I received my copy of GGD Zilla a few days ago and am very happy with the sounds I am getting.
However, the performance of the plugin on my Macbook Pro 2017/16GB GP3.8 is not great.
The AU Plugin doesn’t load in GigPerformer (failed to initialise)
The VSt3 Plugin works, but it is performing strangely, sometimes Audio just cuts out when I switch to the rack space of the plugin or try to load a new cab or preset, and it seems to fully block the output of my Apogee JamPlus. Sometimes sound comes back after a few seconds, which can be up to like 20 seconds, sometimes it stays mute. In this case I need to restart my Mac to get things running again. If I switch to a different rackspace in GigPerformer, which disables the GGD Plugin, I get Audio back. There seem to be some processes that slow down the computer or some incompatibility? Anyone else any experiences with GGD?
Ok I rescanned all Plugins, but it didn’t make a difference. Rescanned failed plugins, no difference.
The AU version shows up and works flawlessly in Logic Pro. I can load presets and it takes just a second to load even the largest presets with 8 IRs in Logic, no problem. It seems to be an issue if I try to load larger presets with more than 2 or 3 IRs in GP, then it hangs, and the rackspace gives a clicking sound like disabling the output. I still get levels in the meters, but the output is dead and cannot be gotten back even if I remove the GGD plugin from that rack space. The other rackspaces in the gig file still work. It’s the same on my 2 different interfaces (Apogee and IK Multimedia) as well as the internal audio.
Hmmm. It is strange that the VST2/3 versions of the plugin would behave so differently.
Do you have the same audio settings? These are Its which means you have to be careful about the sample rate. Do you have the same sample rate in both Logic and GP?
Could you contact GGD and report this issue to them. It also does not make sense that the AU edition of the plugin cannot be validated unless its 32bit only or something else out of the ordinary and supported only by Apple.
This is very similar to what I was getting with another IR plugin (faIRmageddon by forward audio). But I was able to replicate it in Reaper and reported it to their dev. It’s now been fixed and works correctly in GP.
In the case of faIRmagedon it was related to mono/stereo as the clicking and disabled output would always occur if I had the IRs internally panned hard left or right (only outputting on 1 channel). And it also caused problems with particular plugins after it like Valhalla Room and bx_rooms. But thankfully all fixed now.