Since I had to change my old (dead) Macbook Pro for a brand new one last month, it meant I got no choice but to have macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 as a brand new OS. I didn’t accept to update to a further version.
On purpose I used to stay on OS 10.9.5 and all my MAO Setup worked very well, no bugs and no crash.
But it’s different with my new computer… now I got a lot of trouble to make work my Cubase LE AI Elements 7 (32 bits) and all my plugins. I also got Cubase LE AI Elements 8 (64 bits) and decided to use it. But again a lot of troubles to make it work with my plugins.
So I updated to Cubase LE AI Elements 11. The DAW now opens without crashing, that’s already a progress
In order to fix plug ins compatibility I bought jBridgeM 0.99 version but it can’t bridge my Synth1.vst to Cubase LE AI Elements 11 :-/ I also got the Synth1.au file but jBridgeM doesn’t bridge AU to Cubase.
Is there something else I can try ?
And another question about Cubase LE AI Elements 11 :
I used Steinberg FX plug ins in a lot of my Cubase LE AI Elements 7 not available on my upgraded version. These plugins were : Brickwall Limiter, Gate, Pitch Correct and Ping Pong Delay. Why aren’t they available ?
Please, is your new Mac Intel-based or M professor-based?
You are talking about Cubase LE AI Elements. But these are 3 different editions. Which one exactly do you have, please? You can find out either as the license name in the eLCC application, or on the About screen.
My Macbook Pro runs with macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 and Apple M3.
The name is indeed “Cubase LE AI Elements 11.app” the same way for the 7 and 8 versions I still got on my Applications folder as you can see on the screenshot #1.
I got my 7 version back in 2015 when I bought an audio UR-22 audio interface.
My eLCC shows another name indeed (screenshot #2) and it shows Cubase AI 11 when I open the app (screenshot #3)
That means, you are owner of Cubase AI. Ask for the update to the latest Cubase AI 13 in this thread.
Cubase 13 is completely M-processors ready, so you can run the application naively. That also means, all the plug-ins have to support the M-processor (all Cubase build-in plug-ins support it). No VST2 plug-ins are supported here.
This means the plugins Brickwall Limiter, Gate, Pitch Correct and Ping Pong Delay are available in AI 13 ? As they were on my AI 7 version but not on my AI 11 version ?
And why could I bridge several 32 bits VST plugins in AI 13 but not Synth1 ?
Looking at your elicenser it looks like you also have a license for Elements 8…is that correct?
I suspect that’s how you had those plugins before…but that version won’t run on your new Mac so no way to get the plugs without purchasing an update (Elements 8 to 13)
And why could I bridge several 32 bits VST plugins in AI 13 but not Synth1 ?
Jbridge is not supported on Sonoma (nothing from Catalina onwards) so you’re lucky anything worked…but why are you bridging 32bit when you can download the 64bit Synth1 for free?
Hello Grim,
Thank you for the link.
With your answer and what I checked by looking at my Licenser, I guess in 2015 buying an UR-22 audio interface gave me licenses to both Cubase AI et Cubase LE. Then I downloaded the app named Cubase LE AI 7 (that’s how the app is named in my Applications folder) and it seems there’s a mix between LE and AI features.
About Synth1, it’s a VST file (not a VST3) . It worked on my old Macbook Pro and Cubase LE AI 7 (32 bits). But it doesn’t work on Cubase LE AI 8 (32 bits) and my new Macbook Pro. Doesn’t work neither with my new Cubase version.
I didn’t find a Synth1 file for 64 bits DAW for MacIntosh. Only a 64 bits AU file (and the AU files don’t work on Cubase).
But maybe I’m wrong ?
As we can see on your screenshot, you owb the following Cubase licenses:
Cubase Elements 8
Cubase AI
Cubase LE
That means, if you start Cubase Elements LE AI 8 or lower, Cubase will find Cubase Elements 8 license and it will start Cubase Elements. But if you start Cubase Elements LE AI 9 or higher, Cubase will find Cubase AI and Cubase LE licenses and it will start Cubase AI 9 or higher.
If you have multiple licenses, Cubase always takes the highest one.
Now, the question is, how does it look like in Steinberg Activation Manager. It’s possible, you can see Cubase AI and Cubase LE licenses there. If this is the case, you can also start Cubase AI 13. If not, the max version for you at this moment is Cubase AI 11 (and you have to ask for the update license).
On Mac, this means, it’s VST2 plug-in.
Are you sure, you installed 32-bit versino of Cubase on Mac with M3 processor? As far as I know, the 32-bit applications are not supported at all on the M procesors. In any case, to be able to use VST2 plug-ins on the M3 processor, you have to start Cubase in the Rosetta mode.
As I said, it doesn’t work on my new Cubase LE AI Elements 11. I can open and did a few recordings on Cubase LE AI Elements 11 (or AI 11 as it seems to “really” is) but no Synth1 available.
… and I just discovered I don’t have it the Sidechain function anymore (I had it on Cubase “LE AI” Elements 8). Or I haven’t seen it on my new Cubase “LE AI” Elemens 11 version ?
You must understand Ai, LE and Elements are three different versions. You’re still calling it the same thing, but it’s not.
The installer is the same but the license governs what features are available.
You had sidechain in Elements not in LE or AI…same as the missing plugins.
As I said earlier if you want those features then you will need to buy Cubase Elements update.
That’s what I wrote : in the first place the naming is messy (see all my previous screenshots, different names on the Applications folder and on the Licenser).
I guess I have to pay to get things back
Hello Martin,
Just to let you know I bought an update to upgrade my Cubase AI 11 version to Cubase Elements 14. I would have liked to just get an upgrade to Cubase Elements 11 for stability, but whatever.
I contacted the Steinberg Support because the upgrade failed… the Download Assistant said I got no previous license (and this isn’t true).
I’m waiting for an answer.
