yabridge compatibility tracker › ToneBoosters
Status: confirmed broken · last checked 2026-08-10
Second-hand reports, not a compatibility guarantee — nobody here retested this. Read the caution before relying on it.
Bridged ToneBoosters plugins show a black window instead of their interface. The vendor answered the report directly: their plugins need Direct2D feature set 1.3, Wine implements up to 1.2. That is the same wall as the JUCE 8 / Direct2D 1.3 entry, and the plugin binaries were confirmed to be JUCE 8.
There is no reason to bridge these at all now — ToneBoosters ship a Linux build.
ToneBoosters publish a Linux plugin archive. The vendor's download section lists Plugin archive v2.1.8 (July 2026) for Linux; requires a 64-bit DAW with VST or VST3 support; Intel or AMD SSE2 processor; glibc version 2.31 or up, next to the Windows and macOS installers. Checked 2026-08-10 on toneboosters.com.
strings <plugin>.vst3 | grep 'JUCE v'.| Date | Report | Environment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-17 | All ToneBoosters plugins show a black screen instead of the GUI | Linux Mint 22.1, REAPER 7.36, Wine 9.21 Staging, yabridge 5.1.1, VST2 and VST3 | #419 (open) |
| 2025-04-17 | Vendor's own answer in that thread: 'modern Windows software requires Direct2D feature set v1.3 or up, while Wine only supports Direct2D up to v1.2. This is why you see a black screen' | any host | #419, quoted by the reporter |
| 2025-05-08 | Binaries confirmed to be JUCE 8, which puts this under the JUCE 8 Direct2D bug | any host | #419 (lechouette, after relaborn's strings check) |
| 2025-09-30 | 'ToneBoosters now have linux versions of the majority of their plugins. They work well.' | native | #419 (relaborn; seconded by untilde 2026-02-10) |
| 2026-08-10 | Vendor ships a Linux plugin archive, v2.1.8 (July 2026) | native, VST and VST3 | toneboosters.com |