AAX Silicon Native Plugin Compatibility (ARM based Macs)

⭐︎AAX Silicon Native Plugin Compatibility (ARM based Macs)

Update
*I do not have an exhaustive list of Audio Effect Plugins, but the ones I have listed are the ones that I have actually tested and are at least as accurate as those listed by Avid and Production Expert.

2024.6.20 Acustica Audio "another round of updates"
2024.5.1 Crane Song has made Phoenix II compatible with Apple Silicon.
2024.1.22 PSP FETpressor, stepDelay support Apple Silicon
2023.12.11 Altiverb 8 support Apple Silicon
2023.9.22 TC electric has made VSS 3 compatible with Apple Mx.
2023.9.7 TC Electric some Audio and Effect plugins Full Apple Mx compatibility
2023.9.30 Add Audio Modern and Credland Audio(Saled by Plugin Boutique) information.
Apogee 2 plugins support AAX ARM64
2023.9.4 East West SpacesII support AAX ARM64
2023.8.19 Plugin Alliance
"Expanded support for Apple Silicon and macOS Ventura is live now."
However, some plug-ins are not yet supported.
2023.8.7 Plugin Alliance
Metric AB version 1.4 includes support for Apple's M1 and M2 chips in all major plugin formats including, AAX for Pro Tools, a resizable UI, GUI enhancements,
2023.8.3 The Plug-In Alliance has announced that all of the plug-ins on the list will be Apple Silicon compatible by the end of August.
https://onl.sc/47YCgaY
2023.8.2 PSP Audioware
2023.7.29 iZotope
2023.6.30 additional : "BFD3 now supports Apple's "M-series" chips (Mac M1 + M2 ARM). No more need for Rosetta!"
2023.6.26 iZotope Nectar 3 Plus
2023.6.21 Empirical Labs
2023.6.19 Rare Signals,Transatlantic Plate Reverb supported AAX ARM Native from 5/22/2023 (I guess I put it on meta's Page and forgot to reflect it here. Sorry about that.)
SSL Native Drumstrip v6 compatible with AAX ARM native.
UVI has newly made Plate compatible with AAX ARM native!
2023.6.16 iZotope Neutron 3 Advanced
2023.6.12 DDMF Plugin Doctor Update but still not compatible with AAX ARM
2023.6.2 Artuira, Audio Damage (Maybe they've been compatible with this for quite some time.) Soundspot, Plugin Alliance (a question posted)
2023.5.29 Letimix
2023 5.27 iZotope Ozone 9, RX 9 AAX M1 Native start-up confirmation.
Empirical Labs test arouser BETA version.
2023.5.25 MeterPlugs
2023.5.20 Arturia ; Audio effects are still not updated for AAX ARM.
Kuassa, NEYRINCK, Pulsar Modular
2023.5.19 DDMF ; Imcopatible yet.
2023.5.18 Klevgrand
2023.5.14 Acustica Audio +Gold 5
2023.5.10 Plugin Alliance +Fielder Audio Stage
2023.5.7 Overloud +Gem Series
2023.4.21 Inphonik
2023.4.19 Sonible +smart:bundle
2023.4.14 Acustica
2023.4.13 Three-Body Technology
2023.4.12 DMG
2023.4.11 Tokyo Dawn Records
2023.4.8 Rare Signals, Slate Digital
2023.4.6 Cable Guys
2023.3.31 Signum Audio
2023.3.29  Tone Project
2023.3.27 Spectrasonics
2023.3.25 iZotope
2023.3.24 Air Effects, Air Music Instruments
2023.3.21 fabfilter
2023.3.12 AUDIO PLUGIN UNION, Native Instruments, Wave Arts, UVI, TAL Software
2023.3.8 Kilohearts, Klanghelm
2023.3.5 Pulsar Audio, Softube, BBE
2023.3.3 Solid State Logic
2023.3. Nugen Audio
2023.2.19 Newfangled Audio, Audio Ease corrected link.
2023.2.15 MDW AAX ARM not yet.
2023.2.13 Spectrasonics
2023.2.12 Inspired Acoustics, Inphonik, Mogwai Audio, Stillwell, SYNCHROARTS, TBPro Audio
2023.2.10 ApulSoft, Spectrasonics
2023.2.9 Slate Digital, D16

Verification environment
Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128G memory
macOS Monterey 12.6.4
Pro Tools 2023.03 M1 Native mode

✓: All compatible ○: Compatible (including unconfirmed) △: Partially compatible <: Planned ×: Incompatible

Plugin Alliance - Expanded support for Apple silicon and macOS Ventura is live now

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Pro Tools Apple Silicon Compatibility Chart of Production Expert

More Pro Tools AAX Plugins Get Apple Silicon Support

Avid official compatibility table

AAX Silicon Native Plugin Compatibility
※The table shows MDW, Tokyo Dawn as All, but as of 2023.2.14 I have not been able to confirm that it works in my environment.
MDW supported 2023.2.15.

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AAX ARM Compatibility Display Utility

PG PT Prefs 2（x32x64, x64, ARM, Universal, display determines Apple Silicon compatibility）

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A.O.M. ✓

• v1.15.6 [macOS, AAX] Apple Silicon Mac support. AAX-Native plugins now contain both Intel and ARM native binary. →as of 2023.1.25

Acustica ✓

2024.7.2.
"We are thrilled to announce significant updates to the complete catalog of Acqua Effects to achieve compatibility with the AAX format for Apple Silicon M computers. The new releases are Universal builds including the support for Intel's x64 architecture and Apple's Silicon M architecture in the same release, plus the latest Acqua Engine."

2024.6.20
"another round of updates with Native Apple Silicon compatibility (AAX format) for the following products;"
"These updates are free for current owners"

• Viridian 2

• Titanium 3

• Sieena Sphere

• Smoke Comp

• Smoke

• Maize

• Jet

• Aero

• Pink 4

• Graphite

• Camel

• Silver

• Fire The Bus

• Magenta 5

• Sounda

• Fire The Bus Plus

• Desert

• Cola 2

AAX M1 Compatibility update for the following products: →as of 2023.4.14
The updates are available in Aquarius "updates" section and are free for current owners. Pro Tools must run in Silicon Native (Rosetta is not supported).

• BLOND - rel B026

• CRIMSON 1.5 - rel A007

• DIAMOND LIFT 3 - rel A014

• DIAMOND TS - rel A034

• DIAMOND COLOR EQ - rel M029

• EL REY - rel X019

• FIRE THE PAN - rel A019

• FIRE THE CLIP - rel F013

• FIRE FILTERS - rel B006

• FIRE THE TILT - rel A009

• GAINSTATION 2 - rel A018

• Gold 5 v2.3.6

• GREEN 4 - rel C012

• IVORY 5 - rel A022

• LEMON 1.5 - rel A010

• LIME 2 - rel L021

• PURPLE 3.5 - rel L020

• ULTRAMARINE 4 - rel S011

The following products are currently supported as NUW (Nebula Universal Wrapper) version 2.3.6 or higher, Frost, Diamond Dynamic Saturator, Ash, Arctic. →As of 2023.1.14

PRE-REQUISITES

https://acusticaudio.freshdesk.com/support/tickets/32822
PRE-REQUISITES

1. Genuine Apple device with Silicon M SoC.

2. macOS 12.6.x operating system.

3. ILM (iLok) version 5.6.5 or superior.

4. Pro Tools version 2022.12 universal or superior version.

5. Universal AAX plug-ins, including Silicon and Intel builds.

6. Acqua Effect(s) or N4 with the Nebula Universal Wrapper (NUW) version 2.3.6 or higher.

Compatibility chart is available, but AAX Native M1 support is unknown... ← Unknown until installed, PG PT Prefs 2 scans AAX Plugin to know NUW version.

AIR △

AIR Effect 2023.2_Mac Installer all plugins compatible with AAX ARM64
AIR Music Instruments almost compatible with AAX ARM64 but Hybrid3 are not included in AIR_Instruments_Bundle_23.8.0_Mac

• Boom, DB-33, MiniGrand, Vacuum v1.2.11.7db087e

• Structure v

• XPand!2 v2.2.11.78.f793e

Apogee △

https://apogeedigital.com/my-account/installer-downloads-plugins

• Clearmountains Domain v1.3.0 support AAX ARM64

• ClearmountainsSpaces v1.0.7 support AAX ARM64

ApulSoft ✓

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
macOS 10.9 or newer on an Intel or Apple Silicon CPU (64-bit only).
Windows Vista or newer (64-bit & 32-bit supported).
A host application compatible with AudioUnits or VST2/3 plugins or Pro Tools (>10.3.5, AAX)

• apUnmask v1.0.3 Compatible with AAX ARM64 → as of 2023.2.10

Arturia ✓