Apr 22, 2007 Free AU Plug-Ins For Garageband, Logic Maxim Digital Audio (MDA) has a collection of free Audio Unit plug-ins that can be used in Garageband, Logic and other apps that support AU’s. They’ve been available for a while, but we hadn’t highlighted them here yet. Apple Garageband is a novelty (like most Apple products) but also receives its own share of skepticism from amateur music producers who cite it as being very limited in terms of tools.Like most DAWs, Garageband supports plugins, but it does so in the Audio Unit (AU) format as opposed to the more common VST plugins. Windows: Cockos Reaper 5, Ableton Live Lite 9, FL Studio, Plogue Bidule, JUCE plugin host (which may indicate it works in Tracktion/Waveform). Mac Os: Cockos Reaper 5 (VST), Ableton Live Lite 9 (VST), Apple GarageBand (AU), Plogue Bidule (VST). The plugin may well work in other hosts, but I am not able to test and debug with all of them.
Dec 15, 2019 Graillon 2 is a slick looking autotune plugin. It is compatible as either an AU plugin for Mac or VST for PC. Graillon 2 comes with additional features from most plugins such as the ability to quantize your performances. There are lots of options to correct your audio too. You can control things like the snap range and the amount of voices too.
Best free GarageBand for Mac plugins GarageBand for Mac is an excellent tool for making music, and it can be made even better through these free plugins By Martyn Casserly.
For those of you using 3rd-party audio unit plugins in GarageBand on macOS 10.13 High Sierra there's a big problem: your plugins won't load. But, here's a solution to unlock your effects and synths!
Free Garageband Au Plug-ins
So, you downloaded and installed the new macOS 10.13 High Sierra after checking that most/all of your audio software and plugins are now compatible. and then discover that Apple's own DAW, GarageBand, can't load any of your 3rd-party plugins.
We're sure Apple will provide an update in the near future, so an upcoming macOS or GarageBand update might well be the best solution. And if you use Logic Pro X or any other DAW your plugins should load absolutely fine there. This is just a GarageBand and macOS High Sierra issue. If you're experiencing this issue like many others in the Apple Discussions forum here then you can try this trick courtesey of Two notes Engineering:
Download & install Two Notes Sandbox Patch plugin
Reboot your Mac
Open GarageBand
Add Two Notes Sandbox Patch plugin on a track, a popup will appear
Click 'Lower Security Settings'
This screen will appear:
Now load your AU plugins in GarageBand on macOS 10.13 High Sierra
Djay 2 pc. Mixmeister not compatible with mac. Our support manager at Ask.Audio, Christian Labbé, tested the above on macOS High Sierra with GarageBand and noted it works perfectly, but you will need to carry out this process every time you launch GarageBand.
But at least this is a band-aid fix over a security issue that looks like it should be very easy for Apple to solve in a coming update.