GarageBand: Adding Audio Units - Instruments and Effects
Adding Audio Units Modules (Instruments) to GarageBand

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GarageBand: Adding Audio Units (Instruments and Effects)

Syntheway Audio Units for Mac OS X and macOS Sierra: Audio Units is the plug-in format developed by Apple to coincide with their new audio and MIDI technologies in OS X. Certain programs like Logic support Audio units exclusively, while other programs like Digital Performer 4 support their own MAS format as well as Audio Units. Audio Units are handled at the level of the OS X operating sytem itself and for programmers they can have a certain advantages in that two seperate engines exist for the GUI of the plug-in as well as the sound engine itself, allowing for a more advance user interface design. 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 such as Ardour, Ableton Live, REAPER and Digital Performer.

How do you install a Syntheway Audio Unit?

1.- Once extracted from the dmg file you should have a file with a .component extension

2.- The Audio Units plug-ins appear as individual components in the Library folders on your Mac, so the .component bundle must be placed into proper Component folder

Usually the Component folder is located in the root directory on Mac:

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

Rarely the Components folder can be located in your "user" folder:

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.

 

3.- Restart your Mac.

4.- Open GarageBand

5.- Go to add an Audio Unit instrument plug-in to a software instrument track.

6.- In the Plug-ins area, click the Instrument slot, choose AU Instruments, then choose "Syntheway" and the plug-in from the submenu:

  

  

 

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