System RequirementsMacintosh Version Windows Version
- (G3 or above) PowerPC- or Intel-based Macintosh.
- OS X 10.3.9 or higher (VST and Audio Unit versions)
- About 10 MB available RAM (in addition to that required by your system, host software, etc.)
- About 10 MB available hard disk space
- 800 x 600 screen resolution or higher
- A VST 2.0 or Audio Unit host program
- If you're using the VST version with a 64-bit host program, you could try jBridgeM, an inexpensive third-party 64-bit VST bridge program.
- VST 2.0 hosts include selected versions of:
- Ableton Live (3.0 or higher) (OS 9 version)
- Amadeus II and Pro (Good low-cost 2-track and multi-track editors)
- BIAS Peak, Peak LE, and Peak DV (3.2 and higher)
- Celemony Melodyne 2.0 or higher
- Cycling '74 Max/MSP, OS 9 version, and v. 4.3 or higher for OS X
- DSound RT Player (2.1 or higher)
- DSP-quattro 1.2
- Emagic Logic
- Mackie Tracktion
- Metro
- Plogue Bidule (beta, currently free)
- Steinberg Cubase SX and Nuendo
- TC|Works Spark XL and Spark LE (2.7.1 for OS X; any version for OS 9)
- Audio Unit hosts (OS X only) include selected versions of:
- Ableton Live (4.0 or higher)
- Amadeus II and Pro (Good low-cost 2-track and multi-track editors)
- Apple GarageBand
- Apple Logic Pro (or Emagic Logic 5.5.1 or higher)
- Apple Logic Express
- Apple Soundtrack (version 1.10 or later)
- Apple Soundtrack Pro
- Arizona AudioXplorer
- Audiofile Engineering Wave Editor
- BIAS Peak, Peak LE, and Peak DV 4.0 or higher, and Peak Pro
- Celemony Melodyne 2.0 or higher
- DSP-quattro 1.2 or higher
- Freeverse Sound Studio 3.0 or higher
- Illposed Ouroboros (free beta)
- Intuem (2.0.1 or higher)
- Metro (6.0 or higher)
- MOTU Digital Performer (version 4.1 or higher; best with 4.52 or higher)
- Numerology (version 1.2 or higher?)
- Plogue Bidule
- Rax (free beta)
- Rogue Amoeba Audio Hijack Pro
- Freeverse SoundStudio3
- SynthTest
- TC|Works Spark XL and Spark LE (2.8 or higher)
- WaveBurner
- SFX Machine RT may work with the following Audio Unit host programs, but these have not been tested. You may want to test these using the SFX Machine RT demo.
- Apple Final Cut Pro (forthcoming version?)
- Apple Final Cut Express (forthcoming version?)
- AudioXplorer
- Cycling '74 Max/MSP
- Sample Manager
- The VST to RTAS Adapter for Mac OS X from FXpansion is not supported.
- Win95 or higher
- About 5 MB available RAM (in addition to that required by your system, host software, etc.)
- About 5 MB available hard disk space
- 800 x 600 screen resolution or higher
- If you're using a 64-bit host program, you could try jBridge, an inexpensive third-party 64-bit VST bridge program.
- A VST 2.0 host program, including selected versions of:
- Ableton Live
- Adobe Audition 1.5 and 2.0 are NOT supported. These hosts may work for some users, but Audition apparently insists on loading each preset into memory the first time it runs, which can take over half an hour because SFX Machine RT has so many presets. SFX Machine RT may work correctly afterwards, if the host doesn't run out of memory and crash. Adobe's web site says: "Effects plug-in support is limited to the VST (and XFM) plug-ins that are included with the Adobe Audition 2.0 installation and the VST and DirectX technologies as they are implemented within the application. Adobe technical support does not support problems due to the use of third-party plug-ins." Until Audition provides a way to bypass this initial loading of all presets, we cannot recommend or support the use of Adobe Audition as a host for SFX Machine RT.
- Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5
- AudioMulch
- Buzz (free)
- Cakewalk Project 5
- Cakewalk VST-DX Adapter
- Cakewalk Sonar 6
- Celemony Melodyne (2.0 or higher)
- DSound RT Player
- Emagic Logic (4.2 or higher)
- FL Studio (4.0 or higher)
- Fruity Loops (3.0 or higher)
- Mackie Tracktion
- Magix Samplitude (7.0 or higher)
- MultitrackStudio
- Plogue Bidule (beta, currently free)
- Sony Acid Music Studio, Acid Pro, Vegas 6, Sound Forge 8 and Sound Forge Audio Studio 8
- Steinberg Cubase SX
- Steinberg Nuendo
- Steinberg WaveLab (3.0 or higher)
- Synapse Orion / Orion Pro / Orion Platinum
- SynthEdit
- If your host program only supports DirectX plugins, try using one of the following wrappers.
(Note: we haven't tested all combinations of these with all available host applications, but SFX Machine RT seemed to perform well with the Cakewalk VST Adapter.)
- Cakewalk VST Adapter
- Spin Audio VST-DX Wrapper Lite (free)
- Tonewise DirectiXer (30-day evaluation)
- The VST to RTAS Adapter for Windows from FXpansion is not supported.
We haven't tested SFX Machine RT with all of the above apps; if you encounter any incompatibilities, let us know so we can update this list. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions, or try the demo.
