I’ve just upgraded from Nuendo 2 to Nuendo 5, and my directx plugins no longer seem to work. I saw something on the Cubase forum suggesting that Directx plugins are no longer supported. This can’t be true, can it?
I’m surprised the topic is not previously mentioned in this forum (maybe it’s in the archives, but they don’t seem to be searchable). Since I skipped several versions, I guess I missed the massive outcry of protest that MUST have occurred when Steinberg phased out directx support. What was Steinberg’s justification for this? Surely I’m not the only one with an investment in plugins they can no longer use.
When you upgrade a 7 year old system you must expect changes. When DX support was dropped there were a few complains, particularly for Cubase users. By now, we’ve all moved on.
According to the Cubase response, no one if any people were aware DX was to be dropped. There was no announcement before the release of Cubase 4. Anyway, that’s the past.
As far as DX replacements… That will surely be a bummer for a bit till you have it sorted. You will have to go to your old projects and either substitute the new plug, or what I did, print all the tracks with the effects on them then all new projects from there on had replacement plugs.
Thanks Biss. Now that my frustration has subsided, I find I really don’t have all that many dx plugins that I use very often -already have VST replacements for some of them. But I do have a couple I’ll probably try out the dxshell on.