Tell it what you're chasing and what's actually in your rack. Get instrument chains, busses, and a master chain — using the plugins you own first, with stock fallbacks where there's a gap.
{ ls -1 /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components 2>/dev/null; ls -1 /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 2>/dev/null; ls -1 /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST 2>/dev/null; ls -1 ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components 2>/dev/null; ls -1 ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 2>/dev/null; ls -1 ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST 2>/dev/null; } | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//' | sort -u | pbcopy && echo "✓ Copied to clipboard"
Open Terminal (Spotlight → "Terminal"), paste, hit return. Lists all your AU + VST + VST3 plugins (system + user folders), strips file extensions, dedupes, copies to clipboard. Then paste here.
$paths = @("$env:CommonProgramFiles\VST3","$env:CommonProgramFiles\Steinberg\VST2","$env:ProgramFiles\VSTPlugins","${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\VSTPlugins","$env:ProgramFiles\Common Files\VST3"); $paths | ?{ Test-Path $_ } | %{ Get-ChildItem $_ -Recurse -Include *.vst3,*.dll -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty BaseName | Sort-Object -Unique | Set-Clipboard; Write-Host "Copied to clipboard."
Open PowerShell (Start menu → "PowerShell"), paste, hit Enter. Walks the standard VST2/VST3 install folders, dedupes, copies to clipboard. Then paste here.
If you only use a few — just type the bundle names (e.g. "FabFilter, Soothe2, Valhalla VintageVerb"). The chips below add common bundles in one click.