All Your FX and Instruments Under One Roof
PlugInGuru Unify is a powerful virtual instrument library that allows you to interact with your noisemakers and toneshapers in exciting new ways. In its own right, Unify is a powerhouse of pads, pianos, strings, plucks, and synths, with 2.5GB of content and 400 choice presets just waiting to be discovered. But what's revolutionary is how Unify brings your favorite cross-platform instrument, MIDI, and FX plug-ins into one seamless workflow. That's right — whether it's VSTs in Logic or AUs in Cubase, Unify consolidates your entire collection. Not only that, but Unify can allow you to run multiple instances/presets of a plug and control them concurrently to create, for instance, breathtaking filter effects with the twist of a knob. And thanks to its onboard mono-to-poly PolyBox MIDI effect, NoizBox distortion generator, and onboard reverb/impulse response convolver, you might find yourself reaching for PlugInGuru Unify simply as an insert effect.
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Preloaded with 12 PlugInGuru libraries
In a hurry to plug in and make music? Unify comes jam-packed with 2.5GB of juicy PlugInGuru content spanning 12 libraries and 400 high-quality presets, for immediate gratification before you import a single plug-in. Some of Sweetwater's reviewers found the included PolyBox MIDI effect, which transforms tired monosynths into polyphonic powerhouses, and NoizBox distortion curve generator with pre- and post-filtering to be worth the price of admission alone.
A playground of plush third-party plugs
Unify also comes loaded with a compendium of well-regarded third-party plug-ins and presets, for diverse sounds right out of the box (so to speak). Here's what's included:
- Graywolf BlueARP — EDM-centric pattern arpeggiator
- Digital Suburban Dexed — Lush DX-style FM synthesis
- Extent of the Jam Digits — Warm, glitchy CZ-style phase distortion synthesizer
- HiFi-LoFi KlangFalter — Zero-latency convolution reverb / IR convolver
- Thomas Mundt LoudMax — Transparent lookahead brickwall limiter
- MDA-Vst suite — An exhaustive pack of tone shapers and utility plugs
- discoDSP OB-Xd — A stunning tribute to the iconic OB-X in all its brassy, micro-detuned glory
- ML-VST PG-8X — Chunky '80s polysynth based on the JX-8P
Hosts all your VSTs and AUs
Beyond it's inspiring instrumentation, one of Unify's biggest gets is that it hosts all your plug-ins in a single pane. Now you can blend cross-platform instruments and monitor through your best plug-in FX without breaking your workflow.
Snag-free plug-in scanner
Another welcome feature is that Unify scans for plug-ins in the background while you play in the app. A firewall keeps the scanner from crashing the host (as scanners are often wont to do) in the event it finds anything it can't parse.
Standalone or DAW operation
Unify itself can be loaded into your DAW as a standard VST2/VST3/AU plug-in. This makes it a sleek workaround for running FX and instruments not natively supported by your session — running VSTs within the AU instantiation and vice-versa. Of course, you can just as easily run Unify in standalone for live musicmaking outside the DAW.
PlugInGuru Unify Plug-in Host/Virtual Instrument Library Features:
- Brings all your FX and instruments under one roof
- Comes with 2.5GB of PlugInGuru content
- Over 400 great presets — includes a suite of choice third-party instruments and utilities
- Blend cross-platform (VST and AU) FX and instruments without breaking workflow
- Snag-free background plug-in scanner silently imports your entire collection
- Noizbox distortion generator lets you customize curves and pre/post filtering
- PolyBox transforms monosynths in polyphonic powerhouses
- VST2, VST3 and Standalone for PC/MacOS 10.11+; Mac version also includes an Audio Unit version of Unify
