{"id":1721559,"date":"2013-12-06T22:07:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T22:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1721559"},"modified":"2019-05-25T14:15:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T14:15:42","slug":"how-do-i-add-instrument-plug-ins-such-as-ezdrummer-in-the-new-garageband-x","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-add-instrument-plug-ins-such-as-ezdrummer-in-the-new-garageband-x\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I add instrument plug-ins (such as EZDrummer) in the new GarageBand X?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve installed some instrument plug-ins and you want to use them in the new GarageBand X, but you can&#8217;t find them. Don&#8217;t worry, if you follow the steps below, you&#8217;ll have your new plug-ins up and running in no time. Keep in mind that while we used EZDrummer in this demonstration, this applies to all AU instruments.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>First, make sure you&#8217;ve created a <b>Software Instrument <\/b>track.&nbsp;By default, the instrument will be Classic Electric Piano.<\/li>\n<li>Next, click on the <b>Smart Controls<\/b> button.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.16-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1721561 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.16-PM-300x171.png\" alt=\"Arrow pointing to Smart Controls button\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.16-PM-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.16-PM.png 751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A window will show at the bottom of GarageBand. Click the <b>&#8220;i&#8221; <\/b>icon as pictured below to reveal more options.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.20-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1721562 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.20-PM-300x122.png\" alt=\"Arrowing point towards the i button\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.20-PM-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.20-PM.png 894w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>You will see a section labeled <b>Audio Units<\/b>. Click on the area that says &#8220;Instruments.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From there, you can select the manufacturer for your instrument. In this case, we have Toontrack&#8217;s EZDrummer installed, so we&#8217;ll choose that.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.41-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1721563 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.41-PM-300x130.png\" alt=\"Selecting the manufacturer\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.41-PM-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.46.41-PM.png 893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>You may be asked to lower GarageBand&#8217;s security settings in order to run your plug-in. Click <b>Lower Security Settings<\/b>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.47.09-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1721564 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.47.09-PM-300x140.png\" alt=\"Pop-up asking to lower the security settings\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.47.09-PM-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.47.09-PM.png 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Voila! Your AU instrument has been inserted.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.48.25-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1721565 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.48.25-PM-300x219.png\" alt=\"EZ drummer\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.48.25-PM-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-06-at-4.48.25-PM.png 858w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/my-newly-installed-plug-in-isnt-showing-up-in-garageband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My newly installed plug-in isn\u2019t showing up in Garageband!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-to-get-amplitube-4-presets-to-appear-in-garageband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to get Amplitube 4 presets to appear in Garageband.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-use-my-fishman-tripleplay-with-garageband-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How do I use my Fishman TriplePlay with Garageband 10?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-set-up-my-apogee-duet-with-garageband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How do I set up my Apogee Duet with Garageband?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/ezdrummer-cannot-find-the-sound-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EZDrummer cannot find the sound files!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[64275,54769,35684,55507,34954,35068,54153],"storecat":[],"itemids":[63976],"manufacturers":[33184],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the How do I add instrument plug-ins (such as EZDrummer) in the new GarageBand X? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-add-instrument-plug-ins-such-as-ezdrummer-in-the-new-garageband-x\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How do I add instrument plug-ins (such as EZDrummer) in the new GarageBand X? - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So you&#8217;ve installed some instrument plug-ins and you want to use them in the new GarageBand X, but you can&#8217;t find them. 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