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careyletendre · Post by **careyletendre** » Sat Sep 21, 2024 2:20 am

The VST3s are being rejected by my DAWs for being 32-bit only. Very strange.

Dazd_N_Confuzd · Post by **Dazd_N_Confuzd** » Sat Sep 21, 2024 2:32 am

careyletendre wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2024 2:20 am The VST3s are being rejected by my DAWs for being 32-bit only. Very strange.

I was thinking they may be 32-bit. On Windows, VST3s typically have a filepath like this:

Program Files/Common Files/VST3/PluginName.vst3/Contents/x86_64-win/

It's that last part, x86_64-win that I think indicates a 64-bit plugin, however with the few BRA plugins I tried the final part is x86-win. The only exception I found was VLA-3A. In the installation file there's two versions, 3.0.0-28 and 3.0.0-29. Version 28 works (and has the typical filepath), 29 doesn't. All other plugins I tried were 3.0.0-29. I really should send this to them...

Agreed · Post by **Agreed** » Sat Sep 21, 2024 3:32 am

Huh, they're not 64-bit? That's weird... VST3 is great, but 32-bit only is unusual today for sure and if they can't load into some DAWs that's trouble.

wintoid · Post by **wintoid** » Sat Sep 21, 2024 7:07 am

Strange. FYI I didn't get any notification, I just happened to look at the BR plugins and notice they're VST2 and wondered if they had a VST3 version.

In my case, I'm on a Mac, and the betas seem to be ARM VST3, which is good and current. They also don't show up in Bitwig if you search for Black Rooster, but they DO show up if you search by name (VLA et cetera).

careyletendre · Post by **careyletendre** » Sat Sep 21, 2024 7:49 am

The installer installs both versions to the default VST3 32-bit and 64-bit paths respectively. However, it seems that the 64-bit versions are getting blacklisted as 32-bit versions OR are simply failing VST3 validation.

This is just my working theory as to why they're not showing up.

The VST3 64-bit plugins are not being recognized here by Cubase 13, Studio One 6 but are working in FL Studio.

kidslow · Post by **kidslow** » Sat Sep 21, 2024 3:22 pm

wintoid wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2024 7:07 am They also don't show up in Bitwig if you search for Black Rooster, but they DO show up if you search by name (VLA et cetera).

Did you search under BlackRooster? I noticed the vendor ID string changed from "Black Rooster" to "BlackRooster" for some reason.

For me, all the beta plugins installed on Sonoma ARM, and appear to work in the DAWs I tested. Only issues I've encountered were the installers all reported an error on exit, but everything installed properly for me, so unclear what the error actually was. Also appears as if maybe the size and other customizations are being applied across all BRA plugins rather than individually - in other words, change the UI size in one change the size in all.

wintoid · Post by **wintoid** » Sat Sep 21, 2024 4:13 pm

kidslow wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2024 3:22 pm Did you search under BlackRooster? I noticed the vendor ID string changed from "Black Rooster" to "BlackRooster" for some reason.

Spot on, thanks!

drsyncenstein · Post by **drsyncenstein** » Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:04 pm

According to their faq there is no vst3. Just vst2.4

t.o.t.s. · Post by **t.o.t.s.** » Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:44 pm

they're talking about betas, nothing that's been released

Songwriter101 · Post by **Songwriter101** » Mon Oct 14, 2024 9:47 pm

https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/newsre ... aintenance

Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Mon Oct 14, 2024 10:39 pm

Songwriter101 wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2024 9:47 pm https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/newsre ... aintenance

AI generated text, lol. It's the new normal.

Rickskii · Post by **Rickskii** » Tue Oct 15, 2024 5:34 pm

Tell us when it actually happens bro.

BlackRooster · Post by **BlackRooster** » Wed Oct 08, 2025 8:50 am

We do have full VST3 support for all our plug-ins and bundles both on Windows and Mac. Please check out blackroosteraudio.com for the v3 installers.

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