Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
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Verbal
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by Verbal » Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:03 pm
Can someone explain the difference between AU's and VSTs? What are the pros and cons of using each?
Thanks!
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Johnisfaster
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by Johnisfaster » Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:12 pm
I think the only noticable difference is preset handling.
It was as if someone shook up a 6 foot can of blood soda and suddenly popped the top.
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v00d00ppl
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by v00d00ppl » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:02 am
isn't it also a system of mac(AU) vs pc(VST)?
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aqua_tek
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by aqua_tek » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:05 am
AU is mac only. VST is both PC and mac
Logic only handles AU plugins. Cubase only handles VST plugins. Live handles both AU and VST (on mac)
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jasinski
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by jasinski » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:13 am
Since switching to Live (from Cubase) I have found AU plug ins much easier to use. I love the way the presets are handled in Live. Way better than VST.
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RhythmSickness
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by RhythmSickness » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:47 am
jasinski wrote:Since switching to Live (from Cubase) I have found AU plug ins much easier to use. I love the way the presets are handled in Live. Way better than VST.
in instruments I have both versions of, the vst instrument presets are on the instrument block, down at the bottom of the page, but I cant find the presets on the au versions, where is it?
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Tim Moore
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by Tim Moore » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 am
find them in Live Browser, they are included in instruments, something like folder tree
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by jasinski » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:05 pm
RhythmSickness wrote:jasinski wrote:Since switching to Live (from Cubase) I have found AU plug ins much easier to use. I love the way the presets are handled in Live. Way better than VST.
in instruments I have both versions of, the vst instrument presets are on the instrument block, down at the bottom of the page, but I cant find the presets on the au versions, where is it?
Like TIm said. The AU plug-ins are displayed as folders- AU presets will appear within the plug-in 'folder'. Many synths don't have AU plug-ins (usually hosting them with in the plug-in's ui). To create one from the current plug-in parameters, just hit the 'disk' icon located on the rack area it will jump to where it is being saved in the browser tree.