Install SIPHON.

Download the installer from the SIPHON page or from your account. Do not redistribute installers.

Mac (signed & notarized)

1. Quit your DAW. Open the SIPHON .pkg you downloaded.
2. Complete the installer. Restart the DAW and rescan plugins.
3. Load SIPHON as an instrument (not an audio effect).

Paths: VST3 /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/SIPHON.vst3 · AU /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/SIPHON.component · App /Applications/SIPHON.app · AAX (Pro Tools) /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/

The Mac installer has an “AAX plugin (Pro Tools)” option, on by default.

Windows (code-signed)

1. Quit your DAW. Run the SIPHON Windows .exe installer. Keep VST3 selected.
2. Rescan plugins. Load SIPHON as an instrument. VST3 path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\SIPHON.vst3 · AAX (Pro Tools) path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins
3. In Pro Tools, SIPHON is an instrument: Instrument track > insert > Instrument > SIPHON. No iLok needed.

Instrument scanner

SIPHON hosts plugins you already own — it is not a standalone synth library. Open the Instrument scanner once, link up to eight instruments, then play. Without other instruments or audio files, it will not make sound on its own.

License (paid)

Without a license code, SIPHON runs a 3-day trial. After purchase, open SIPHON → LICENSE → paste the license code from your account → ACTIVATE (internet once). Each code covers 3 computers.

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