use-a-plugin.md

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How to install and use plugins within MIDI Mixer.

Use a plugin

Installation

A list of plugins is currently available on the Plugins Overview page.

1. Select the plugin you'd like
2. Go to the "Releases" page
   
3. Download the latest .midiMixerPlugin file
   
4. Run the .midiMixerPlugin file
5. Refresh your plugins list

Manual installation

Plugins are registered by extracting their built files in to %appdata%/midi-mixer-app/plugins. While a .midiMixerPlugin file will manage this process automatically, you can also manually install a plugin to this location.

{% hint style="info" %} If you're using the Windows Store version of MIDI Mixer instead of the standalone version and this path doesn't exist, try the following instead:

%localappdata%\Packages\60992MIDIMixer.MIDIMixer_crf4gtfkaz836\LocalCache\Roaming\midi-mixer-app\plugins {% endhint %}

The most important detail is that a plugin.json file is in the root of the extracted plugin.

For example, an extracted plugin named com.midi-mixer.discord would have the following file tree:

midi-mixer-app/
├─ plugins/
│  ├─ com.midi-mixer.discord/
│  │  ├─ plugin.json
│  │  ├─ ...other files...

Once you've extracted the files, head in to the plugins UI and hit the refresh button to see your new plugin!

If you don't see your plugin after hitting the refresh button or you're having other issues, check the troubleshooting guide.