ABOUT MAC OS SUPPORT

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.

Apple Mac OS

Plug-In Formats and Current Compatiblity

*Works with Rosetta2 on Silicon

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 VST3 AU X64 INTEL/ARM
ClapTrap 2.0 VST3 AU X64 INTEL/ARM
Elastic EL-2.0.1 AU X64 INTEL * VST3 Native Silicon in next version
OB-Xtreme-2.0.2 AU X64 INTEL * VST3 Native Silicon in next version

Mac VST3 and Native ARM is planned for all products, it started with VSDSX 2.3, these will be universal binaries working on both Intel and Apple Silicon based Mac.


Mac M1 and ARM

I have many users using Mac M1 with my products, they run fine and are all provided as AU (audio unit apple plug-in format) , VProm comes as both AU and VST for Mac. Not native ARM for now but working perfectly using Apple Rosetta 2 compatibility (only needed for VST format) AU format should load fine without doing anything else. Native ARM support is of course planned as well as Mac VST3 for ALL products.

Running FMDrive or SPSG Windows VST on Mac

Since April 2019 everything I am putting out is cross-platform (MAC and PC), only FMDrive and SPSG are still windows only so until I will be able to provide native OSX versions for those two you can search for some existing workaround that might do the job.

Some people also use a cheap PC as another external hardware, like your hardware synths, modular systems or effect units, you simply send the MIDI from your Mac DAW and route the audio of the PC soundcard back into your Mac.


Current Product line

Products

Current line of Aly James Lab plug-ins.

  • All
  • Instruments
  • Effects
  • Unreleased
FMDrive (YM2612 FM Chip)

FMDrive (YM2612 FM Chip)

VST - PC - 32 bit

SPSG (SN76489 Chip - AY3 Chip)

SPSG (SN76489 Chip - AY3 Chip)

VST - PC - 32 bit

VProm 2.0 (Vintage Drum Computer)

VProm 2.0 (Vintage Drum Computer)

VST/AU - PC/Mac - 32/64 bit

VSDSX 2.0 (Simmons SDS-V Extended)

VSDSX 2.0 (Simmons SDS-V Extended)

VST/AU - PC/Mac - 64 bit

CLaPTrap (Stereo Simmons ClapTrap Extended)

CLaPTrap (Stereo Simmons ClapTrap Extended)

VST/AU - PC/Mac - 64 bit

OB-Xtreme 2.0 (Custom OB-X)

OB-Xtreme 2.0 (Custom OB-X)

VST/AU - PC/Mac - 64 bit

Elastic Bender EL 2.0 (Dynamic PitchShifter, Delay,
                  Flanger, Chorus FX)

Elastic Bender EL 2.0 (Dynamic PitchShifter, Delay, Flanger, Chorus FX)

VST/AU - PC/Mac - 64 bit

SY1-X Syncussion (in development)

VST/AU - PC/Mac - 64 bit

Samplight CMI 2X+ (in development)

VST/AU - PC/Mac - 64 bit