Disabling Multi-Mono AudioSuite AAX

Audio Plugins
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Hello community,

We’re working on porting two effect plugins to AAX format. An issue that we have run up against is that Pro Tools offers ‘multi-mono mode’ for Audio Suite, but our plugin does not support this mode (it would break stereo information generated within the plugin). I found this flag:JucePlugin_AAXDisableMultiMono. This seemed promising, but had no effect on Pro Tools offering Multi-Mono mode for our AudioSuite plugins. An additional bit of information: Our plugins do *not* show up as multi-mono options as plugin inserts; this is only an issue with AudioSuite.

Does there exist a way to allow AudioSuite plugins to *only* run in 'Multi-Input Mode?'

Thank you for your time!

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That’s unfortunate. I don’t see a way of doing this. I think you’ll have to detect when you’re in mono + audiosuite and pop up a message to the user.

Might be a good idea to log this with Avid too, it would be a good function to add to the AAX SDK.

3

You can do it but you have to modify the description options in the wrapper. Ask Claude.ai for assistance and it should be able to help you.

Rail

4

From the AAX SDK in JUCE repo:

    /** \brief The Effect wants multi-input mode only (no mono mode option)
     *
     *  \note See bug \ref PT-258560
     *
     *  \li Apply this property at the \ref AAX_IEffectDescriptor level
     *  \li This property is only applicable to offline processing
     *
     *  \legacy Was pluginGestalt_MultiInputModeOnly
     */
    AAX_eProperty_MultiInputModeOnly = 108,

That bug PT-258560 might be your problem.