FREELANCE SOUNDLABS UPDATE CLASSIC AIR MUSIC PRODUCTS TO VST3
Freelance Soundlabs have today announced an update for the Air Music collection to accomodate VST3.
Whilst Windows users are currently still able to continue using the old VST2 versions within Komplete Kontrol, MAC silicon owners have been out of the loop for a while due to a lack of support for the original VST2 plug-ins, which Air Music has been recompiling and beta testing for VST3 release.
Jason has now reconverted them for NKS, and has the following announcement.
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The Classic plugin from the AIEP Collection along with Boom and Vacuum Classic were updated to support VST3 at the end of 2024 and we now have updated NKS libraries that also support these VST3 updated plugin versions along with artwork updates for the latest Komplete Kontrol MK3 display
The following plugins can now be browsed and loaded via NKS with VST3 compatibility (on both PC and macOS/Apple Silicon)
- Boom
- DB-33
- Hybrid 3
- Loom
- Mini Grand
- Strike
- Structure
- theRiser
- Transfuser
- Vacuum Classic
- Vacuum Pro
- Velvet
- Xpand!2
- AIEP3 Select Collection
- AIEP3 Complete Collection
This was a huge task as the old libraries were unable to simply be “updated” and every preset from each plugin had to be re-rendered from scratch with all previous tagging information migrated over to the new presets.
This was a month long process that I am now happy is completed!
It should be noted from my tests that the latest VST3 plugins do not seem to be as stable as the previous VST2 versions. On my Windows 10 and 11 machines the plugin windows open outside of the Komplete Kontrol or Maschine display and are simply stuck in the top right of screen. The plugins function just fine tho and all NKS files load without issue tho I have had a few crashes, but out of 10,000+ preset switches this isn’t out of the norm.
I have reported several issues through to Air Music with no reply in the last few months so I would encourage anyone having issues with the plugins themselves to submit bug reports to Air Music to hopefully get these plugins improved.
Due to the hugely long hours and mind numbing work to update these libraries you may find an issue here and there, just let me know if you find anything problematic and I will try and address what I can but be aware, issues related to the plugin window not displaying correctly or crashes are plugin related and should be directed to Air Music.
Owners of previous VST2 versions of the library will receive a discount in cart for the update.
Here is the link to the Freelance Soundlabs page:
https://freelancesoundlabs.com/air-music-aiep-vst3-update/
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