I have just installed Logic on a new 2020 MacBook Pro (with the M1 chip) and in transferring Waves plugins from my previous MacBook (Air) they are listed in the plug manager as validated (they all have up to date licenses) but do not load in Logic. I have tried everything I can without success. Help Please!!
You need to run Logic in Rosetta mode, not M1 mode. Then your plug-ins will work fine. Although Waves does not support them, they do appear to work OK.
To choose Rosetta mode, go to the Applications folder and right click on Logic App. Check the box that says "Open using Rosetta".
Once Waves says its plugins are compatible with M1, then do the same but uncheck the box and Logic will run in M1 mode.
You need to run Logic in Rosetta mode, not M1 mode. Then your plug-ins will work fine. Although Waves does not support them, they do appear to work OK.
To choose Rosetta mode, go to the Applications folder and right click on Logic App. Check the box that says "Open using Rosetta".
Once Waves says its plugins are compatible with M1, then do the same but uncheck the box and Logic will run in M1 mode.
The issue here isn't Big Sur but the M1 chip architecture.
Big Sur is a universal binary so it will install different code on an Intel based Mac than it will on an M1 Mac.
The Waves plugs (v12) will work in Big Sur on the Intel chip set but not on the M1 chip set - yet.
The waves plugins (like a lot of other manufacturers) are having trouble with Rosetta 2 on the M1 Macs so the M1 based Macs are not translating the Intel based plugs properly which is why they don't work. Waves are working on M1 native code which makes sense. If a piece of code is not working on Rosetta 2 I suppose it makes more sense to spend the time writing native code than it does to try and tweak existing code. It might take a few months though.
From the Waves website:
CPU
Intel Core i5 / i7 / i9 / Xeon
Apple M1 (ARM-based) processors are not yet supported.
Memory
8 GB RAM
8 GB free disk space on the system drive
Operating System
10.13.6, 10.14.6, 10.15.7, 11.0.1 (Intel only).
We, unfortunately, have a triple issue here. When an OS makes a non incremental leap, you get a fair amount of breakage. When Logic makes a .0 leap (10.6.x) you get a fair amount of new bugs. When hardware architecture changes you get at least a 6 month re-coding period. Some software won't make the transition at all!!
Right now, we have all 3 of these things at once. The chip architecture isvery impressive but it's going to take a little while for 3rd party software to catch up.
I think you need to have Waves vers. 12 to make it work with Big Sur...My 2 cents
I've made an incredibly exciting discovery last night, and I'm trying to share it with as many people who are using M1 Macs and are having an issue with Waves' plugins. Here's a link to the fix!
Enjoy making music on your M1 !!!
I have Waves 12, so don't think that can be the problem.
Thanks, but already tried that. Doesn't work. Have been forced to return the MacBook Pro with the M1 to Apple, and revert to 'old technology'.
Just did it yesterday myself. Works great for me.
Waves Plug ins not loading in Logic after migrating to MacBook Pro (2020)
