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I just wanted to register my interest for native Windows on ARM builds 8)
Bitwig, Reaper, Cubase & Nuendo are already fully compatible with ARM64 on Windows and it would be awesome if u-he plugins could run with native performance. I would be perfectly fine if ARM64 on windows would be a similar kind if beta support like linux.
Even though it's possible to use x86 plugins through emulation the u-he installers currently think my Snapdragon PC is 32bit only and I can't install the 64bit CLAP & VST3 plugins directly.
Cheers :party:
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We have to finish up a lot of stuff before we can deal with this.
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Thanks. I fixed the installer issue by only installing the presets & plugin data and then copied the 64bit VST3/CLAP files from another PC. I was able to load & activate Presswerk just fine but every other u-he plugin after that will crash when clicking on the initial buy/activate prompt. For some plugins it worked to close the initial dialogue, right click on the preset header and selecting "enter serial number" but I'm still struggling with Bazille & Diva. I'll report back if I find a solution by myself, otherwise I'll reach out to support.
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Thank you, that's interesting news. We know that our installer can't work because it runs x86 code. We didn't know that dialogs are a problem... we'll see.
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The installers work fine, I think. The problem seems to be that the installer automatically tries to detect the system architecture and then presents the plugin targets accordingly. Since it can't detect arm64 it seems to default to 32bit plugins only. There does not seem to be a way to manually override this and select the 64bit VST3/CLAP targets instead. Presets & plugin data get installed correctly either way.

Diva & Bazille still crash and I've filled out a bug report + crash log.
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Re-posting this here because it's getting crowded in the Zebra 3 topic:
It would be cool if the installer for Zebra 3 (or any new plugin release) was at least WoA aware so that I can install the x64 versions to use with emulation. Or at least give me an option to manually install the x64 plugins even if the installer thinks the OS is not supported. Right now it will only install the presets but no plugin and there's no way to override this.

Regarding the activation issue I had with Diva/Bazille: your support was amazing and we managed to sort it out :hug:
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It is a project that we did not have time for. Apparently our installers rely on a 32 bit binary to deal with Windows Shortcuts. We have to create a new binary or find a different way to do the same, in order for our installers to be executed on Win ARM. This is not something that is easily done, it involves a vast amount of testing. We need to find the resources, so I can't promise anything until Zebra 3's initial release, but I can say that it is on our radar for next year.
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Urs wrote: Thu Dec 11, 2025 9:24 am It is a project that we did not have time for. Apparently our installers rely on a 32 bit binary to deal with Windows Shortcuts. We have to create a new binary or find a different way to do the same, in order for our installers to be executed on Win ARM. This is not something that is easily done, it involves a vast amount of testing. We need to find the resources, so I can't promise anything until Zebra 3's initial release, but I can say that it is on our radar for next year.
Hi Urs!
I would like to see that too! I work around it as well by copying the files manually.
Thanks for looking into it!
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