ABOUT MAC OS SUPPORT

Apple Mac OS

Plug-In Formats and Current Compatiblity

Mac VST3 and Native ARM (Silicon) support is planned for all previous products. This transition began with VSDSX 2.3, which introduced universal binaries compatible with both Intel and Apple Silicon-based Macs. Since then, this has become the default format for all new releases.
Universal Binary 2 is an Apple format which contains both processor native code.

Plug-In Format(s) Architecture(s) Native Processor(s) Note
VProm 2.0.4 VST2 VST3 AU X86/64 INTEL * Native Silicon in next version.
VSDSX 2.3.1 VST3 AU X64 INTEL/ARM
ClapTrap 2.0.1 VST3 AU X64 INTEL/ARM
Elastic EL-2.0.0 AU X64 INTEL * VST3 Native Silicon in next version
OB-Xtreme 3.0.0 VST3 AU X64 INTEL/ARM
SY-4X 1.0.2 VST3 AU X64 INTEL/ARM

*AU format Works direclty on Silicon, VST format needs Rosetta2.


If your DAW does not supports AU (Audio Unit) you can host an AU as a VST with the help of an host plug-in like BlueCat's Patchwork or the free KUSHVIEW ELEMENT, this will load like a regular VST plugin in your DAW and let you load an AU, it's simple and fast.