USING AUDIO UNIT INSTRUMENTS AND EFFECTS
There is a saying in the audio industry: “We love standards, that's why we have so many of them.” This saying has never been truer than when applied to audio plug-in formats.
As we mentioned in the previous chapter, Audio Units are Apple's own audio plug-in format. There are other plug-in formats out there from various manufacturers. By far, the most prevalent audio plug-in is the VST (Virtual Studio Technology) format, promoted by German software developer Steinberg.
When Apple acquired the Logic line of professional audio products, it decided that it needed its own plug-in format and came up with Audio Units, which are optimized for your Mac's OSX Core Audio Architecture.
Over the last year, developers ...
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