GarageBand: How To Use Audio Units Components Plug-ins
Syntheway AU Plugins in GarageBand

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Use Audio Units Plug-ins Components

 

with GarageBand

 

Audio Units plug-ins appear as individual components stored in the "Library" folder on your Mac:

 

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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