I came here to search for and inquire about exactly this scenario - an M1 running the host sequencer, with VEPro on high-RAM slaves.   All we need is the VEP plugin to work (MAS for me, AU for others). 

I am considering adding an M1 for exactly this purpose, but if native support is months away for VEPro plugins (server can wait), I might not get an M1 and add another slave instead.

@Michael Canavan said:

 One thing that's missing from this conversation in general is this. It would be absolutely fantastic to get the plug in VEP in VST, MAS, AU etc. ported to Apple Silicon first. this seem entirely possible and solves a major issue with Apple Silicon Macs in general, i.e. you could run your DAW (well most DAWs at this point anyway), in native and host x86 plug ins on a VEP server on an older Mac or PC. 

  Yeah I have to say I don't get it at all? 

If Vienna released the VEP plug in as native Apple Silicon, they could make a strong argument for new customers to purchase VEP7 to run plug ins on their old machines as VEP slaves, that currently do not work in M1 macs.

 Currently it seems that the plug in works as an x86 under Rosetta, but it's mixed results. The MAS version doesn't work for instance. 

 I just think it's weird, I would think getting the plug in version of VEP out quickly would be a priority, but I don't know the mechanisms at place. 

Agreed, first order of business is the plugin, one may simply use slaves for the samples, being able to instantiate VEP on the host machine is only truly needed if the local host is all there is.

Since the new Macbook Pros can have up to 64GB of RAM, there is increased reason for VSL to make a Silicon-native version of VEP.

This really can't come soon enough.  Truly begging for VEP native Apple Silicon  at this point and sending all the good vibes/well wishes and anticipatory gratitude to the amazing programmers at VSL to make this happen!  (especially MAS for DP which is already ARM native!).

@evang42 said:

This really can't come soon enough.  Truly begging for VEP native Apple Silicon  at this point and sending all the good vibes/well wishes and anticipatory gratitude to the amazing programmers at VSL to make this happen!  (especially MAS for DP which is already ARM native!).

 Update is out, still no M1 support. 

It's really sad, and in my opinion poor customer relations that VSL have provided no information on their plans and timeline for M1 compatibility for about a year now.

I've always felt that VSL is a PC centric company from comments by the developers/programmers. It's likely they develop on PC first and then port over to MacOS which often results in disregard of Mac development guidelines and aesthetic issues as well as slow adoption when Apple makes changes to the OS.

They are not willing to officially say so, but I do believe VSL would actually prefer if everyone just used PCs.

Hi guys, 

We'd love to get to M1 upport right away and it is high on our list, but the transition to iLok is our top priority right now. 

All our developers are working on Mac and have done so for years. It doesn't matter to us which OS our users prefer. 

Best, 
Paul

@Paul said:

Hi guys, 

We'd love to get to M1 upport right away and it is high on our list, but the transition to iLok is our top priority right now. 

All our developers are working on Mac and have done so for years. It doesn't matter to us which OS our users prefer. 

Best, 
Paul

@Paul said:

Hi guys, 

We'd love to get to M1 upport right away and it is high on our list, but the transition to iLok is our top priority right now. 

All our developers are working on Mac and have done so for years. It doesn't matter to us which OS our users prefer. 

Best, 
Paul

I'm sure it doesn't help that PACE is taking their sweet time to release m1 native build and all the various support files developers need to build their own m1 native versions.  Seems like every single developer that relies on iLok has been at a standstill for the past year as far as I can tell, just waiting on PACE.

Just another user using Silicon and dreaming of getting VEPRO natively soon. 
Thanks VSL Team for working hard on this once you are done with the iLok transition :)

@Dan Wool said:

Thanks for the update! Is a native VE Pro MAS plugin version in the works as well? As you may know the MAS version doesn't work in Rosetta2. My templates rely on the functionality in the MAS plugin. Thx.

Any updates on this VSL?  Are we at least getting closer?  I can't put into words how badly I need Apple Silicon native VEP and MAS-plugin for my workflow.  Sending all the well wishes and good vibes to the entire dev team!

Evan

Hi, 

Our transition to iLok is still our #1 priority, but native Silicon support is high on the to-do list after this. Thanks for your patience!

Best,
Paul

@Paul said:

Hi, 

Our transition to iLok is still our #1 priority, but native Silicon support is high on the to-do list after this. Thanks for your patience!

Best,
Paul

Just adding my voice to the chorus of how urgently native Silicon support is needed.

I am running on an M1 Max computer now and over the weekend at a live performance, VI Pro instances caused MainStage to crash. So I went completely silent onstage while the actors had to improvise around it (I work in theater). Oof. 

So now I'm scrambling to find a new (old) computer, or start migrating away from VSL instruments so I can have a stable environment during live shows. 

@J.H. said:

...So now I'm scrambling to find a new (old) computer, or start migrating away from VSL instruments so I can have a stable environment during live shows.