Experience with Expansion VST>RTAS Adapter

[Mount Royal]

I'v leery about trying this plugin conversion process, but perhaps I shouldn't be. There are some very nice VST plugins that I'd like to try in our PT10 HD6 system.

Can anyone share expense good or bad with the FXpansion VST to RTAS converter? They are now at version 2.

https://www.fxpansion.com/products/vst-rtas-adapter/

Many thanks,

John Caldwell

[sw rec]

Worked fine for me when last I used it.

[guitardom]

Not being rude, but it has been on version 2 and not updated for probably over 10 years....just sayin....
and yes it works great on a lot of vst plugins. Will have to be 32bit vst.

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by Mount Royal

I'v leery about trying this plugin conversion process, but perhaps I shouldn't be. There are some very nice VST plugins that I'd like to try in our PT10 HD6 system.

Can anyone share expense good or bad with the FXpansion VST to RTAS converter? They are now at version 2.

https://www.fxpansion.com/products/vst-rtas-adapter/

Many thanks,

John Caldwell

Be aware that fxpansion no longer supports this plugin and hasn't for years. Quite frankly I'm surprised they're even selling it anymore. It does not support vst3 plugins and OSX 10.8 is the last OSX version supported.

If you want a supported product that's really good look into Blue Cat Audio Patchwork to host your vst2/vst3 and au plugins inside PT. Same price as the fxpansion wrapper.

[Mount Royal]

Thanks to all who have responded. Having shown my ignorance, I'll look into Blue Cat. But I gather from the reposes that some of us are using a wrapper in PT 10 with some success. Since I work in HD on OSX 10.8.5, I'll need to observe legacy comparability.

Thank you,
John Caldwell

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by Mount Royal

Thanks to all who have responded. Having shown my ignorance, I'll look into Blue Cat. But I gather from the reposes that some of us are using a wrapper in PT 10 with some success. Since I work in HD on OSX 10.8.5, I'll need to observe legacy comparability.

Thank you,
John Caldwell

The reason I mentioned Patchwork is still supported as I stated and if you have issues you can get help from the developer; not so from fxpansion. And Patchwork is NOT a wrapper but a host - there's a difference. It doesn't modify the plugin like the fxpansion wrapper does. And that's why Avid banned wrappers from working in PT11 and upwards; PT10 is the last version to allow them.