Mac not loading VST plugins

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nnferno
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Mac not loading VST plugins

Post by nnferno » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:41 am

I have just gotten a new macbook + ableton and everytime I try and load a plugin its not picking it up, at all. Has anyone had these problems with there mac's as well? If so could you please tell me how to get the plugins to work....


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Atomikat
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Post by Atomikat » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:43 pm

Macbook will not open any VST or AU that is not UB (Universal Binary)... :wink:

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Post by tricil » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:43 pm

also, they cannot be the PC .dll format...

they have to be like blah.vst not blah.dll
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Post by countdrugula » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:43 pm

I've been having similar problems, for even the AU's I get don't seem to load. Anyone have any good suggestions of good sites to grab AU's that'll run on macs?
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Post by Tarekith » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:49 pm

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