FabFilter

Status: verified · last checked 2026-08-10

Second-hand reports, not a compatibility guarantee — nobody here retested this. Read the caution before relying on it.

Runs under yabridge. Long-standing community favourite for bridged use; one open crash report in REAPER.

Caveats and fixes

VST2 instances that share data between each other (Pro-Q 3) must be hosted in one process — set up a plugin group.
Not needed for the VST3 versions, which always share a process.

Date	Report	Environment	Source
2024-08-28	Crash with FabFilter plugins, suspected host latency change	REAPER	#364 (open, reported by sidoka-contact)
2026-08-10	Plugin-group requirement for data-sharing VST2 instances	any host	yabridge known issues
2025-06-17	'Fabfilter plugins - work via Yabridge'	Zorin OS 17.3, REAPER, Wine 9.0	Gearspace thread post #1 (Ellery Daines), read via the Internet Archive
2025-09-27	Whole suite still working; menus in the CLAP versions render small	Zorin OS 17.3, REAPER, Wine 9.21 via Bottles	Gearspace thread post #20 (same poster)