Can you run a PC VST plugin on a MAC ?
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No, these are VST plugins for the PC. I read that there are also VSTs for Mac, but those have to be generated specifically for the MAC platform.
Since I created these plugins with Synthedit which is a PC only software I cannot create any MAC versions.
The only solution I could imagine would be to run windows on your mac using software like Boot Camp, Parallels, VMware or VirtualBox (which is free). Then install a windows audio software which can host the PC VST plugins.
I guess that may be more complicated than what you hoped for..
Since I created these plugins with Synthedit which is a PC only software I cannot create any MAC versions.
The only solution I could imagine would be to run windows on your mac using software like Boot Camp, Parallels, VMware or VirtualBox (which is free). Then install a windows audio software which can host the PC VST plugins.
I guess that may be more complicated than what you hoped for..
In linux you can simply use Wine
I think Wine can run under MacOsX but not sure... try searching on google
I think Wine can run under MacOsX but not sure... try searching on google
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THe Interruptor's vst's are Windows VST's. You can't run them under OSX - there is no way to do it.
A VST has to be completely recompiled to make it run under OSX.
You can get wrappers for OSX vsts to make them into audio units - but the vst has to be a osx VST. There is no wrapper to make a Windows VST behave as an OSX one.
You can get things like Parallels and VMWare Fusion - which allow you to run Windows within OSX - but they are slow, and can't use ASIO - no go for music making. I suspect the same goes for WINE.
If you want to use Windows on a Mac (Intel Mac) you can install boot camp and that will allow you to boot into Windows (instead of osx) which will behave exactly like Windows on any computer - but that won't allow you you to use osx at the same time.
A VST has to be completely recompiled to make it run under OSX.
You can get wrappers for OSX vsts to make them into audio units - but the vst has to be a osx VST. There is no wrapper to make a Windows VST behave as an OSX one.
You can get things like Parallels and VMWare Fusion - which allow you to run Windows within OSX - but they are slow, and can't use ASIO - no go for music making. I suspect the same goes for WINE.
If you want to use Windows on a Mac (Intel Mac) you can install boot camp and that will allow you to boot into Windows (instead of osx) which will behave exactly like Windows on any computer - but that won't allow you you to use osx at the same time.