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Hey guys. I made a list of plugins that will likely never make it to Apple Silicon. Just documenting plugins that seem effectively frozen in time but are still around or remembered fondly. I even went and bought an old MacBook Pro to still use them if nostalgia hits. Some of these are still being sold BTW.

Instruments:
2nd Sense Audio Wiggle
Arturia Spark
Audjoo Helix
Big Tick Audio Rhino
Cakewalk Dimension Pro, Rapture, Z3TA
Camel Audio Alchemy
FXpansion Amber, Geist, GURU, Tremor
Green Oak Software Crystal
iZotope Breaktweaker, Iris
Linplug (all plugins)
Native Instruments Pro-52, Pro-53
Novation BassStation, V-Station
Plugin Boutique Carbon Electra
Steinberg Hypersonic

Effects:
2CAudio Aether, B2, Breeze
AriesCode AriesReverb
ArtsAcoustic BigRock, ArtsAcoustic CL Series, ArtsAcoustic Reverb
Camel Audio CamelCrusher, CamelPhat, CamelSpace
Exponential Audio Excalibur, Nimbus, Phoenix Verb, R2, R4
FXpansion Bloom, DCAM Dynamics, Etch, Maul
Native Instruments Spektral Delay, Vokator
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Geist was really special wasn't it?

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BrokenTrance wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:44 pm Geist was really special wasn't it?
I’m still baffled that they ported Cypher and Strobe but not Geist. And they are still selling it for £159.

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vstancu199 wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:55 pm
BrokenTrance wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:44 pm Geist was really special wasn't it?
I’m still baffled that they ported Cypher and Strobe but not Geist. And they are still selling it for £159.
I like Geist1 better then Geist2! And the DCAM Synth squad was also better then just the two Cypher 2 and Strobe 2 - especially the interface. Yupp no idea what they was doing here. Roli???

Edit: Sorry my bad didn't see you ran mac and Apple Silicon. I just read Geist! I liked that f*cker. :hihi:
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Doesn't Alchemy work with Apple Silicon in Logic Pro?

I checked out Carbon Electra and they say it can run natively as an AU plug-in with M1 / Apple Silicon hosts including Ableton Live, Machine, Studio One 6 and Logic Pro X.

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Examigan wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 11:09 pm Doesn't Alchemy work with Apple Silicon in Logic Pro?

I checked out Carbon Electra and they say it can run natively as an AU plug-in with M1 / Apple Silicon hosts including Ableton Live, Machine, Studio One 6 and Logic Pro X.
Alchemy, CamelPhat and CamelSpace are in Logic indeed but the new versions are not available to use in other DAWs.

Carbon Electra runs only under Rosetta on Apple Silicon. What will happen when Apple discontinues Rosetta? Apple confirmed Tahoe is the last update for Intel Macs. They are getting rid of Rosetta too after macOS 27.

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Everything from Linplug 😢
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BrokenTrance wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 11:04 pm
vstancu199 wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:55 pm
BrokenTrance wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:44 pm Geist was really special wasn't it?
I’m still baffled that they ported Cypher and Strobe but not Geist. And they are still selling it for £159.
I like Geist1 better then Geist2! And the DCAM Synth squad was also better then just the two Cypher 2 and Strobe 2 - especially the interface. Yupp no idea what they was doing here. Roli???

Edit: Sorry my bad didn't see you ran mac and Apple Silicon. I just read Geist! I liked that f*cker. :hihi:
Whatever happened to the string machine (Amber)? It just disappeared. I never looked into it tbh
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Gribs wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 12:22 am Everything from Linplug 😢
I added Linplug to the instruments list along with Amber, GURU and Tremor.
I also added Bloom, DCAM Dynamics, Etch and Maul to the effects list.

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vstancu199 wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 12:29 am
Gribs wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 12:22 am Everything from Linplug 😢
I added Linplug to the instruments list along with Amber, GURU and Tremor.
I also added Bloom, DCAM Dynamics, Etch and Maul to the effects list.
I really enjoyed using Tremor and Bloom, but never tried the last three.
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vstancu199 wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:36 pm Hey guys. I made a list of plugins that will likely never make it to Apple Silicon. Just documenting plugins that seem effectively frozen in time but are still around or remembered fondly. I even went and bought an old MacBook Pro to still use them if nostalgia hits. Some of these are still being sold BTW.

Instruments:
Plugin Boutique Carbon Electra
I learned this yesterday..

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All if those even if they are 32 Bit VSTs will run in Windows 11 if your host will allow it

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Carbon Electra 2? Yay! :)
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2getheraudio OPZilla after Inmusic bought up the company.

Love how it says: Date of purchase: 01/01/1970 in my registered customer area :lol:

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I hope all of these apps have good copy protection.
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.:mad:
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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