Acoustica premium 7.7 VST3 problems

[gschmied]

Hi,

on Windows 64bit and MACOS Sequoia as well Acon Acoustica 7.7.3 cannot import about 20 (!) VST3 plugins that used to work on the previous release. I hope they fix that soon, major showstopper. All these plugins work without problem in Adobe and Steinberg products as the used to.


Regards, Gernot

[ralfrobert]

Similar situation here, other plugins.

[t.o.t.s.]

same. UAD. Eventide, etc

[gschmied]

I guess including ARA they really screwed up the plugin import and management framework this time. Not that it wasn't eccentric before already .

[t.o.t.s.]

Yeah, it's so many plugins on my end, the release feels a little rushed. It's not like they're from small developers.

[stian]

Thanks for reporting! The issue is strange, since the executable that validates plug-ins is exactly the same as in version 7.5. I did try to reproduce the issue with some of the mentioned plug-ins, but e.g. Eventide plug-ins validates without problems. There was a problem with plug-in scanning when initiated from the Acoustica ARA plug-in version 7.7.1 that we have fixed in 7.7.3, but I assume that you did the scanning in the stand-alone version? Also, did you click the "Rescan all" button?

Best,
Stian

[t.o.t.s.]

Def did the scanning in the stand alone version. Definitely re-scanned all. Here's the full list of reported errors (Windows 10):
Scan complete
Note that the following files appeared to be plugin files, but failed to load correctly:

Denise:
Bass XXL.vst3

Devious Machines:
BassFocus.vst3, Multiband X6.vst3, PitchMonster.vst3

Bertom Audio:
Bertom_AirShelf.vst3, Bertom_DenoiserClassic.vst3, Bertom_DenoiserPro.vst3, Bertom_EQCurveAnalyzer2.vst3, Bertom_PhantomCenter.vst3, Bertom_VocalCompressor.vst3

Audio Damage:
Dubstation 2.vst3, Phosphor3.vst3

Eventide:
Blackhole.vst3, CrushStation.vst3, Crystals.vst3, DeBoom.vst3, EChannel.vst3( EQ45.vst3, EQ65.vst3, H3000 Band Delays Mk Il.vst3, H3000 Factory Mk Il.vst3, H910Dual Harmonizar. vst3, H910 Harmonizar. vst3, H949 Dual Harmonizer.vst3, H949 Harmonizer.vst3, Instant Flanger Mk Il.vst3, Instant Phaser Mk Il.vst3, MangledVerb.vst3, MicroPitch.vst3, Octavox.vst3, Omnipressor.vst3, Physion Mk Il.vst3, Precision Time Align.vst3, Quadravox.vst3, Rotary Mod.vst3, Sheen Machine.vst3, ShimmerVerb.vst3, SP2016 Reverb.vst3, SplitEQ.vst3, Spring.vst3, TriceraChorus.vst3, Tverb.vst3, UltraChannel.vst3, UltraReverb.vst3, UltraTap.vst3, Undulator.vst3


Goodhertz:
Ghz Loudness 3.vst3, Ghz Midside Matrix 3.vst3

Moog:
MF-102S.vst3, MF-103S.vst3, MF-108S.vst3

Nembrini Audio
NA 808.vst3, NA Analog Rack Chorus.vst3, NA Analog Rack Cleaner.vst3, NA Analog Rack Delay.vst3, NA Analog Rack Noise Gate.vst3, NA Big Stuff.vst3, NA Black.vst3, NA Bst100 V2.vst3, NA Cali Dual.vst3, NA Cali Reverb.vst3, NA Clon Minotaur.vst3, NA Crunck V2.vst3, NA Mrh810V2.vst3, NA Tuner.vst3, NA Wah.vst3,

Sonible:
purecomp.vst3, pureeq.vst3, smartgate.vst3,


Solid State Logic:
SSL Native X-Comp v6.vst3, SSL Native x-Saturator v6.vst3, SSL X-Delay.vst3, SSL X-Orcism 2.vst3,

TAL Audio:
TAL-DAC.vst3, TAL-Drum.vst3, TAL-Dub-X.vst3, TAL-Reverb-4.vst3, TAL-Sampler.vst3,

UAD:
uaudio_api_2500.vst3, uaudio_apLvision_channel_strip.vst3, uaudio_brigade_chorus.vst3, uaudio_capitoLchambers.vst3, uaudio_dbx_160.vst3

[Himalama]

Same VST3 problem here in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.7.3 (not any different from the result of version 7.7.1).

After an update from 7.5.5 to 7.7.3 i used "Rescan all" after "Scan for changes", in the standalone version of Acoustica on Windows 10 Pro (22H2), but the results were the same with both scans.

These plugins show errors while they scan without problems in Acoustica 7.5.5:

Audio Damage:
Dubstation 2, Eos 2, Other Desert Cities, Panstation 2

Cytomic:
The Drop

GForce Software:
impOSCar3, M-Tron Pro IV, Oberheim DMX, Oberheim OB-1, Oberheim OB-X, Oddity3, VSM IV

Leapwing Audio:
CenterOne, StageOne 2

Minimal Audio:
Cluster Delay, Flex Chorus, Fuse Compressor, Hybrid Filter, Morph EQ, Rift, Rift Feedback Lite, Rift Filter Lite, Ripple Phaser, Squash, Swarm Reverb

Polyverse Music:
Filterverse

Sonic Academy:
KICK 3

SPC Plugins:
ArcSyn 4 (v4.0.4 beta - 1st December 2024)

Steinberg:
WaveLab Pro 12

TAL Software:
TAL-Drum, TAL-J-8, TAL-Sampler, TAL-U-NO-LX

Tritik:
Flaw, Irid, Krush, Moodal

W.A. Production:
InstaChord 2, InstaComposer 2, InstaScale

Result Scan Plugin Manager 7.7.3 (Rescan All) 2-3.jpg

The only plugin that shows an error on both 7.5.5 and 7.7.3 (and all older versions of Acoustica i can remember) is Phonec2 from Psychic Modulation.
It's a VST2 instrument that hasn't been updated to VST3 yet. It's one of the two VST2 plugins i have installed, all others are VST3.

Looking at the t.o.t.s. list above, i'm surprised to see Devious Machines PitchMonster on it. PitchMonster 1.3.13 doesn't give me any problem scanning it.

I'm going back to Acoustica PE 7.5.5 for now until the scanning issue is resolved.

[stian]

Thank you very much for your thorough reports. That's very helpful, and we believe that we have fixed the issue. Please download and install if version 7.7.5 using the links below. We'll link this as the latest official version after some additional testing.

• https://acondigital.com/software/Acoust ... _5.pkg.zip
• https://acondigital.com/software/Acoust ... _7_7_5.exe

CHANGE LOG

• Fixed: Several VST3 plug-ins not validated after plug-in scan on Windows
• Fixed: DeEss:Dialogue does not open in Acoustica Standard Edition

Thanks for your patience, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

Best,
Stian

[t.o.t.s.]

Just tried it out.
Everything scanned this time except for Press Play Music Wavebreaker (their other plugin Wave Observer scanned OK)

Two plugins had exceptional scan times 2 plus minutes):
Plugin Alliance bx_Limiter True Peak
Youlean Loudness Meter Pro

Thanks for the update!

[Himalama]

I just upgraded from Acoustica PE 7.5.5 to 7.7.5 and got no errors when I used "Scan for changes". When I use "Rescan all" I only got an error from Psychic Modulation Phonec2 VST2 (Phonec_2_x64.dll) which I also get on 7.5.5 and older versions of Acoustica. It's an instrument so it's not a problem.

Result Scan Plugin Manager 7.7.5 (Rescan All).jpg

The only plugin that behaves a bit strange is u-he Filterscape. When I use "Rescan all" it ends up in the red list "Deactivated (failed to validate)", but when I manually remove it from that list and then use "Scan for changes" it scans fine. Maybe something to look into.

Plugin Manager 7.7.5).jpg

From my side you can consider the VST3 scanning issue solved. Thank you Stian!

[t.o.t.s.]

"I manually remove it from that list and then use "Scan for changes" it scans fine."
Question! How did you manually remove it from the list in the plugin manager? I don't see that option...

[Himalama]

"I manually remove it from that list and then use "Scan for changes" it scans fine."
Question! How did you manually remove it from the list in the plugin manager? I don't see that option...

Mouse click on the specific plugin on the Plug-in Manager screen and press the Del (Delete) button on your keyboard.

You can also select all red (deactivated items) items by selecting the top plugin and while holding down the Shift button on your keyboard select the bottom plugin. When they all have the orange (selected) background you can delete them all at once and then use "Scan for changes".

[t.o.t.s.]

So obvious! (smacks head). I was looking for modifier clicks or context menus. lol. Didn't even bother trying to hit delete! Thank you!

"I manually remove it from that list and then use "Scan for changes" it scans fine."
Question! How did you manually remove it from the list in the plugin manager? I don't see that option...

Mouse click on the specific plugin on the Plug-in Manager screen and press the Del (Delete) button on your keyboard.

You can also select all red (deactivated items) items by selecting the top plugin and while holding down the Shift button on your keyboard select the bottom plugin. When they all have the orange (selected) background you can delete them all at once and then use "Scan for changes".

[Himalama]

So obvious! (smacks head). I was looking for modifier clicks or context menus. lol. Didn't even bother trying to hit delete! Thank you!

Yes, probably so obvious that you wouldn't expect it.
Fortunately, some things in life are still simple.