One Synth Challenge #209: JS80P by Attila M. Magyar

[MattCable]

Should I be able to see the synths parameters for modulation in Ableton? I'm not seeing parameters so that I can assign midi controls, and in track lanes I don't see parameters to manually draw in automation either.

[Bovvy]

Many, Many thanks for the Drum patches...you saved my sanity (and ears)

[Bovvy]

A few simple one oscillator drums from my fiddlings tonight. Suitable key range is included in the filename. All rather rough, but maybe they can help get you going. There's plenty of room for tweaking of filters, envelope times, pitch env depth, application of distortion, adding of second layers, effects, etc. Horrible envelope knobs for drum tweaking though, ctrl/cmd is very much needed for finetuning times. Taking a good look at the signal path in the manual is highly advisable, btw. It will help putting filters and fold/distortion to good use. And do avoid those envelope bugs mentioned above.
Drums.zip

Many, Many thanks for the Drum patches...you saved my sanity (and ears)

[Nd6829]

Hi, what should people who use AU plugins do for OSC-209?
I won't be able to participate this month?
I'd be glad if you could tell me if there is anything I can do for free instead.
Thank you.

[doctorbob]

Check the links after the list of prizes on the first page?

dB

[Vospi]

I really wanted to stretch my wings on something complex and capable, but combining capable with no phase lock and envelope issues... I'll probably pass

[cerulescent]

I'm unaware of any free VST3 hosting AU plugins for Logic Pro.

I've never used this one, but this is supposed to work, I think.
https://kx.studio/Applications:Carla

Thanks for the recommendation! Unfortunately Carla is the opposite of what I need. It's free open-source VST2 and LV2 plugins that can host AU plugins as well as VST3, VST2, LADSPA (including LRDF), DSSI plugins.

[cerulescent]

I'm unaware of any free VST3 hosting AU plugins for Logic Pro.

Plugin Buddy by Modalics is free. But I haven't tested it yet.

Thanks for the recommendation! I did try it, and while Plugin Buddy by Modalics is free it's a bit scary in that requires registration it and tries to connect to the internet. Modalics emails you a license file for offline registration. After it's registered, the plugin says that you've used up 1 of 3 installs. This is somewhat intrusive for a free plugin and makes me wonder what I just installed.

Feature wise, it works. It does let Logic Pro 11.2.2 run VST3 plugins on Apple Silicon including JS80P.

[cerulescent]

The developer(s) of JS80P aren't providing official builds of AU plugins for MacOS (only VST3). Thus is isn't possible to use JS80P with any version of Logic Pro natively.

Thus, I'm requesting 2 exceptions to the rules this month:

(1) for those with coding skills: allow custom builds of JS80P by enabling the VST 3 - AudioUnit v2 Wrapper features of the VST3 library.
(2) for those without coding skills: allow commercial VST3 hosting AU plugins such as Blue Cat's PatchWork

I'm unaware of any free VST3 hosting AU plugins for Logic Pro.

EDIT:

(1) I was unable to modify JS80P to enable the the VST 3 - AudioUnit v2 Wrapper

(2) Blue Cat's PatchWork works, but is commercial (not free). No clarification if this is an acceptable exception this month.

(3) Vospi recommended Carla. Carla is free and open-source, but the opposite of what's needed. It hosts AU plugins in a VST2 plugin.

(4) LazcaMusic recommend Plugin Buddy by Modalics. Plugin Buddy is free and works, but it requires registration, uses emailed license keys , connects to the internet, and tells you how many times you've installed it. The plugin seems to have a limit of 3 installs.

(5) My preferred option so far is ivicamil's AU-VST3-Wrapper. It's free and open-source, but the problem is that there aren't any official builds. Since it's uses JUCE, it's easy to build locally with JUCE and Xcode.

[cerulescent]

Hi, what should people who use AU plugins do for OSC-209?
I won't be able to participate this month?
I'd be glad if you could tell me if there is anything I can do for free instead.
Thank you.

I'm assuming you're a fellow user of Logic Pro? If so, I feel your pain. You can read my posts about this issue in this forum. Currently the best solutions are either
(1) Plugin Buddy by Modalics if you don't mind their aggressive registration system with limited installs
(2) ivicamil's free open-source AU-VST3-Wrapper if you know how to make local builds with JUCE and Xcode.