Dean M. Estabrook / 2005/08/03 / 09:02 PM wrote: >Sorry, I've missed this. What is AU, and/or AU playback, and if I'm >using FinGPO instruments in playback, am I automatically using it?
AU (Audio Units) is a DAW plug-in format Apple created starting with OSX. They wanted this for Garageband, which needed to be inter- exchangeable with Logic. This doesn't limit to sample player such as GPO. On the other hand, AU Playback in Finale context is for sample player such as GOP and other NI products using AU format. GPO Studio was using the other standard plug-in format, VSTi, which is a cross-platform virtual instrument plug-in format instantiated within a plug-in host shell, GPO Studio. NI is basically a Windows centric company so it has been puzzled me why they went extra mile to make Finale AU compatible even though they load standard AU then disable them. This has been a big problem to me. I have tons of plug-ins. Since every single DAW hosts I use supports AU but not always VST, removing other AU plug-ins only to prevent from Finale to crash is very inconvenient. If Finale2006 instantiated VST exclusively, I had no problem deleting every single VST stuff out of my machines to keep Finale happy. -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA <http://a-no-ne.com> <http://anonemusic.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
