3rd party plugins greyed out in logic 11.2 during session

I've noticed since updating to Logic 11.2 that many third party plugins are greyed out during session and when re-opening a project. I had an instance of Serum 2 loaded on one track and then duplicated the track while I was browsing presets and wanted to create a new track with that preset loaded. Normally in Logic 11.1.2 these tracks would be duplicated and Serum 2 loaded and available on the duplicated tracks.

In 11.2 the duplicated tracks are greyed out and I cannot get the plugin to load by double clicking on the greyed out instance. I have to manually reload the plugin and find the preset again.

But when I save and reopen the plugin these tracks are once again greyed out and require manual loaded of the plugin again.

It's not just Serum 2, but any of my third party plugins are also impacted by this issue. I've looked online and seen many other people report this issue, but cannot find any answers that resolve this issue.

I've downgraded back to 11.1.2 but would love to know how to get 11.2 working without these greyed out plugins, which totally destroy workflow and the ability to recall projects. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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Posted on May 30, 2025 9:15 PM

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Posted on May 31, 2025 4:43 AM

Go Here: Feedback - Logic Pro - Apple
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Jul 27, 2025 4:59 PM in response to Johne154

Thanks for the words of support @Johne154.

I'm not letting it frazzle me. I took a deep breath and installed the free version of Luna. All of my instruments are back (in silicon-native mode). Plus, I like the tape machine & console familiarity of the GUI in Luna.

My concern about learning a new DAW was misplaced. One of Luna's features is, with one click, Luna changes all of its key commands to Logic's so the transition has been relatively painless.

I was able to program, record, and mix and new song in one day yesterday in Luna. I'm 3/4's of the way finished with a second song today (and I haven't had to delete and re-install my DAW once).

There was a concern Luna wouldn't be as flexible with tempos and time signatures but its tempo detector and new instrument detector work really well.

The only thing I've found that Luna is missing that Logic has is a stem separator. No worries because I have Steinberg's SpectraLayers 12 for that.

I'll keep my eye on this space for when Apple gets its act together with Logic and 3rd-party instruments (unless their intent all along was to sidetrack us into running 3rd-party instruments in Rosetta). ;-)