How to make your own AU plugin for 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. 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 with the account you use in your browser and it’s ready.

Make your first sound

Open Studio 56 in your browser and type the sound you want, like “a glassy bell pluck with a short delay,” and the AI builds it there. You can play it in your browser the moment it’s made and ask again for a change. Effects like reverb and delay go inside the sound and play with it.

When it sounds right, press Send to my DAW in your browser. Then choose it in Studio 56 on your software instrument track and play it from your keyboard or the piano roll. Your first 3 sends to your DAW are free, and Pro sends as many as you want.

Your projects keep their sounds

Every sound you send stays 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 a new sound needs a connection.

What it costs

Building a sound by hand is free with no limit, and your first 3 asks to the AI are free. Pro is $10 a month, and the AI builds about 70 sounds a month on it. You can use what you make in songs, videos, live shows and commercial releases. The one thing you can’t do is sell the sounds themselves.