📢 With the release of Cubase 12, Steinberg has dropped support for the VST2 format in favor of the VST3 format. This change only applies when using Cubase 12 natively.
⚠️ If you have previous Cubase sessions that used VST2 plugins instead of VST3, Cubase 12 (running natively) will not load these plugins.
There are two possible solutions:
🏃♂️ Run Cubase 12 using Rosetta
Interestingly, VST2 plugins can still be used if you run Cubase 12 through Rosetta 2 translation.
Here's how to enable it:
- Locate Cubase 12 in your Applications folder.
- Right-click and select Get Info.
- Check the box for Open using Rosetta.
🔄 Use the VST3 Format Instead
While not the easiest solution, migrating to VST3 is a much more permanent fix, as VST2 support will eventually be phased out completely.
🎯 Unfortunately, Steinberg does not currently offer an automatic migration tool to convert old sessions from VST2 to VST3.
📄 Important Note
FG-X (original version) is not available in VST3 format.
➡️ To continue using FG-X in Cubase 12, you must run Cubase using Rosetta.
🚀 We recommend replacing FG-X with the newer FG-X 2 for full native VST3 support and ongoing compatibility.
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