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12-09-2007, 05:28 PM
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OSX VST hosts
What major OSX DAWs support VST natively? I think the list is a lot shorter than I thought it was. I know there are VST->AU wrappers, do people mostly just use those?
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12-10-2007, 06:08 AM
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I have Tracktion, and it loads them.
I love the quality of the AUs in GarageBand. But it's GarageBand. There are soooo many VSTs!
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12-10-2007, 08:32 AM
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logic
cubase/nuendo
abelton live
tracktion
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12-10-2007, 09:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mahasandi
logic
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Logic does not support native VST, only Audio Units.
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12-10-2007, 01:28 PM
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Right, that's correct
Fxpansion makes vst to au and rtas wrappers, I forgot that's
how its done,with logic.....
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12-10-2007, 02:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by schwa
What major OSX DAWs support VST natively? I think the list is a lot shorter than I thought it was. I know there are VST->AU wrappers, do people mostly just use those?
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Wrappers can cause problems. Spark, which is an older program, supports VST under OS X. So does Cubase/Nuendo (it's basically their format). At this point, I think most people using OS X native are using AU not VST. Which is why, besides what Spark does, afaik, there are no AU->VST wrappers. Also, while there are tons of VST's out there, many of them are Windows only.
Logic, Numerology, Live, Melodyne, DSP-Quattro, Audio Hijack Pro, Sound Blade, Peak, GarageBand, Soundtrack Pro, Final Cut Pro, etc. all support AU, which is one reason why Reaper needs to get on that list.
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12-10-2007, 03:05 PM
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Fxpansion is a good wrapper
I'd say it coverted 80% of plugs
and those that were stable to begin with
were always fine , ymmv
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12-11-2007, 11:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mahasandi
Fxpansion is a good wrapper
I'd say it coverted 80% of plugs
and those that were stable to begin with
were always fine , ymmv
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That's VST-> AU, not AU->VST, right? So it wouldn't allow you to use AU's with Reaper. Then again, Reaper's VST hosting isn't working right, either. My point is that an OS X application should host Audio Units, which has been announced for Reaper.
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12-11-2007, 12:22 PM
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ah ha! So which au's do you love so much?
Seriously though they do make a vst to au
adapter/ wrapper.
And wrappers are band aids, which can work
but don't have the best host support sometimes
Ultimately Reaper should "do it all" and I have confidence
In time it will.
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12-15-2007, 07:32 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mahasandi
Seriously though they do make a vst to au
adapter/ wrapper.
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Right, but afaik they don't make an AU to VST adapter. Regardless, I agree, it's best not to use a wrapper. If the developers are serious about making Reaper an OS X application, it needs to host Audio Units.
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12-15-2007, 08:14 AM
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If anyone is interested in beta-testing VST and AU plugins on OSX, please drop me a PM.
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