If you’re brand new to using plugins, a great place to start is Logic’s Channel EQ.
You’ll learn how to import third party plugins further down in the article. Other DAWs use formats such as VST and AAX. You’ll notice Logic’s stock plugins are organised by type (a folder for Delay, a folder for Modulation etc).Īny third party plugins are located under Audio Units at the bottom of the list.Īudio Units are the file format Apple accepts for its third party plugins. On the track’s channel strip (either to the left of the edit window, or inside the mixer window), click on a blank slot under Audio FX.
Gone are the days of complex patch bays and external processing units! Adding Plugins To Logic Pro XĪdding a plugin to a track in Logic is ridiculously easy. After all, they have access to the exact same instrument sets.īy simply experimenting with Logic’s built in plugins (the stock ones are great), you greatly expand the diversity and quality of your tracks, differentiate yourself from the thousands of other producers out there, and have more control over the final sound. It can be easy to forego the need to use plugins in Logic Pro, not least because the sounds generated by some of its stock instruments are amazing.īut, you run the risk your finished tracks sounding like everybody else’s. Logic Pro comes with a library of fantastic, professional quality and highly usable plug-ins, but you also have the option to purchase or download third party units that can be used within the DAW (more on that later).