If you're not ready to buy Unify, because you need some answers first, you've come to the right place. If your question isn't already listed below, contact us at UnifySupport@PlugInGuru.com and we'll add it!

• What kind of computer do I need?
  • Any recent Macintosh or Windows-based PC should be fine.
    • Unify runs fine on new Macs featuring “Apple Silicon” processors.
  • If your computer is powerful enough to run a DAW, it should run Unify.
  • You will need at least 2.5 GB of disk space for the Unify Standard Library.
    • The rest of Unify is just a couple of hundred megabytes.
  • Tons of RAM and a fast CPU with lots of cores are nice, but not required.

• Do I need to own commercial plug-ins like Serum or Omnisphere?
  • NO! You can get started making music with Unify without ANY other plug-ins!
  • IF you do own other commercial plug-ins like these, you can use them to create your own combination patches in Unify.

• Unify stand-alone apps for Mac and Windows

• Unify plug-ins for your DAW:
  • Windows: AAX, VST and VST3 formats (VST® is a trade mark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH)
  • Macintosh: AAX, Audio Unit, VST, and VST3

• Built-in instruments and effects:
  • Guru Sampler sample playback instrument
  • 16 custom effects: Delay, Distortion, Dynamics, EQ, Chorus/Phaser/Flanger, and four algorithmic Reverbs

• Bundled third-party instruments and effects:
  • Dexed emulation of Yamaha's classic DX7 FM synthesizer
  • Digits phase-distortion synth similar to Casio's CZ-series
  • OB-Xd subtractive analog-style synth, emulates Oberheim OB-Xa
  • PG-8X Roland JX-8p emulator
  • BlueARP MIDI arpeggiator
  • LoudMAX “brick-wall” limiter
  • KlangFalter convolution reverb
  • The complete set of classic/legacy MDA plug-ins
  • Chow Tape Model and Chow Matrix effects by Chow DSP.

• Unify Standard Library
  • Over 2 GB of samples ready to play in Guru Sampler
    • Many adapted from previously published PlugInGuru libraries
    • Plus others from top sound designers (Airwave, Nato Feelz, Steve Taglione, and more)
  • 570 ready-made, ready-to-play combination sound patches
    • By John “Skippy” Lehmkuhl and other top sound designers
    • All built using ONLY built-in/bundled plug-ins—Nothing else to buy!

• YES. See https://pluginguru.com/product/unify-demo.

• PROBABLY NOT. Our beta testers and early-adopters have found several plug-ins that don't load properly in Unify, and some that will cause Unify (and your DAW) to crash.
• See Known issues and limitations in Unify 1.0
• If you have a favorite plug-in, and you know you'll be disappointed if it doesn't work, check with us first, before buying Unify.
• However, remember Unify comes with many built-in and bundled instruments and effects, over 2 GB of samples, and 400 awesome patches, ready to play, out of the box, so you might want to buy now anyway.
• We are going to be working VERY hard on plug-in compatibility issues from now on, so plug-ins that don't work today will work in Unify eventually.

• YES. Unify works as a bridge, allowing you to load plug-in types which your DAW itself may not support.
• You can use Unify to load VST/VST3 (and Audio Unit on Mac) plug-ins into Pro Tools by Avid.
  • You can't load AAX plug-ins into Unify. Avid does not allow that.
• You can use Unify to load VST/VST3 plug-ins in Logic Pro X and GarageBand.
  • Provided your VST/VST3's are built for Mac
  • You can't load plug-ins built for Windows into a Mac host, or vice versa.
• You can load 32-bit VST plug-ins in Unify on a Windows PC using jBridge
  • Unify itself is 64-bit, but the Windows version includes built-in support for jBridge, an inexpensive 32/64-bit VST bridge program.
• You can load 32-bit Audio Unit and VST plug-ins on a Mac using 32 Lives
  • One of our beta-testers has verified this.
  • This will NOT work with MacOS Catalina, which has removed support for 32-bit binaries

The plug-in versions of Unify should work in any DAW that supports VST/VST3 (Mac and Windows) or Audio Unit (Mac only) plug-ins, but in a few cases, a bit of setup may be needed.

• Can I use Unify in Avid Pro Tools?
  • YES. As of version 1.4.0, Unify includes an AAX plug-in.
  • Pro Tools uses its own proprietary AAX plug-in format, and cannot load VST/VST3 or Audio Unit plug-ins.
  • However, it CAN load Unify, and Unify can load those VST/VST3/AU plug-ins.
  • Unify can NOT load AAX plug-ins itself. Avid does not allow any third-party programs to do that.
• Can I use Unify in Image-line FL Studio?
  • YES. Just make sure to turn on “use fixed-size buffers” for Unify.
• Can I use Unify in Steinberg Cubase?
  • YES.
• Have you tested every DAW under the sun?
  • NO, we can't afford to buy them all
  • However, we are not YET aware of any DAW or plug-in host program that cannot run Unify.

• PlugInGuru.com is a small company. Just two people:
  • Veteran sound designer John “Skippy” Lehmkuhl and programmer Shane Dunne.
• Plug-in technology is incredibly complex, and lots of important details simply aren't published, so have to be figured out by trial and error.
  • Even Shane's PhD in computer science and 35+ years as a programmer, and John's 35+ years experience in sound design with Korg are no match for all the stuff that simply isn't written down anywhere!
  • Huge companies struggle with this stuff too; they just hide it better
• Life is short—make music!
  • We didn't want to delay releasing Unify any longer, waiting for it to be “perfect”.
  • People have been bugging us for months to be able to buy Unify and get started with it.
  • Software is never truly “finished”, so why wait? Let's all get on with making music!

• Yes, but there are some things you have to do, to ensure it works.
• See Sharing Unify patches

• Yes, but there are MANY things you have to do, to ensure it works.
• See Creating patch libraries for Unify