copy the files into your plugin folder

Extract the ZIP, then drop the files into the standard Windows plugin folders.

Per-machine (recommended; needs admin rights):

VST3  →  C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\
CLAP  →  C:\Program Files\Common Files\CLAP\

Per-user (no admin rights required):

VST3  →  %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Common\VST3\
CLAP  →  %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Common\CLAP\

If the VST3 or CLAP subfolder does not exist yet, create it first (run PowerShell as Administrator for the per-machine path):

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force `
  "$env:ProgramFiles\Common Files\VST3", `
  "$env:ProgramFiles\Common Files\CLAP" | Out-Null

3. Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime

The plugin's UI renders inside Microsoft Edge WebView2. This runtime is preinstalled on Windows 11 and on Windows 10 builds from mid-2022 onward, so most systems already have it. If the plugin window opens blank, install the free WebView2 Evergreen Runtime from Microsoft and reopen the plugin — see Troubleshooting.

4. Re-scan in your DAW

After copying the files, most DAWs need to re-scan VST3 plugins. Outboard-EQ shows up under manufacturer Outboard.

• Ableton Live: Preferences → Plug-Ins → Rescan
• FL Studio: Options → Manage Plugins → Find more plugins
• Cubase / Nuendo: Studio → VST Plug-in Manager → Refresh (Update / Rescan)
• Reaper: Options → Preferences → VST → Re-scan

macOS

A macOS build is in preparation and is not yet available for download. When it ships it will be delivered as a signed .pkg installer (VST3, AU, CLAP; Intel and Apple Silicon). The paths below describe the planned layout.

VST3  →  /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Outboard-EQ.vst3
App   →  /Applications/Outboard-EQ.app

Activation

On first launch the plugin shows an activation dialog. Enter the e-mail you bought with and your license key. Both are in your purchase confirmation e-mail and in your account dashboard:

https://outboard.audio/account

The license entitles you to activate on up to three devices at once; you can release a device any time from your dashboard.

Removing Outboard-EQ

Windows

Delete Outboard-EQ.vst3 and Outboard-EQ.clap from the folders you copied them to.

To also clear your local license and settings, delete:

%APPDATA%\Outboard\Outboard.settings

User presets in %APPDATA%\EQUILIBRIUM\ are preserved unless you delete that folder too.

See also

• System requirements
• Troubleshooting
• License and activation