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Apple Silicon – Installation/Activation instructions for our legacy VST (.vst) and AU (.component) plugins

To maximize compatibility across the widest range of historical platforms, as well as continue to leverage our 100% bug-free legacy VST/AU platform right up to today’s latest hardware and macOS updates, our current generation of plugins (including Poly-AnaSCAMP, and Stunning Phaser) are still Intel-based and have not been digitally signed by Apple. As such, modern macOS security will try to block them by default.

Not to worry! To get them running, you just need to perform a one-time “security handshake” with your Mac.

1. Install Your Plugin

Unzip the .component (AU) and/or .vst file that you downloaded from this website and copy it to its usual folder:

  • AU: Macintosh HD / Library / Audio / Plug-Ins / Components
  • VST: Macintosh HD / Library / Audio / Plug-Ins / VST

2. Clear the Security Gatekeeper (The Terminal Step)

Before opening your DAW, you must remove the “quarantine” flag that Apple places on non-notarized files.

  1. Open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal).
  2. Type the following command (replace StunningPhaser.component with whichever plugin you are installing):
    sudo xattr -cr /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/components/StunningPhaser.component
  3. Press Enter.
  4. Type your Mac Admin Password when prompted. (Note: You won’t see any characters as you type—just hit Enter when finished).

3. Run Your DAW in Rosetta Mode

Because these plugins were built for Intel processors, your Mac needs to use its “Rosetta 2” translator to run them inside your DAW.

  • Find your DAW (Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase, etc.) in your Applications folder.
  • Right-click the app icon and select Get Info.
  • Check the box that says “Open using Rosetta.”
  • Restart your DAW and perform a plugin scan.

A Note on the Future

This marks the “end of the line” for our original platform plugins. We are currently migrating to a new code platform that will support Apple Silicon natively for all future releases. (And because of our Upgrade Protection Policy, version 1.x licensees already have a license for those future 2.x updates! We only want to sell you our products once!) And until then, these steps will keep your favorite Admiral Quality plugins working perfectly in your modern studio.

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Stunning Phaser 1.0.0 Released! 50% Off Sale!

Stunning Phaser 1.0.0
50% Off!
Our products…

Stunning Phaser has been mature, working and tested as 100% bug-free for some time now, but we still owed you some presets and a User Manual, so here they are! This makes it official, Stunning Phaser 1.0 is feature-complete and is now the best new stereo (or mono) phaser plugin you didn’t know you needed! Producers, keyboardists and guitarists alike simply have to plug it in and take it for a test drive to immediately hear why, but a quick glance at its front panel will tell you there’s a lot more going on here than the typical three or four controls we expect on the usual phaser effect. LFO modulation is there, of course, and with twists we’re famous for like our Gliss-quanti feature that chops up LFO waves into musical intervals, and the same kind of envelope follower capability found in our SCAMP filter effect and famous Poly-Ana virtual-analog synthesizer, that adds lively, organic feeling animation to the phaser modulation based on the input audio performance. This one does some things you’ve likely never heard from any phaser before, solid or software!

Stunning Phaser also provides controls to simulate the flaws in analog circuit behavior; non-linearities, clipping, and imprecise frequency tuning between the phaser stages. You can have as much of those as you’d ever want, or dial them right back down to digital perfection – your choice! And what would an Admiral Quality product be without a — you guessed it — Quality control? You can throw CPU power at it for the most accurate phaser model you’ve ever heard, or dial it back down for economical performance (like every other phaser plug-in is stuck at!) Again, your choice! But our C++ code is fast and efficient, so even at the highest Quality setting (16x internal oversampling!), you’ll likely rarely need to turn it down.

Beyond LFO and envelope follower, the third modulation source Stunning Phaser offers is… you! Stunning Phaser takes MIDI CC# input for the two most performable controls, so use your favorite MIDI hardware expression pedals or controller keyboards to play it manually (or in combination with the LFO and envelope followers) — wah-wah/Uni-Vibe style! And of course, every control can be automated by your host software, and nobody implements flexible controls interfaces like we do — letting the user control preference of and switch on-the-fly between Linear, Circular, and Circular-Relative knob modes! Other real-world inspired interface features like knob “detents” that snap to “sweet spots” and draggable sliders (much easier to time musically than clicking – though that works too) demonstrate the same attention to detail and reproducing a natural-feeling physical interface experience that all our products share.

To celebrate, we’re offering Stunning Phaser and all our other products at 50% Off for a limited time (now HELD OVER for a few more days!) And if you’re a new customer and would like even more savings, this is a great time to jump on our Make Me One With Everything bundle deal that will save you a further $20 when you buy all our products together at once!

All our products are free to try, no time limits, you can even save and recall your work. So download them all right now and throw them into your latest project and get straight to real work with them — always the best way to evaluate software!

New: Installation on Apple Silicon.