musescore / musescore/MuseScore
sfizz VST3 plugin failing to load
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@DmitryArefiev is already working on this.
Since May 19, 2026.
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Description
With both the CachyOS package and building the VST plugin from source, sfizz just doesn't work. The only seemingly relevant message I get from Konsole when running mscore is
VstPluginInstance::load | Unable to find vst plugin module, resourceId: sfizz
Despite the plugin being placed in the right directory (completely removing the plugin reverts the instruments to 'MS Basic,' but sfizz still comes up in the mixer—albeit all it does is create a tiny, blank, popup-window dialog)…
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