Developer Taylor Holliday announced today that Audulus, his software modular synthesizer for OS X & iPad, is now available, as an open beta, in AU format.
Note: you’ll need the Mac version of Audulus installed to use this beta.
See the Audulus site for details.
If you try out the AU version, let us know how it works for you!
What is so important about having AU format compared to VST? I ask this because I am ignorant and I really want to know.
Logic only supports AU natively, no VST.
I tend to prefer AU over VST since it is native to the platform I’m using. I’m not opposed to using a VST; in fact, some times the VST works better (e.g. Voxengo Span supports more than 2 inputs with the VST version whereas the AU doesn’t); but I prefer AUs first.
I also like that the AU SDK doesn’t require a non-disclosure agreement to use. The docs are open for all to read — https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MusicAudio/Conceptual/AudioUnitProgrammingGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html
To get the VST SDK has an encumbrance before you can even read it — http://www.steinberg.net/en/company/developer.html
Hey Matty,
In the future I plan to do other formats. I just did AU first because Apple had some decent docs and example code. But, as I found out later, most developers use a system that allows them to write code once and then deploy on both AU and VST. So I’ll have a VST version eventually đŸ™‚
cheers
– Taylor
good to hear, i’d like to be able to load vst’s as modules like u can with au’s. i rarely ever install the au version of plugins. not a logic user.
I thought there already was a VST but that would be great to see thanks for the reply!