Stereo effects plugin summing to mono in FL studio

[d.healey]

Oh actually looks like I can set the definition through CLI, so if I export VST and AU separately I can change it in between.

[d.healey]

@orange said in Stereo effects plugin summing to mono in FL studio:

MONO TO STEREO VERSIONS ---> With different Plugin Code and Plugin name. I add - m to s afterfix to the name. Both HI_SUPPORT_MONO_TO_STEREO=1 flag and Support Mono FX is enabled

Is anything else needed? In Logic my plugin is only showing up with a mono option even though I have both of these things set. And when I try to load the plugin it gives me an error. Loading on a stereo track works fine though and everything passes in AU validator.

[orange]

@d-healey Have you tried loading the plugin on the mono channel instead of the stereo channel?

mono-to-stereo versions appear on mono channels only

Also, mono to stereo version should have a different (4 digit) Plugin Code and Plugin Name

[d.healey]

@orange said in Stereo effects plugin summing to mono in FL studio:

Have you tried loading the plugin on the mono channel instead of the stereo channel?

Yes that's what I was doing.

@orange said in Stereo effects plugin summing to mono in FL studio:

mono-to-stereo versions appear on mono channels only

Doesn't appear at all for me.

[orange]

@d-healey Does it happen if there is only mono-to-stereo version in the components folder?

Maybe AU cache needs to be cleared.

[d.healey]

@orange Yeah I only made one plugin. How do i clear the cache?

[DanH]

@d-healey

Close Logic Pro X.
Using macOS Finder go to “~/Library/Caches/AudioUnitCache/” (without the quotes).
Manually delete the com.apple.audiounits.cache file (to force a complete new plug-ins scan).
Re-open Logic Pro X.
Reboot the computer (mandatory).

[d.healey]

I'm trying to test different configurations but my plugin doesn't show up unless notarized and codesigned which is slowing me down. Is there a way to disable this so that Logic will show uncodesigned/unnotarized plugins?

[Christoph Hart]

@d-healey if you build the plugin on the same machine then it should skip the notarization test. At least if you're running on native hardware, with a VM it might be glitchy.

[d.healey]

@Christoph-Hart said in Stereo effects plugin summing to mono in FL studio:

with a VM it might be glitchy.

Curse you Apple!!!!!

[d.healey]

Aha I finally got it to work, Christoph was right, the force stereo output option must be enabled to get mono -> stereo!

However I notice that stock AU plugins show both mono -> mono and mono -> stereo under a single plugin, so this is what we should be aiming for, there shouldn't be a requirement to create two separate plugins.

This appears to be the solution https://forum.juce.com/t/how-to-enable-mono-stereo-option-for-plug-in-within-logic/41545/2

@Christoph-Hart What do you think?