Please select the "Instrument" menu to instantiate the SSD Sampler. I've tried the steps above and haven't gotten anywhere. Under display make sure "Organize Plug-In Menus By: Category and Manufacturer" is selected.
If you are a Pro Tools user and would like to display your plugin menu by Manufacturer, go to Pro Tools Preferences. In most cases SSD4 will not show in your plugins menu unless a Stereo Instrument track has been created. These versions may be included within Native downloads (if available), or will be listed as a standalone product within your account.To start, please make sure you have created a Stereo Instrument track within your DAW. We also offer Standalone products at Plugin Boutique. TDM Plugins are usually installed in high-quality studio setups equipped with dedicated chips that process the audio signal – as opposed to having all processing done by the computer’s CPU. TDM (Time-division Multiplexing)Ī version of Pro Tools plugins which are installed on outboard hardware such as dedicated DSP Processors for ultra-high precision and quality. RTAS plugins can only be used within Pro Tools (up to version 10 only). Many plugin manufacturers developed RTAS versions of their plugins for the sake of compatibility with the Pro Tools series of DAWs. The RTAS plugin format was implemented in the Pro Tools series by Digidesign up to Pro Tools 10. AAX was introduced as Avid created a 64-bit version of Pro Tools, and this meant that a plugin format with 64-bit processing was required. With AAX, you can share sessions between DSP-accelerated Pro Tools systems and native-based Pro Tools systems and continue using the same plug-ins. AAX (Avid Audio eXtension)ĪAX is a unified plugin format which comes in 2 variations: AAX DSP, AAX Native. Apple Logic only utilizes Audio Unit format plugins, but other DAWs such as Ableton can also use these.
Most DAWs developed for Mac OS X support the Audio Units interface due to its stability and system-level solutions (which also means faster processing). It is part of the operating system so it provides low latency and system-level support for the interface. AU (AudioUnits)Īpple’s proprietary audio technology, part of the Core Audio provided by Mac X OS.
VST is the most widely implemented format in the industry and is supported by DAWs such as Ableton, Cubase, Sonar and more. As of today VST has evolved into its 3rd version and is commonly referred to as VST3. It is the most known interface type for effects and instruments. Introduced by Steinberg in 1996 in Cubase ver. Please have a look a the grid below for a brief guide on plugin formats and their DAW/operating system compatibility: This includes VST, Audio Units and AAX/RTAS.īy 'Native' we mean an interface technology whereby all DSP Processing is done by the host computer's CPU, as opposed to outboard gear.
This primarily includes VST, but also can include AAX/RTAS plugins which are used in Pro Tools software.