Plug-in formats

Landdogger · Post by **Landdogger** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:40 pm

Are all plug-ins for Mac and PC, or are certain formats for certain platforms? Can I find a list of what works for which? I'm a Mac user on a Powerbook G4.

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:57 pm

Macs use AU (Audio Units, Apple´s own format) and VST. PCs use VST.

PC and MAC VSTs aren't compatible. If you see something AU you know it is for Mac, but for a VST you need to check that it is a Mac version.

ProTools has it's own format called RTAS, but that only works with PT.

Landdogger · Post by **Landdogger** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:05 pm

And I'm guessing DLL is just for PC?

ewistrand · Post by **ewistrand** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:10 pm

Yep. VST plugins on Windows are .dlls (dynamic link libraries).

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Landdogger · Post by **Landdogger** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:12 pm

Thanks guys, that clears things up...and explain why all those DLL plug-ins i had didnt come up.

Is the best way to find plug-ins just using google and searches, etc?

kooki415 · Post by **kooki415** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:38 pm

google and kvraudio.