For those who are impacted by this:
http://www.cubase.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=56343
Re: FYI - Cubase 4 No Longer Supports DirectX Plugins
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- KVRAF
- 1821 posts since 5 Oct, 2003
"Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us." Eric Temple Bell
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- KVRAF
- 3617 posts since 26 Sep, 2003 from Bradford - The Armpit of Britain
Oh that is absolutely classic Steinberg there - more of that old steiny shuffle.
The Borg giveth & the Borg taketh away (& usually fairly stelthily).
The Borg giveth & the Borg taketh away (& usually fairly stelthily).
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Reverse Engineer Reverse Engineer https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9129
- KVRAF
- 4968 posts since 23 Sep, 2003 from Glasgow
Sonar just looks sweeter by the day.
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- KVRist
- 380 posts since 27 Jul, 2004 from london
What kills me is in 4 pages of forum traffic asking for anwesrs from Steinberg all the info they got was
"Hello...
DirectX plugins are not supported (any longer). We will put a KB article online next week."
I mean I'm a Cubase user but only on SX2 so bothered so much but F**k me wat a piss take.
You know how that read to me ?
"Oh Shit! they noticed, quick!, best write something up quick".
"Hello...
DirectX plugins are not supported (any longer). We will put a KB article online next week."
I mean I'm a Cubase user but only on SX2 so bothered so much but F**k me wat a piss take.
You know how that read to me ?
"Oh Shit! they noticed, quick!, best write something up quick".
Athlon 3800+ x2, 1 gig ram, 200gb SATA
Terratec 24/96 sound card, ATI all-in-wonder x600 graphics card, Windows XP Home SP2, Steinberg Cubase SX2, Reason 2.5
Terratec 24/96 sound card, ATI all-in-wonder x600 graphics card, Windows XP Home SP2, Steinberg Cubase SX2, Reason 2.5
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- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
Just have to point out this is unconfirmed, guys.
EDIT: Sorry, totally wrong. The new 4.0.0.1 update list confirms this. Wow. What a shitty thing to do.
Mind you, DX plugins are possibly on their way out; I hardly use them anymore and all the former DX champs are directly supporting them now - why do they need DX anymore? I'm sure the day is coming where Sonar, SF, et al won't support them either. But still, this would be disasterous for old projects. Pretty lame.
EDIT: Sorry, totally wrong. The new 4.0.0.1 update list confirms this. Wow. What a shitty thing to do.
Mind you, DX plugins are possibly on their way out; I hardly use them anymore and all the former DX champs are directly supporting them now - why do they need DX anymore? I'm sure the day is coming where Sonar, SF, et al won't support them either. But still, this would be disasterous for old projects. Pretty lame.
Last edited by bduffy on Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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- KVRist
- 315 posts since 7 Nov, 2005 from La Quinta, CA
The Steinber mod on Cubase.net came out and said they are no longer support. stevieb19 quoted Christian Dettner. I am not sure how much more confirmation is needed?bduffy wrote:Just have to point out this is unconfirmed, guys.
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- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
Yep, got that, corrected. Sorry.nagal wrote:The Steinber mod on Cubase.net came out and said they are no longer support. stevieb19 quoted Christian Dettner. I am not sure how much more confirmation is needed?bduffy wrote:Just have to point out this is unconfirmed, guys.
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- KVRAF
- 3617 posts since 26 Sep, 2003 from Bradford - The Armpit of Britain
Thing is (apparently) the mods/devs had already answered other peoples post stating that there would be no issues importing old SX3 projects into Cubase4.
Now this seems to give the lie to that & certainly needs qualifying - as under certain circumstances (i.e. where directX plug ins have been utilised) there most certainly will be issues.
Just seems very shoddy to me - as a poster in the thread on steinies site mentioned, one would have thought that they would have mentioned this much ealier in the development cycle, in order to give their users fair warning.
This could prove to be very expensive for those users who mainly rely on old versions of waves plugins - that WUP? sting will be pricey indeed.
Now this seems to give the lie to that & certainly needs qualifying - as under certain circumstances (i.e. where directX plug ins have been utilised) there most certainly will be issues.
Just seems very shoddy to me - as a poster in the thread on steinies site mentioned, one would have thought that they would have mentioned this much ealier in the development cycle, in order to give their users fair warning.
This could prove to be very expensive for those users who mainly rely on old versions of waves plugins - that WUP? sting will be pricey indeed.
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- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
Yes, I agree; quite the explosive tidbit to mention after its release.
Not to be a fanboy, but I'm trying to think: at this point are there many (or any) plugins that don't have VST versions? And a funny thing: with most of my old SX 1/Nuendo 1 projects the DirectX plugins don't load properly, even when they are installed on the new machines; something in the registry messes them up.
Maybe it's not as bad as it seems?
Still a dirty trick, of course.
Not to be a fanboy, but I'm trying to think: at this point are there many (or any) plugins that don't have VST versions? And a funny thing: with most of my old SX 1/Nuendo 1 projects the DirectX plugins don't load properly, even when they are installed on the new machines; something in the registry messes them up.
Maybe it's not as bad as it seems?
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- KVRAF
- 2694 posts since 11 Nov, 2005 from http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Massena,+NY --(on the Canadian border)
yikes.
check my profile for contact info.
msn messenger is my email as well.
msn messenger is my email as well.
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- KVRAF
- 3617 posts since 26 Sep, 2003 from Bradford - The Armpit of Britain
DB audioware - DX only I believe, aren't timeworks DX only (fairly high spec/quality also)?
Dunno I don't personally use any direct X plugins.
I just think it's appalingly bad form & customer service.
Dunno I don't personally use any direct X plugins.
I just think it's appalingly bad form & customer service.
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- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
That's right, both excellent plugins (but pretty replaceable, IMHO). If you read that Cubase thread all the way through, there are some interesing points raised, like that Vista may outdate a whole whack of DX plugs and that you may be able to use something like Acon's Effect Chainer to do the trick.diverdee wrote:DB audioware - DX only I believe, aren't timeworks DX only (fairly high spec/quality also)?
Dunno I don't personally use any direct X plugins.
I just think it's appalingly bad form & customer service.
But still: you'd think they'd kiss ya before they f**k ya.
