Red Plugin Suite

Please follow this guide if you are having any problems installing or activating the Red Plugin Suite.

Before we get started, please be sure you have created an account in our customer portal and registered your product here:  customer.focusrite.com/en/register/product

After you have registered your product, this will place a Red Plugin Suite activation code into your 'My Software' section in your Focusrite.com account.

Click on the Copy button to copy your code to be used later, then click Install Red Plug-in Suite from here.

When brought to the downloads page, please click the black bar that says 'Software' and click the Download button for either Mac or Windows. 

Installation for Mac:

Find the downloaded Red Plugin Suite file in your 'Downloads' folder and run the installers.

Double-click the file 'Red 2 & Red 3 Plug-in Suite Installer.pkg

Then it will walk you through the installation process. 

After installation, open up your preferred DAW and open either the Red 2 EQ or the Red 3 Compressor. Once you activate one, you will activate both of them. 

When you open the plugin in your DAW, you will be prompted to enter your email address associated with your Focusrite account and the activation code from your Focusrite account.

Installation for Windows: 

On the download page for the Red Plugin Suite, choose the download for 'Red Plug-in Suite 1.1 (Windows)

The installer should automatically download into your computer. If you are not using Google Chrome, you can find this download in your download folder.

When the installer is finished downloading, open it and run the installer. 

Follow the steps until the final step and select 'Install' and the program should download to your computer. If you are having trouble finding the file, please go to 'File Explorer' and go to your downloads folder. 

From there, you can go to your DAW of choice, open the plugin and enter in your email and activation code found under your 'My Software' tab in your customer portal.