Ah, silly me, they are indeed working, downloading AP9 now on Firefox.....thanks much..

Thanks @Torsten, hopefully this more open view of the beta progress for the entire community will lead to fewer bugs make it out of beta! 👍

Am I missing something here?

I installed the beta of Acid PRO 9.0 x64 (9.03 b29) and pointed it at the three VST folders I have for x64, VST3 and x86 VSTs. Acid has picked up none of the 32 bits soft synths at all, but has picked up all the vendors names. (GForce, Arturia, etc....)

Edit: it doesn't seem to have picked up any of the 32bits effects either.

Edit #2: None reported as failed, none reported as ignored, and none reported as unavailable

I want to do this but I have AP8 installed. Probably a dumb question but if I install the beta version of AP8 will that open as a separate application or will it overwrite the copy I have?

Am I missing something here?

I installed the beta of Acid PRO 9.0 x64 (9.03 b29) and pointed it at the three VST folders I have for x64, VST3 and x86 VSTs...

Edit: it doesn't seem to have picked up any of the 32bits effects either.

Edit #2: None reported as failed, none reported as ignored, and none reported as unavailable

1. Have you tried to "force rescan"?

2. There is an issue with WAVES Plugins, these only work as VST3 Version in ACID. Since all WAVES plugins are available as VST3, the new ACID betas should automatically exchange WAVES VST2 plugins with the VST3 version when loading projects containing WAVES plugins.

I want to do this but I have AP8 installed. Probably a dumb question but if I install the beta version of AP8 will that open as a separate application or will it overwrite the copy I have?

I am afraid that it will overwrite the previous AP8 version. So make sure that you keepthe previous version installer as backup. Switching between Acid versions is quite fast - if you want to go back to a previous AP8 version, deinstall the AP8 and run the old installer - should be done in about 5 minutes.

BTW AP8 and AP9 can be installed in parallel on the computer.

I want to do this but I have AP8 installed. Probably a dumb question but if I install the beta version of AP8 will that open as a separate application or will it overwrite the copy I have?

I am afraid that it will overwrite the previous AP8 version. So make sure that you keepthe previous version installer as backup. Switching between Acid versions is quite fast - if you want to go back to a previous AP8 version, deinstall the AP8 and run the old installer - should be done in about 5 minutes.

BTW AP8 and AP9 can be installed in parallel on the computer.

OK, thank you for the response. Good to see the Magix staff on the forums too!

I have just started using the updated version and I'm happy to report that so far all the presets I had lost on legacy plug ins are now back and usable again. Thank you to the team for working on this and getting it fixed.

Ok, to start, the only issue that I've had re: VST's and VSTI's, is that not all of the plugins load on startup. Sometimes none appear in the list, sometimes only 32 bit plugins are in the list, and other times only the 64 bit plugins are in the list. What I have found, is when this happens, I use the Configure VST utility, which then shows all plugins. There are times when everything loads and appears in the list.

This behavior happens whether I open the program from the Taskbar Icon, or a Desktop Icon, or if I double click a saved project to open it. It's a very random occurrence.

So this morning I did an experiment, and since regardless of how I open Acid Pro 9 the issue would occur, I opened it with the Taskbar Icon. I opened and closed the program with this method 10 times.

When I opened the program, all VST's (effects and Softsynths) only loaded completely and were available 4 times.

Only 32bit plugins were recognized 3 times, and 3 times only the 64bit plugins were recognized.

I'm using a 6 year old HP laptop with Windows 10, with all the latest updates.

For me, this issue has occurred starting with all builds of AP8 and AP9.

HTH

Just have a quick test, Adding the Air riser(32bit) to Acid Pro 9(x64), It load but no respond to my input. Loading AAS Player(x64) and it works.

The rewire problem seems have progress, when I start it on my rewire host it start and show me it is using rewire device driver.But it doesnt connected behind the scene. Acid dont send sound to my rewire host and not respond midi message from there.

I installed the new version and now none of my vst from vstplugins and stainberg/vstplugins show up only vst3s and acid vsts??? going back to older version.

Just when I think acid is back, I get dissapointed, I dont think they will get the acid right, everytime I see an update its gets worse and worse :(

I installed the new version and now none of my vst from vstplugins and stainberg/vstplugins show up only vst3s and acid vsts??? going back to older version.

Yep, that's what I am getting too. I even tried it on another system - same result. ACID 9.0x beta doesn't pick up any 32 bit VSTs. Did your installation (weirdly) pick up the vendor names though>? Mine did.

First, Thank you Magix for trying to fix the multitude of problems with Acid (8 & 9) 64bit. With that said, the new build for A9 has a small problem with disabling an effect in a plugin chain. It seems you can't by pass an effect by unchecking it with your mouse. You now have to right click and choose 'by pass'. It does this on every computer I have so it seems to be a program issue not a computer issue. Sorry to add to you list of problems but....

Update - I went along to PROFILE\AppData\Local\MAGIX\ACID Pro\9.0 and deleted the XML files there and restarted the Acid 9x64 beta. This time it loaded all of the 32 bit VSTs (which is good) and none of the 32 bit soft synths, (which is bad). It loaded the 64 bits soft synths fine, though. Is there anything I can provide to assist with debugging?

Is there anything I can provide to assist with debugging?

Thanks for your feedback and offer to help. Please tell us some examples for 32 Bit soft synths (manufacturer, name) which do not load (that means they are not scanned/recognized, or they fail when trying to use/instantiate them?)

Please note that the Magix softsynth instruments which are coming with ACID only show up as 64 Bit by purpose, and when loading 32 Bit projects containing 32 Bit Magix Synth they are automatically replaced with their 64 Bit counter part.

uad works fine on bus tracks but not on main audio tracks, buffer errors no matter what settings. offline render or normal render issues. East west Play works great but forgets the loaded preset on reload.

I installed the new version and now none of my vst from vstplugins and stainberg/vstplugins show up only vst3s and acid vsts??? going back to older version.

Yep, that's what I am getting too. I even tried it on another system - same result. ACID 9.0x beta doesn't pick up any 32 bit VSTs. Did your installation (weirdly) pick up the vendor names though>? Mine did.

Mine did not even pick up vendor names only the ones that I had installed as a vst3

He tested what interests me the most - Beatmapper.

So far it looks very good.
The project opens and remembers setting Mark points in the music track. I presets in VST.

I only have VST effects VST3. But I didn't check the directory settings. I had to test the most important part in the heat, why I am still with the ACID program - Beatmapper.

I will work at the last stable AP8, but boy - good job.

I had to authorize AP 8 again with this beta.

I installed Acid Pro 8 beta today. At the first launch, it requested a plug-in folder.I skipped this step because I don't use 32 bit plugins.I'll see if it detected 64 bit correctly.So far a very big improvement in Beatmapper operation and setting the tempo in the grid. Good markers, that's good.He doesn't lose them in saved projects.I think it works smoother, better, the sound also.There is no problem with disappearing waveforms when zooming.Bravo Magix.

Neither beta version could find my Slate Digital FG-X plugin. I tried uninstalling / reinstalling. I tried putting the plugin in its own folder and having Acid scan that folder. I tried both the 32 & 64 bit versions of the plugin. I reverted back to AP8 build 233 which does find the Slate Digital plugin, although it will not remember the project settings.

Is there anything I can provide to assist with debugging?

Thanks for your feedback and offer to help. Please tell us some examples for 32 Bit soft synths (manufacturer, name) which do not load (that means they are not scanned/recognized, or they fail when trying to use/instantiate them?)

Please note that the Magix softsynth instruments which are coming with ACID only show up as 64 Bit by purpose, and when loading 32 Bit projects containing 32 Bit Magix Synth they are automatically replaced with their 64 Bit counter part.

@Frank_Fader

Attached is a folder list view of the 32 bit VST folder on my system. The folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Vstplugins. That folder has been added to the VST Plugin Manager and 'force rescan' was selected. Not one of these plug-ins is available in the beta of Acid 9x64, and none are reported as having failed either.

Edit: Not to throw in a grenade here, but the other DAW on my system picks all of these up fine.