FXpansion VST to RTAS Wrapper does it work in Pro Tools

[JDN]

I'm very interested in getting the fxpansion VST to RTAS wrapper....I looked on their forum and it's very mixed. Some people say it works great, some say it doesn't. Tell me your personal experience with this. How's it working in Pro Tools 8? Does it make Native Instruments Kontakt and Battery more efficent?

[recall]

I've been using it since it was released. I've never had issues with the wrapper itself. I can't say I use it often but for crazy little freeware vst effects its great, as you can't rerally get those for PT.

My favourites? Camelcrusher and the stillwell stuff.

[soundsundergroun]

works for me

[narcoman]

never had it working with battery. - i'm not even sure it's one of the "supported" plugs..... Other than that - awesome.

[Phrygian]

I've got the original version, still works great. It's definitely worth having around.

[Macky]

Recently got it at discount when that mellowmuse adc plug for Protools came out.
It came in handy for my Korg Legacy stuff which is the older non rtas version and it wrapped that no problem.
The only bug i found is that when you run the program, you can see it running thru your plugs folder and then they are indexed in the Apps window, so you assume (as it tells you search and wrapping complete) all is okay... BUT
You may find that certain plug do not appear inside Protools. You then have to go and highlight the plug in the wrapper list and in the drop down menu it will give you a choice to scan it again individually and that usually does the trick.
This is on Protools 7.4, i know you are looking for PT8 feedback but thought this may be of help

[Bob Olhsson]

Works great here. It allows me to use the Algorithmix equalizers in ProTools. I think the only folks who post in their forums are the ones who are having problems.

[JDN]

Originally Posted by Mr.Cheese

It's like 200 bucks. I bought it not knowing that PT already came with it... like wtf where was it.

I'd save 200 bucks and some precious time and headaches by not even buying anything PT related. Honestly if you're using LE or Mpowered, just do yourself a favor and use that money towards Cubase or something.

What's the point of this post??? first of all, it's all missinformation, it's $99 not $200 and Pro Tools does NOT come with it. Second of all, I'm not trying to have this derailed into a "pro tools sucks" thread....sheessh, stick to the topic or don't post

[DaKid]

Originally Posted by Mr.Cheese

It's like 200 bucks. I bought it not knowing that PT already came with it... like wtf where was it.

I'd save 200 bucks and some precious time and headaches by not even buying anything PT related. Honestly if you're using LE or Mpowered, just do yourself a favor and use that money towards Cubase or something.

Originally Posted by JDN

What's the point of this post??? first of all, it's all missinformation, it's $99 not $200 and Pro Tools does NOT come with it. Second of all, I'm not trying to have this derailed into a "pro tools sucks" thread....sheessh, stick to the topic or don't post

He's just a little bitter that PT doesn't play nice with his $3,000.00 Dell computer and it's not because of his Dells specs, its the engineering of PT. (cuz the dell was 3 grand, which makes it a great computer)



Go to the moan zone. There's like 51 PT threads started by this guy.

Aaaaaanyway...

I've been curious about getting the wrapper also. Lots and lots of free VST's out there I'd like to give a go.

[JDN]

Originally Posted by DaKid

He's just a little bitter that PT doesn't play nice with his $3,000.00 Dell computer and it's not because of his Dells specs, its the engineering of PT. (cuz the dell was 3 grand, which makes it a great computer)



Go to the moan zone. There's like 51 PT threads started by this guy.

Aaaaaanyway...

I've been curious about getting the wrapper also. Lots and lots of free VST's out there I'd like to give a go.

I was pretty much sold on it till I looked at the forum at fxpansions web site and a LOT of people seem to be having problems with it. Apparently, It doesn't work with a fair amount of VST's out there and fxpansion seems to blame the vst companies saying it's on their end. To me that doesn't make sense? if it works as VST, and doesn't work with wrapper, their wrapper doesn't work.

Specifically, I was hoping to get a little better performance out of my NI plugs(battery and kontakt) as well as utilize all the free VST plugs out there. But I can't even get confirmation that it works with NI plugs or what it will or won't work with.

[DaKid]

Originally Posted by JDN

I was pretty much sold on it till I looked at the forum at fxpansions web site and a LOT of people seem to be having problems with it. Apparently, It doesn't work with a fair amount of VST's out there and fxpansion seems to blame the vst companies saying it's on their end. To me that doesn't make sense? if it works as VST, and doesn't work with wrapper, their wrapper doesn't work.

Specifically, I was hoping to get a little better performance out of my NI plugs(battery and kontakt) as well as utilize all the free VST plugs out there. But I can't even get confirmation that it works with NI plugs or what it will or won't work with.

Hm. That sucks.

I was gonna get it for the mellowmuse for PT, but had been thinking of it prior because of the mass array of VST's out there.

That whole blaming the companies if its not compatible is kind of odd though. Kind of possibly gives you a representation of their customer service.

Were those complaints about version 2.0?
Maybe asking about it in another forum (so much gear so little time maybe?) might get more input.

[narcoman]

Originally Posted by Mr.Cheese

It's like 200 bucks. I bought it not knowing that PT already came with it... like wtf where was it.

I'd save 200 bucks and some precious time and headaches by not even buying anything PT related. Honestly if you're using LE or Mpowered, just do yourself a favor and use that money towards Cubase or something.

yo' Can we ban this wad? PLEASE.....I've really had enough of his BS....


groovey. I've just added him to my "ignore list" .... that way i don't get to see all the lovely BS he posts.. bye bye Cheese.

[JDN]

Originally Posted by DaKid

Hm. That sucks.

I was gonna get it for the mellowmuse for PT, but had been thinking of it prior because of the mass array of VST's out there.

That whole blaming the companies if its not compatible is kind of odd though. Kind of possibly gives you a representation of their customer service.

Were those complaints about version 2.0?
Maybe asking about it in another forum (so much gear so little time maybe?) might get more input.

i believe the complaints were about 2.0...if you're interested you can check it on the fxpansion site, there's a whole forum for the wrapper, though not that active

[C Heat]

Mine works fine, not that I've used it on anything more than iDrum.

I bought it for the MM ATA pre RTAS version for $49 USD from memory - a special deal MM had with FXpansion.

[DaKid]

Originally Posted by JDN

i believe the complaints were about 2.0...if you're interested you can check it on the fxpansion site, there's a whole forum for the wrapper, though not that active

I'll prolly take the plunge when I got the extra bread. (Just made a couple audio purchases amongst other "out of the blue f*ck you's" that life throws at you money wise)

If it is totally a screw up it's not a big hit ya know? Let me know if you give it a go.

[7thangelz]

there are a few compatibility problems with some plugs (i'm thinking stillwells rocket, at least when it first came out) and some stability issues when scanning certain things for a few.

as far as blaming other companies, there was a recent thread at kvr where a vst maker tried to call them out but ended up apoligizing when fxpansion answered and corrected some of the issues and reasons why it would sometimes be up to the vst/vsti maker to correct any problems in getting there stuff wrapped. some coding geek shit.

[JDN]

Originally Posted by 7thangelz

as far as blaming other companies, there was a recent thread at kvr where a vst maker tried to call them out but ended up apoligizing when fxpansion answered and corrected some of the issues and reasons why it would sometimes be up to the vst/vsti maker to correct any problems in getting there stuff wrapped. some coding geek shit.

I do understand there's some tech geek stuff going on that they can't change, but the bottom line is the plugs that don't work with the wrapper DO work as VST's which is all it's really intended to do. The companies making the VST's don't really have an obligation or desire(or they would make rtas) to see that their products work with a wrapper.

However, the company selling the wrapper does have an obligation to make sure it works with most VST's or make it clear it really doesnt, regardless of who or what cause the problem.

Anyway, can ANYONE chime in if this works with the NI products and most VST's and are there any PT 8 issues??

[7thangelz]

actually, from what i can tell, the makers either request or get the needed package/info or code. especially if their users request it, which they often do, and it allows them to avoid making rtas.

here's an example of a company with an update fix in regards to the wrapper QuikQuak. Audio plug-ins for PC & Mac. FX and Synths,

they have a website and forum which anybody can join and they have an updated incompatibility sticky thread Fxpansion.com :: View topic - Incompatible plug-ins thread. ni issues with pt8 are also available here at gs and other sites, as far as most vsts, no problems for me (but i'm on pt 7.4) but that may not be true for others, like any other software.

[JDN]

Originally Posted by 7thangelz

actually, from what i can tell, the makers either request or get the needed package/info or code. especially if their users request it, which they often do, and it allows them to avoid making rtas.

here's an example of a company with an update fix in regards to the wrapper QuikQuak. Audio plug-ins for PC & Mac. FX and Synths,

It is nice to see some companies taking an interest and embracing the wrapper, however, the original point still stands. As long as the plugs work as VST's, that's all the companies are obligated to do. I still find it hard to believe fxpansion can blame the VST companies for their products not working with their wrapper.....I TOTALLY get that fxpansion can't fix this issue, the VST companies have too...but it doesn't change the point at all...apparently it's just not possible to make a wrapper that works with pretty much all VST's, which is fine, just don't sell people that it does....

Don't get me wrong, i really wanna buy the product, but i am worried, it seems like various people are having various problems aside from the list of plugs with known issues.

[Bob Olhsson]

Anybody can write VSTs, the development software is free.

Some do it properly, some don't. Those who don't risk them failing to work with a lot more applications than just the RTAS wrapper. No software developer can be responsible for other people's bugs. That's just the facts of life.

[optikstrange]

I had the wrapper for a long time now and just installed pro tools 8 no probs at all.

[kafka]

I've had no issues with VST-to-RTAS v2.11 on PT8.0cs2 on XP SP3.

[JDN]

Hey Kafka and optikstrange. Have you guys tried it with Battery or Kontakt, do they run better? are you mac? If you're mac, what are some of your favorite free VST's, effects or instruments, cause it seems like there's a lot more for pc

thanks

[timrowkins]

I've only used this with PT 7 and it all worked fine. The only thing to be aware of is that PT's plug-in delay compensation will not work on wrapped plug-ins - you will need to apply sample delay to other tracks while the VSTs are in use (unless this is solved in PT8..?).

[NWSooner]

It works fine for me. I used it on Pro Tools 7.4 and now 8. I primarily use it to wrap the TC Electronic PowerCore 6000 plug-ins, and they all work fine. I think I've run into a total of one plug-in that didn't wrap properly. (I forget which one, not one of the TC ones.)

[Robert Randolph]

Originally Posted by Mr.Cheese

It's like 200 bucks. I bought it not knowing that PT already came with it... like wtf where was it.

I don't think this is correct? I've never heard of PT coming with it before.

[ProFool]

Works great for me, except some VST synths & plug ins don't seem to like PT that much (mostly with free ones) resulting in errors like these (see pic)
I tried to show in another post without much result..still trying to figure out why i get these errors though. cheers

[kafka]

Originally Posted by Mr.Cheese

It's like 200 bucks. I bought it not knowing that PT already came with it... like wtf where was it.

Originally Posted by Robert Randolph

I don't think this is correct? I've never heard of PT coming with it before.

VST-to-RTAS is an FXpansion product. It doesn't come with any version of Protools, nor is the capability in any version of Protools. And it's $99, not $200.

[7thangelz]

Originally Posted by timrowkins

I've only used this with PT 7 and it all worked fine. The only thing to be aware of is that PT's plug-in delay compensation will not work on wrapped plug-ins - you will need to apply sample delay to other tracks while the VSTs are in use (unless this is solved in PT8..?).

i guess you're talking about pthd, the only wrapped plugs i've used in pthd were uad. at home, pt mp, the vast majority of wrapped plugs have no real delay issues, others are shown in the the same way as rtas
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the only version bundled with another company product that i know of is uad, made specifically for uad.

[toolskid]

Works perfectly with all the commercial plugins I've wrapped...