Developer Fred Anton Corvest let us know that he’s released AUBE 2, a major update to his AUv3 plugin organizer and discovery tool.
AUBE (Audio Unit Box Explorer) is designed to provide an overview of your audio units, effects and instruments, automatically listed and classified.
Here’s what’s new in AUBE 2:
- Includes a brand-new Mac version (Universal Purchase)
- Provides full catalog browsing with over 1400 AUv3s (regularly updated)
- Database updates in v2 are free and included with the one-time purchase
- Introduces the “Wishlist” to track plugins you want to acquire
- Community Sharing: Share your collection with friends or browse others’ collections
- Search now offers more precise filtering, allowing you to view only plugins compatible with your device
- A new popover view makes it easier to navigate plugin details and browse related plugins within the same group
- Improved Offloaded Plugin Management
- Quick actions launch and split-screen support to work with multiple apps, including the App Store
AUBE 2 Overview Video:
Pricing and Availability:
AUBE 2 is available now for $14.99 USD through Feb 27, 2025 (normally $19.99).
Great idea. Would be really useful if you could also uninstall through the app. If anyone knows of a way to easily find and uninstall Audio Units on Macos, please let me know!
PlugInfo on the App Store is (I think) a couple bucks. While you can’t delete right from the app, you can easily “Show in Finder” and delete from there.
Thanks, guys. Such a consumerist problem, having to buy an app to remove things I’ve already bought—because I can’t be bothered to figure out where they are.
Easy as…
https://support.apple.com/en-au/102239#:~:text=When installed, Audio Units plug,Library in your Home folder
BTW; Remember, Google is your friend
You can make desktop shortcuts to the folders that contain your plugins
Navigate to the folder that contains your plug-in folders. It’s in Library/Audio/Plugins
Right click on the folder eg. VST and make alias
Move the alias file wherever you like. Like the desktop
Now you have a one click link to your VST plugin folder
Excellent plugin and very cheap:
https://www.widebluesound.com/audio-plugin-uninstaller/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD5-LKtcjGZThMEvMI6xLGULO-hhP&gclid=CjwKCAiAlPu9BhAjEiwA5NDSA44YFDbJIbLl7wCNhdjVnu-FKX-JTtWUPKblQQMgwVEmD4zkQZ85ORoCuYgQAvD_BwE
If I got to the stage where I needed plug in management outside what Logic gives me (no I dont use any of its advanced features) then I would know I had too many plug-ins. That could just be me…….
Amen! I love Logic’s self-contained aspects. They’re ample for me, as a rule. Adding every shiny new app that comes along can = a lot of digital constipation! I’ve learned to add selectively. It’s especially easy to end up with duplicate synths. I settled on 2 or 3 of each type and its paid off in a better work flow. Don’t just sniff a new app with interest; weigh what it will do vs. what it can do TO you.
i recently realized my 10+ year old Air2 is not cutting it .. and yet i have like hundreds of dollars invested in all kinds of apps
which makes it difficult to just let the whole thing go… so its almost like i have to get a new ipad at this point, just to justify all those apps
the apps are good and i like them.. but i do hate apple with a passion as well.. so its conflicting