A NI instrument plug-in has to be inserted in a Pro Tools Instrument track. Open a Pro Tools Session and choose Track New from the menu bar. In the New Tracks dialog you can define the properties of the new track you want to create. Choose Stereo and Instrument Track from the respective drop-down menus, then press the Create button. Instructions to install a VST plugin on FL Studio: Download the VST to your computer. Unzip the VST file. Copy the.dll file to your vstplugin folder. This folder may be named differently for you. In FL Studio click Channels up top and click the Refresh button to scan your VST plugin folder. Look for the new VST plugin you added and check the.
How To Install Vst Plugins In Pro Tools 9.0
Learn more about plug-ins used in Pro Tools, as well as other DAW’s. Pro Tools plugin locations for macOS. As you may already know Pro-Tools uses AAX Plugins but there is wealth of VST instruments and effects availble for production. One of the ongoing debates for Pro Tools users is the issue of having AAX compatible plug-ins for Pro Tools 11 and also hosting VST and AU plug-ins in earlier versions of Pro Tools.
In this free video tutorial for Pro Tools First Russ shows how you can run any virtual instrument plug-in in Pro Tools First and not just the plug-ins purchased from the Avid store.
In the Avid Pro Tools First FAQs it says 'Only plug-ins purchased through the Avid Marketplace with your Avid Master Account will work with Pro Tools First'

Not so - this workaround is a real help to those who don't want to have to repurchase all their VST and AU plug-ins or who have free plug-ins they want to use in Pro Tools First.
The current version of Waves Central only installs Waves version 10+ plugins. If you have Waves plugins that are still at version 9, you will have to download the Waves Offline Installer.
Once you download the proper version for you, uncompressed it.
- Open Waves Central and select Offline Installer.
- Navigate to the folder, click into it, and select the Installers folder.
- Choose your plugins.
- Install.
After that, move your licenses to the proper place if you have not already done so.
You can delete the uncompressed Offline Installer and the zipped file, however, you should backup the compressed folder before deleting it from your Downloads folder.
How To Install New Plugins In Pro Tools
Then, if you need to install v9 plugins in the future, you will already have everything you need.