KVR Audio

michael2 · Post by **michael2** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:55 am

AU in Logic running on Mavericks

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:38 am

I don't always use my Mac, but when I do, I prefer AU/Logic.

umd · Post by **umd** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:52 am

VST 2.x

db3 · Post by **db3** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:18 pm

AU if Logic, otherwise VST.

Don't ask me why because I can't remember....I did some research on the topic and some reason VST ended up being the better option.

Krakatau · Post by **Krakatau** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:28 pm

AU ...almost exclusively

ZINO · Post by **ZINO** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:35 pm

VST (Cubase & Reaper)

Big Tick · Post by **Big Tick** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:30 pm

Cintronic wrote:I also have the maybe misguided notion that as AU is apple's own format it will run better that Steinbergs VST.

Indeed misguided. A lot of developers write their plugin as a VST, then use a wrapper to turn it into a AU. This means the VST will have better performance than the AU, because of the wrapper overhead (which, thankfully, is often negligible).

Delfinoverde · Post by **Delfinoverde** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 3:22 pm

Cintronic wrote:I use AUs in Live, don't install VST as I prefer to keep things less cluttered. Its also easier to find the VSTs that are not available in AU by not doubling up.

In Logic I use only AU's ! It's annoying to have all those (useless) VST, VST3, RTAS, AAX etc…that clutter up the computer. Rarely i use VST2 in some Audio Editors.

minx · Post by **minx** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 3:55 pm

Vst in Cubase

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:17 pm

VST all the way. Midi out, preset banks work better in most hosts, automap works much better (wouldn' t touch AU with it as it will never find the plug-in if you remove automap), and cross-platform compatibility. Compared to not having one good reason for AU (unless forced by Logic), not a hard decision.

ZenPunkHippy · Post by **ZenPunkHippy** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:45 pm

99% of the time it's Logic 10 + Audio Units.

Sometimes I'll use VSTs in Live or Bitwig.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:54 pm

ZenPunkHippy wrote:99% of the time it's Logic 10 + Audio Units.

Sometimes I'll use VSTs in Live or Bitwig.

Same here, except it's Cubase instead of Live and that other thing.

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:19 pm

32-bit AU, in Logic 9.x, on Mac OS X 10.6.

Not only do I find Cubase extremely clunky and dislike the dongle, it's crash prone on Mac OS (I never moved past 4.5 on either platform).

I will change to all 64-bit AU in Logic X on 10.9 if I end up moving on to a new Mac Pro, but that's still a ways off...

What plugin format are you using the most on your Mac?