Re: Z3TA from PC to Mac issues
2013/12/05 16:34:34
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I've been doing some more research.
So usually it is possible to trick your daw into opening up another plugin by replacing it's ID.
Every plugin has an ID and you can edit it with a hex editor. I've done this succesfully with Kontakt so that my projects with Kontakt 4 open up with Kontakt 5. Native instruments use new IDs with each plugin as there can be incompatibility problems. For me this outweights a bigger problem of having to reprogram all my projects when i upgrade plugins.
Also plugins between Mac and PC usually have the same ID so projects can work cross platform. Z3ta has a different ID on the mac from the PC as the mac uses a newer vst3 specification. However these ID's are harder to hack as they are 16 characters long. Whereas vst2 IDs are only 4 characters long.
If i could wrap the Mac vst3 Zt3a into a vst2 plugin i could create a 4bit ID. I can't see Cakewalk having the resources to update their PC plugin to vst3 so maybe i need to improve my hacking skills.