Supported Hosts for the Source Elements products and plugins

The following table includes a list of all Source Elements products and plugins, and the DAWs, VST and Audio Unit hosts they are compatible with. The list also includes send-only DAWs and their limitations.

Not all hosts are suitable for Source Elements software because many hosts are “editors” and not “mixing” hosts”. If you can record, for example, your microphone input with a live reverb, then your host should be suitable.

As a rule of thumb, Source Elements support all Audio Unit hosts, and real-time VST (accepting live input) hosts that support VST 2.3 plug-ins and above.

	Source-Connect Link	Source-Nexus Plugins (I/O, Review, Mute-On)	Source-Nexus Legacy (1.2 or earlier)	Other legacy software (Source-Talkack, Source-VC)
Ableton Live	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
Adobe Audition	Only sends OUT, cannot receive audio from a remote party and record them.			No
Cakewalk Sonar	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
Cubase	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
Digital Performer	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
Fairlight Audio Bridge	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
GarageBand*	Only sends OUT, cannot receive audio from a remote party and record them.			No
Logic Pro	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
Merging Technologies Pyramix	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
Nuendo	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
Plogue Bidule	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
Pro Tools	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	Yes
Reaper	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
SADiE	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No
Sony Vegas	Only sends OUT, cannot receive audio from a remote party and record them.			No
Studio One	Yes	64-bit only	Yes (including 32bit)	No

^*^{GarageBand will pin your session at 44.1kHz when most connect at 48kHz as the current standard.}

Source Elements Plugin and External Communication Platforms

Source-Nexus I/O (legacy and Suite versions) and Source-Nexus Review are also compatible with communication platforms such as the Source-Nexus Gateway, Zoom, Skype, Google Meet and web-based applications.

Unsupported DAWs

These hosts have been found to not work with Source Elements plugins due to the way that they are configured to use plugins or due to incompatibilities. Note that these are not DAWs - they are audio editing programs and, therefore, do not run plugins in real-time. They can only be used to record on the VO side for backups (on Mac). On Windows, whether or not you can record with these depends on the audio interface and whether or not a true multi-client ASIO driver has been provided by the interface manufacturer. Windows will not share most plug and play audio drivers that install automatically when you plug the interface in.

Twisted Wave
Bias Peak
Tracktion
Audacity
Sony Sound Forge
FL Studio

Available Tutorials

Source-Connect Link sample sessions to get you started.
Audio Hosts tutorials
- Ableton Live
  - This tutorial applies to all versiones. While the document specifies using the VST version, it applies equally to using the Audio Units version. Access the following help article: Source-Connect_AbletonTutorial.
- Logic Pro
  - Download this example session for Source-Connect 3.9.
  - Please note that 3.7 is no longer supported. The file above needs to be followed with this tutorial (Source-Connect - Logic and ReWire), which is designed for Source-Connnect 3.8 and 3.9.
VST Hosts tutorials
- Adobe Audition
- Ableton Live
- Cakewalk Sonar
- Cubase/Nuendo: additional Nuendo/Cubase tutorials. Many thanks to Max from Red Facilities, Edinburgh, for providing these tutorials.
- Reaper:

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