FL Studio as a plugin in Live on m1 Mac?

[ewal]

Sorry if this has been answered, it is impossible to search this topic online because most results tend to link to how to run AU or VST plugins in FL studio standalone.

Is anyone successfully running FLStudio plugin (AU or VST) on an M1 Mac?

I can't get it to work. I've spent hours already watching videos and scouring forums.

The VST doesn't show up at all in ableton. The AU shows up but anytime I try to load it it crashes Ableton. I've tried both rosetta and non rosetta Ableton.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[cazel]

Sorry if this has been answered, it is impossible to search this topic online because most results tend to link to how to run AU or VST plugins in FL studio standalone.

Is anyone successfully running FLStudio plugin (AU or VST) on an M1 Mac?

I can't get it to work. I've spent hours already watching videos and scouring forums.

The VST doesn't show up at all in ableton. The AU shows up but anytime I try to load it it crashes Ableton. I've tried both rosetta and non rosetta Ableton.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

seems like there's a workaround with max
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopi ... 7&start=30

[ewal]

seems like there's a workaround with max
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopi ... 7&start=30

Thanks for the suggestion Cazel! I think you are referring to this post in the thread?

FWIW, I just bought FL Fruity Edition + Harmor to use it on my mac with Live and Max. Least expensive way to add it to the toolbox if you’re on OSX (and don’t care about FL as a DAW). I’ve created a simple FL template that loads Harmor, so that it feels like another VSTi when using the FL wrapper in Live, and patched a simple M4L device to dial and send CCs to a dedicated Harmor IAC bus.

I believe this person is using an intel version of Mac and not an M1 Mac. I think what they are saying is that they load FL into Ableton as a plugin (which im pretty sure there is no problem doing on an intel Mac), then they go on in their post as a side note that they use M4L to send ccs thru the IAC midi bus, which is just a side tip they wanted to add. It reads to me that they are able to load FL studio in Ableton like you normally would, which makes me think they are likely on an Intel Mac. I might join that forum though to inquire with this person to see if they have any insight.

At any rate, I went ahead and loaded an M4L instrument onto an Ableton midi track, then went and attempted to load both the AU and VST version into it. Both methods crashed ableton immediately

This also reminded and inspired me to try and load BlueCat Patchwork Synth as a plugin host in Ableton and see if I could load FL VSTi or AU into there. But same thing. crash every time. I tried every combo of AU and VST there is between patchwork and FL. crashes every time. Also I figured Id do the same in pro tools (load patchwork and see if FL studio VSTi or AU will load). It crashes every time in there too.

The weirdest thing is that if I open Reason as a DAW, I can load the FL VSTi. This makes me think this is more of an Ableton and Pro Tools problem than a FL Studio problem, but who the heck knows haha.

[cids]

Make sure you test this with Ableton running via Rosetta

https://www.macworld.com/article/338843 ... stead.html