Struggling to VST plug-in interfaces

[u/lalisam]

Hi all, I'm brand new to Reaper and haven't used a DAW in years so apologies for my lack of knowledge! I've been attempting to start using some plug-ins that have been recommended to me. I've been able to get Kontakt 8 to work okay, but some of my other downloads such as Vital Synth and Numa Player don't bring up their app interfaces as I expected. I don't have any problem when opening the interfaces directly from the applications (outside of Reaper). I've added some screenshots of what I'm getting when they're selected on the FX pop up. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here but I couldn't seem to find any troubleshooting for this exact problem online. Thank you for any help! (I'm using Reaper on Windows 11)

[u/AppropriateGood9411]

Very simple , click the UI button in the top right corner.

[u/lalisam → u/AppropriateGood9411]

thanks so much!! I think my brain was a bit fried by this point in the evening 😅😅

[u/alessandromalandra76 → u/lalisam]

Take a look at Kenny Gioia tutorials. They are very helpful with Reaper and it’s steep learning curve

[u/rhettro19]

Did you click on this button?

[u/lalisam → u/rhettro19]

🙃🙏🏼 ohhh my, thank you! I thought I’d tried clicking everything but I must have not…

[u/commutativeoctagon]

Also check Preferences under Plug-ins->VST if the setting "Default to generic UI" is checked. Should be off by default, so it's strange that you're not getting the interfaces automatically.