VSTs on Mac

gidman · Post by **gidman** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:02 am

Hi ive recently switched frm pc to mac and i cant seem to get my VSTs frm my pc to work on my mac. Is this because they are only compatible on pc or am i doing sumthing wrong??

Im using logic and ableton btw

Cheers

b-lam · Post by **b-lam** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:11 am

yep, one of the problems with switching from pc to mac is that there are only mac versions for about 1% of VST's.

between logic and ableton you shouldn't need much more effects-wise though.

droskidubz · Post by **droskidubz** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:44 am

First off, welcome to the world of OS X, did you get your robe and directions to the worship location in your area?
xD seriously though, always happy to see a new mac user as well as a new logic user...

OK, funny business aside, the first thing you need to do is go to the software developer's site and look for an OS X (mac) version.
I'm not going to lie and say theres a good chance there is one, because honestly, unless its a popular plugin, there likely isnt.

Next, very important... I don't know what your skill level or experience is, so please don't be offended if I am stating the obvious,
but if you are planning on using Logic as the host and ReWireing Ableton into it as the slave, the plugins ability of Abelton is disabled.
If you are planning on running them separately or using hardware or software means to bring audio from one to the other, that's the workaround.

Another thing, when searching for plugins that you plan to use in in Logic, you must find an AU version, as Logic does not support VSTs.
There is an app that acts like a wrapper for the plugin to get around this, but in my experience its extremely buggy and too unstable to use.

Now, all of this being said, there is an app I read about that has come out claiming to host Windows VSTs on Mac...
I have no personal experience with this app, but you might look into it. (might require additional hardware, idk)

http://www.smproaudio.com/produkte/v-ma ... -beta.html

chewie · Post by **chewie** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:11 pm

NI Kore lets you use mac compatible VSTs in logic, actually works better than running the Audio unit version of Komplete etc

b-lam · Post by **b-lam** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:20 pm

Depone wrote:
B-LAM wrote:yep, one of the problems with switching from pc to mac is that there are only mac versions for about 1% of VST's.

between logic and ableton you shouldn't need much more effects-wise though.
The 1% is a massive over-statement, its probably like 30%

yeh probably, also depends on whether the mac is PPC or intel, a lot of plug-ins I wanted to port were only available for ppc when I was on intel. Massive ball-ache.

gidman · Post by **gidman** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:33 pm

cheers for the advice. thought i mite have have to get different versions. gonna have to look into that windows vst program, see what works best. still logics synths are good enough anyway for the time being

droskidubz · Post by **droskidubz** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:58 pm

gidman wrote:still logics synths are good enough anyway for the time being

Logic's synths are amazing! I have quite a few 3rd party instrument plugins, but many times i find logic's synths to produce a cleaner sound.

gidman · Post by **gidman** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:08 pm

droskidubz wrote:
gidman wrote:still logics synths are good enough anyway for the time being
Logic's synths are amazing! I have quite a few 3rd party instrument plugins, but many times i find logic's synths to produce a cleaner sound.

yea i use logic at college and were about to do an assignment where every elements has to be made using the es2, which makes me appreciate how powerful it is

droskidubz · Post by **droskidubz** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:43 pm

damn it, the trolls came out from under the bridge to stomp on our magical mac-fest

mekha · Post by **mekha** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:51 am

nowaysj wrote:Hate to fart in this mac fest - but why even switch to mac?

Pc is cheaper, more powerful, with a wider selection of tools...

Yeah, cheaper but bigger, ugly and with the shittiest OS ever created. More powerful? Not to play the fan-role here but really.. you have no idea of what you are talking about, both are running on X86 hardware.. what makes a PC more powerful? Are you talking about games and GFX cards? Music production does not really need powerful GFX cards tbh.

I agree that there is a wider selection of tools mostly free.. but the mac side has some really wicked and POLISHED stuff too. It might be good if you are pirating software.. (Which is not good if you really plan to get serious about this whole music production thing)

Seriouslly, that argument is so old...

mekha · Post by **mekha** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:30 am

Shiny.. that is so old too. Its such a boring taboo. Seriouslly OSX is not only shiny, millions of users everywhere use it for some really outstanding production. Im productive here man, seriouslly.

So basically everyone in this world should use XP and crappy (custom built)beige PC's and let the world economy recover all it has lost?

I mean just to have more "power"

mekha · Post by **mekha** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:51 am

I dont have to worry anymore about using XP

What im getting for "3x" the cash:

A beautiful unibody laptop which i use for both production and live performance. This thing is not only "shiny" it is also really solid and it wont break like a shitty built HP. (I have one and i can really tell) The Operating System makes me productive.. its not only about looking good, the entire OS has a strong foundation, there is consistence and logic in all the apps.. You dont have to think about how "this" or "that" app works, everything built in cocoa is just intuitive.

And seriouslly the software i want to use? what are you talking about? I can do about ANYTHING you can think of on my mac. (talking about Music Production specif. which is why we are here right?) For games I got a 360, thanks.

And drop it already, you wont never use a mac and i will never ever go back to a PC. Get over it

ps. Yeah.. there is money floating everywhere, you just have to work hard to earn it. Thats how I bought my mac (and that's how you bought your cheap pc too)

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