How to make your own AU plugin for Logic Pro
Logic Pro loads Audio Units plugins rather than VST, and Studio 56 comes as one. You describe a sound and it builds a new instrument or effect that you play right in Logic Pro.
Add Studio 56 to Logic Pro
Studio 56 needs a Mac with macOS 10.15 Catalina or later, on Apple silicon or Intel. Start the free trial, download Studio 56 and set it up, then in Logic Pro:
- Quit Logic Pro and open it again
It looks for new plugins as it starts. - New software instrument track › Instrument slot
The slot is on the track’s channel strip. - AU Instruments › Studio 56 › Studio 56
Sign in inside Studio 56 and it’s ready.
Make your first instrument
Type the sound you want into the chat inside Studio 56, like “a glassy bell pluck with a short delay.” Studio 56 drafts a design for you to approve and then builds it in the cloud, which usually takes about 5 minutes.
When it’s ready it plays in the same Studio 56 on your software instrument track, with presets to start from. Play it from your keyboard or the piano roll.
Use your effects in Logic Pro
Effects are in Studio 56 FX, which goes in an Audio FX slot on any track, under Audio Units and then Studio 56. Then choose the effect you made.
Your projects keep their sounds
Everything you make is saved in your Studio 56 library and on your computer, so your Logic Pro projects open with the same sounds and play without a connection. Making something new needs a connection.
What it costs
Making instruments and effects takes Pro, which makes about 20 instruments or effects a month. You can use what you make in songs, videos, live shows and commercial releases. The one thing you can’t do is sell the instruments themselves.