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Redline Series => Redline Equalizer => Topic started by: JKC on May 20, 2011, 05:31:23 PM
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I've been using Redline EQ as a VST plugin in Izotope RX Advanced with no problems. Now I have a client who wants me to clean up a Final Cut Pro project, so I want to use the AU version in Soundtrack Pro. Using it in a multitrack project, everything seems OK when I play the tracks, but when I export the mix I get a garbled sound -- sort of like someone trying to gargle water and talk at the same time. If I turn off Harmonic Distortion, the problem goes away.
Next I tried using it as an AU plugin in Izotope RX Advanced. This is a major failure. After a few clicks on controls, the UI freezes up, and I have to force quit the program.
Any of the Apple AU plugins which came with Soundtrack Pro work fine in Izotope.
I'm a recent convert to Mac, so the only other program I have that supports plugins is Amadeus Pro. When using the Redline EQ as an AU plugin, the UI works OK, but I sometimes get the same garbled sound I heard with Soundtrack Pro. When that happens, turning off Harmonic Distortion fixes the problem; then I can turn it back on and it sounds OK. Sometimes, it seems to work OK right from the start.
Redline EQ works OK as a VST plugin in Amadeus Pro.
My computer is a recent Mac Mini with 2.4 GHz Core 2 duo and 5 GB of memory, running OS X 10.6.6. Total CPU utilization remains below 20% when running the plugin, and I've got plenty of free memory.
I know Soundtrack Pro is a brain-damaged program, but using it for this project does considerably simplify my workflow. Any hints about how I might get Redline EQ to work as an AU plugin?