[Chris Presnell]

HOORAY!!! and Thank YOU very much!!! Putting a switch in the plugin is a great work-around.

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Thanked by: John

[Chris Presnell]

Unfortunately, no developments on this. Your only hope is to export the preset from each project that has customized drumkit settings (non-default) as mentioned in my prior workaround. The issue affects all daw’s that use VST. That means there is no problem when using Pro Tools across the two O.S. platforms since PT uses its own proprietary AAX format which doesn’t have the bug/flaw. I use a lot of DAW’s including Cubase, Studio One, Reaper and sometimes Cakewalk so I’ve just avoided all but Pro Tools whenever I can, just due to this bug/flaw.

Hopefully they won’t repeat this mistake when they come out with EZD4 but that doesn’t help those of us on EZD3. Even then, it will be a different plugin so it probably still won’t directly open existing projects done with EZD.

My recommendation, rather than spending the time to export/import pc to mac for everything all at once, it might be more efficient to just export/import each time you need to work on one of those older sessions. Guess it depends on how many projects you have and how long you’ll still have your PC rig all set up to be able to load the old projects for settings export.

Reply To: EZD3 and Reaper – can’t move between mac and windows version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

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Thanked by: KVP

[Chris Presnell]

There is one other way to get around this issue but you probably won’t like it… the AAX version of EZD3 doesn’t have this issue so if you use Pro Tools, cross-platform sessions work FLAWLESSLY.

For me, that’s fine when I’m working with other studios but the local musicians where I live are using less expensive DAW’s and that means I still deal with the VST issue.

Another way that I get around this issue is I’m running a 2018 mac mini with BootCamp so I can boot into either macOS or Windows 10. I’ve got all my software installed in both partitions so I can simply reboot to open a file made on the other platform. It is a major pain to have to switch OS during a work day, then back again since I prefer to be in macOS for running DAW’s, Windows for 3d design.

Reply To: EZD3 and Reaper – can’t move between mac and windows version: 3.0.6

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Thanked by: ShidoStrife

[Chris Presnell]

No, there aren’t any updates. Seems like Toontrack screwed up and used a different plugin ID code on Windows and Mac for EZD3. So if they changed that ID on one platform, that would break it for all existing sessions/project on that platform. Only solution I can see is to wait for EZD4 and hope they don’t repeat that same critical mistake.

I posted the workaround earlier in this thread. Just be sure you save your EZD3 settings along with your DAW session/project file. Then once you open the file on the other computer platform, insert another EZD3 instance on the same track (so it will share all MIDI data, FX and track routing) and load that EZD3 settings file you saved while booted in the other computer platform. So in the end, you’ll have a disabled instance of EZD3 inserted while booted in the other operating system plus one instance that works fine. When you switch back to the other platform, the instances will be reversed as far as which one is disabled but it should continue to work fine. If you make any changes to EZD3 settings, be sure to re-save the settings and re-load them when you get back to the other operating system.

Yes, it’s a few extra steps. Yes, it’s not seamless. Yes, it works.

Reply To: EZD3 and Reaper – can’t move between mac and windows version: 3.0.6

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Thanked by: ShidoStrife and Glenn Stanton

[Chris Presnell]

It’s been a while since I’ve used Cubase because it was always throwing up obstacles when I’d try to do my most common (and sometimes simple) tasks I perform regularly in Pro Tools but I do have Cubase 12 Pro as well. If EZD3 is on its own track and you route the plugins outputs to separate aux tracks for snare, kick, etc., there might be a way to route both the Win plugins separate outs as well as the Mac plugins separate outs to the aux tracks for snare, kick, etc. In Pro Tools, I would simply make a bus for each separate drum so I could output both Win and Mac EZD3 snare outputs to that bus. Then I set the Snare’s aux track input to that bus so it can receive from either Win or Mac instance/track of EZD3’s snare outputs.

That’s how I’d do it in Pro Tools or Reaper. Cubase must have something similar.

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Thanked by: Tony Lindh

[Chris Presnell]

Version 3.0.6 is out so I installed it as well as the most current Reaper. Same issue. VST created in the opposite O.S. is disabled when loaded.

Maybe this will get fixed on the next update.

Reply To: EZD3 and Reaper – can’t move between mac and windows version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)

[Chris Presnell]

Glad it wasn’t just us. Thanks for double-checking on that! Saved me the hassle of an install/uninstall of Cubase.

The workaround we’re using is to save the kit and zip/transfer it along with the Reaper project. Then we just have two separate instances of EZD3, one instanced from Windows, one instanced from MacOS but both using the same ezd3p file to setup the kit, mixer and MIDI input mapping. Yes, a pain but at least it’s not a show-stopper.

I hope a fix for this will be in the next EZD3 update. Until the, at least there is a workaround.

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