How Well Does Cubase6 Handle Audio Units?

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Basically, my question is in the subject line… I prefer Audio Units as I typically use Logic Pro or Digital Performer 7…

I’m running Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 on a Mac Pro Dual Quad 2.8Ghz w/12 GB RAM.

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Cubase does not handle AudioUnits at all natively (except maybe via wrapper, if that exists), Cubase handles VST.

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Most 3rd party developers provide both AU and VST versions so it shouldn’t be a showstopper for you. You should take into account that anything of value that Logic and DP provides as plug-ins are proprietary. But for those AUs that you can’t live without (that aren’t proprietary), you might check out Plogue’s Bidule.

They provide an excellent wrapper (and a whole lot more) for both EFX and VSTi’s that works quite well in the Cubase envronment.

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Thanks for the input guys! I’m still waiting for Cubase6 to arrive so hopefully I’ll have the chance to try out the Audio Unit/VST comparisons in the next few days.