userPluginsFolder

userPluginsFolder#

csoundengine.csoundlib.userPluginsFolder(float64=True, apiversion='6.0')[source]#

Returns the user plugins folder for this platform

This is the folder where csound will search for user-installed plugins. The returned folder is always an absolute path. It is not checked if the folder actually exists.

Parameters:
  • float64 – if True, report the folder for 64-bit plugins

  • apiversion – 6.0 or 7.0

Return type:

str

Returns:

the user plugins folder for this platform

Folders for 64-bit plugins:

OS

Plugins folder

Linux

~/.local/lib/csound/6.0/plugins64

macOS

~/Library/csound/6.0/plugins64

windows

C:/Users/<User>/AppData/Local/csound/6.0/plugins64

For 32-bit plugins the folder is the same, without the ‘64’ ending (.../plugins)