Installing Syntheway Audio Units (AU) Plug-ins .component files in Apple Logic Pro
Installing Syntheway Audio Units (AU) Plug-ins .component files in Apple Logic Pro

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Installing Syntheway Audio Units (AU) Plug-ins .component files in Apple Logic Pro

 

You can install Audio Units plug-ins from manufacturers other than Apple to process audio in Logic Pro, GarageBand, and Final Cut Pro. When installed, Audio Units plug-ins appear as individual components in the Library folders on your Mac:

Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components

 

  • In the Finder choose Go > Go to Folder, enter "/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components" into the Go to Folder field, then click Go.

  • You can also check the Library in your Home folder. In the Finder choose Go > Go to Folder, enter "~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components" into the Go to Folder field, then click Go.

 

Installing Audio Units .component files in Component folder

 

Audio Units (AU) are used by Apple applications such as GarageBand, Soundtrack Pro, Logic Express, Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro, MainStage and most 3rd party audio software developed for Mac OS X and macOS Sierra such as Ardour, Ableton Live, REAPER, Studio One Professional and Digital Performer, among others.AU Audio Unit Installation for macOS: 

Instructions:

1.- After download, double-click on the .dmg file (Apple disk image format, HFS+ volume).Syntheway Audio Units and VST for Mac OS X and macOS Sierra downloads are packed and available in ".dmg" file, an Apple disk image format. Version 10.4 "Tiger", 10.5 "Leopard", 10.6 "Snow Leopard", 10.7 "Lion", 10.8 "Mountain Lion", 10.9: "Mavericks" decodes these files automatically. This will open the file with DiskImageMounter utility. Otherwise, right-click the .dmg file and select Open with > DiskImageMounter from the menu. A dialog window will appear, verifying the file and mounting it. Once mounted, the .dmg will appear in the Finder sidebar under the "Devices" header along with the hard drive.

2.- Open a Finder window (click the "Finder" icon in the dock). Highlight the mounted image file within Finder's sidebar. A list of the files within the .dmg will appear in the main Finder window pane.

3.- Drag the files you wish to extract to the desired destination on your computer as for example to your Mac desktop or directly drag the Audio Unit (.component) to your "Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/" folder.

 

4.- Unmount the .dmg after you have extracted all desired files by clicking the small "Eject" icon next to the mounted image in Finder's sidebar. Additionally, you can right-click (Ctrl-click) the mounted .dmg icon on the desktop and select "Eject" or simply unmount the virtual drive by dragging it to the Trash (Note that this will not delete the files from your computer, the dmg file will still be there).

5.- If you have the extracted files in your Mac desktop, move the ".component" file to the Components folder in your audio plugins folder. Usually Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/

6.- If your DAW is running, close it and restart it. When your DAW starts up, it will rescan your plugins folder and detect your recently installed plugin.

Finding the Audio Plugins folder: The plugin folder is nested in the Macintosh HD Library. There are usually a minimum of two Libraries on your Mac, one in Macintosh HD and another in your user account. You should only place the plugins in the Macintosh HD Library so that it can be accessed by all users on the computer. The usual location of the folder should be: Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/

Cocoa framework and xCode Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Cocoa is Apple's native object-oriented application programming interface (API) for their operating system macOS.Xcode is an integrated development environment (IDE) for macOS containing a suite of software development tools developed by Apple for developing software for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. First released in 2003, the latest stable release is version 9.2 and is available via the Mac App Store free of charge for macOS High Sierra and macOS Sierra users. Registered developers can download preview releases and prior versions of the suite through the Apple Developer website.Objective-C is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language. It was the main programming language used by Apple for the OS X and iOS operating systems, and their respective application programming interfaces (APIs) Cocoa and Cocoa Touch prior to the introduction of Swift.

Syntheway Audio Units and VST are Loadable Bundles, using Cocoa framework and xCode Integrated Development Environment (IDE) written in Objective C. Bundles provide a simplified interface for end users and a convenient way to deliver software in macOS operating system.

AU Plugin Manager - Successfully Validated:

 

Working with the Audio Units Manager

 

Logic Pro 10.6.3: The Plug-in Manager offers a way to reset Audio Unit caches and perform a rescan of all installed Audio Unit plug-ins.

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