Finding Audio Units plug-ins on your macOS (Universal 2: Apple silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) and Intel)
Finding Audio Units plug-ins on your macOS

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Finding Audio Units plug-ins on your macOS

Syntheway VST, VST3 and AudioUnits (AU) plug-ins that can be used to process audio by applications such as Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubase, Ableton Live, REAPER, Studio One Professional, Ardour, MainStage and Digital Performer among others.


The Apple Audio Units plug-ins are built into the operating system and do not appear as discrete files. Plug-ins from other manufacturers appear as individual components on your hard disk. They may be found in two places:

/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components

 

~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components

("~" represents your home directory.)

  

Plug-ins installed in

/Library

are available to all users on the computer, whereas plug-ins installed to

~/Library

are only available to the user in whose home folder they reside.

Note: Some Audio Units will work from either location and some need to be in one or the other. Check with the manufacturer for information on the preferred location for specific plug-ins.

 

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

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

Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3

  

  

Native Apple Silicon Support (M1, M2, M3 processors)

Syntheway has upgraded most of its catalog for macOS with native Apple Silicon support in a major update version, with a reduced upgrade price. They are: Magnus Choir, Akkordica, H-Tonk Tack Piano, ShamiKoto, Organux, Sitargen Sitar and Tanpura Drone, DAL Flute and Woodwinds, Drumwavy Orchestral and Ethnic Percussion, Banjodoline, RetroMagix Harpsichord, Aeternus Brass, Saxophus, ElectriKeys Electric Piano, GuitarTempus, Bassesland, Synthphonica Strings, Pianotrone Grand Pianos, Chordophonet Virtual Harp and Hammered Dulcimer, Synthelium Synthesizer and Master Hammond B3 Organ VST, VST3 and Audio Units plug-ins for M1 and M2 processors. The new Audio Units, VST and VST3 versions are Universal 2 Binary (ARM64), supporting both Apple Silicon and Intel processors, with executable code for both architectures.

Currently, the Audio Effects and the Software Synthesizers plug-ins are currently are available for Mac Intel processors or Apple silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) in Rosetta 2 mode.

Universal 2 allows Audio Units, VST and VST3 plug-ins to run natively on both Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computers. Compatible with Apple Silicon chipsets developed by Apple. M-series processors are used in the Mac lineup

  

AU Audio Units (.component) + VST (.vst) for Logic Pro, GarageBand, Final Cut Pro X, MainStage, Cubase, Ardour, Ableton Live, REAPER, Studio One Professional and Digital Performer, among others. Also available in Also: Logic EXS24 (.exs) or KONTAKT (.nki)

Intel CPU processors only. Apple Silicon M1, M2 or M3 chip support under Rosetta 2 mode only. In all cases, always we encourage you to test the free demo version of the software.

Syntheway AU/VST/VST3 plug-ins run on Mac Intel processors except where native Apple silicon ((M1, M2, M3, M4)) is also supported.

 

Logic Pro X v10 / 10.7.xx (AU: Audio Units)

GarageBand v10 / 10.4.xx (AU: Audio Units)

MainStage v3 / 3.5 (AU: Audio Units)

Final Cut Pro v10 / v10.6 (AU: Audio Units)

Steinberg Cubase Pro and Artist v12, v11 (VST / VST3)
Steinberg Nuendo v12, v11 (VST / VST3)
Steinberg Dorico Pro v3.5 (VST / VST3)
Steinberg Sequel v3 (VST3)

Steinberg VST Live v1 (VST / VST3)

Image-Line FL Studio v21 / v20.x (AU / VST / VST3)
Ableton Live v11 v10.1 (AU / VST / VST3)
PreSonus Studio One v6 / 5.x (AU / VST / VST3)
Cockos REAPER v6 (AU / VST / VST3)

Deskew Technologies Gig Performer v3 (AU / VST / VST3)

MOTU Digital Performer v11 (AU / VST / VST3)
n-Track Software n-Track Studio v9 (AU / VST / VST3)
Tracktion Software Waveform 10 (AU / VST / VST3)

Reason Studios - Reason v12 (VST), v12.5 (VST, VST3)

Avid Sibelius v8.7 (AU / VST / VST3)
Novation Automap v4 (AU / VST / VST3)
Vienna Ensemble PRO v7 (AU / VST / VST3)

Native Instruments Maschine v2 (AU/VST)
Steinberg WaveLab Pro v9.5.50  (Only VST/VST3 Effects)
Adobe Audition (Only AU / VST / VST3 Effects)

 

Note: AU, VST and VST3 plug-ins for Intel CPU processors. Support for Apple silicon M1, M2 or M3 chips in Rosetta 2 mode, except where Apple silicon ((M1, M2, M3, M4)) is also specified.

 

Audio Units (AU) are a system-level plug-in architecture provided by Core Audio in Apple's macOS and iOS operating systems. Audio Units are a set of application programming interface (API) services provided by the operating system to generate, process, receive, or otherwise manipulate streams of audio in near-real-time with minimal latency. It may be thought of as Apple's architectural equivalent to another popular plug-in format, Steinberg's Virtual Studio Technology (VST)

  

Audio Units™ is a trademark of Apple Inc.

VST is a trademark of Steinberg Soft- und Hardware GmbH

Mac™ is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

macOS is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries



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