Install & activate.
Ten minutes, start to finish. Installers are Universal macOS builds — Apple Silicon + Intel — covering AU · VST3 · AAX. Licenses are on your iLok already.
1 · Install
Universal macOS builds — Apple Silicon + IntelRun the installer
Open the installer from your welcome email and run it. It places every plugin format your system needs — no choices to get wrong.
Where things land
Standard system plugin folders, listed below. Nothing goes anywhere exotic; uninstalling is deleting the bundles.
Relaunch your DAW
DAWs scan for new plugins at startup. Quit fully (don't just close the project window) and relaunch.
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/ComponentsLogic Pro, GarageBand, most macOS hosts/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3Ableton Live, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper/Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-InsPro Tools2 · Activate
iLok (PACE) — machine, iLok Cloud or iLok USBOpen iLok License Manager
Your licenses were deposited automatically — sign in with your iLok account and they're in Available.
Pick a location
Activate to your machine, an iLok Cloud session, or an iLok USB key. Cloud needs an internet connection while you work; machine and USB don't.
Open the plugins
First launch finds the license on its own. If a unit complains, see troubleshooting below.
License codes and downloads also live in your tester portal.
Tester portal3 · Your DAW
05 HOSTS COVEREDPro Tools
Plugins load as AAX. If a freshly installed plugin doesn't appear, quit Pro Tools and relaunch — it scans new plugins at startup. Check the category listing (e.g. Dynamics for GRIP/POCKET, Pitch Shift for HALO).
Logic Pro
Plugins load as AU. Logic scans new Audio Units on launch; if one is missing, open Logic Pro → Settings → Plug-in Manager and hit Reset & Rescan Selection on the Echelon entries.
Ableton Live
Use VST3. Make sure Options → Preferences → Plug-Ins → Use VST3 Plug-in System Folders is ON, then hit Rescan. Echelon appears under VST3 → Echelon Audio.
FL Studio
Use VST3. Run Options → Manage plugins → Find installed plugins after installing; the units land under Installed → Effects (and Generators for instruments).
Reaper
Use VST3 (or AU). Preferences → Plug-ins → VST → Re-scan. Reaper picks up the standard VST3 folder automatically.
If something fights you
TROUBLESHOOTINGA plugin doesn't show up in your DAW
Confirm the format your DAW actually uses (table above), then force a rescan. Logic and Pro Tools both cache scans — a full quit + relaunch clears most of it.
iLok License Manager doesn't show the licenses
Sign out and back in, or View → Refresh. Licenses were deposited to the iLok account tied to the email you gave us — if you use multiple iLok accounts, check the other one, or tell us and we'll re-deposit.
"No license found" on plugin launch
Open iLok License Manager and make sure the license is activated to a location — your machine, iLok Cloud session, or USB key. Deposited ≠ activated; it needs one activation.
Pro Tools says the plugin failed to load
That's worth a report — grab the exact wording and email info@echelon.audio with your Pro Tools version. Don't spend your evening on it; that one's on us.
Email info@echelon.audio with your DAW, macOS version and a screenshot — install problems get same-day answers during the round.