Unify doesn't produce any sound by itself. It relies on plug-ins to produce and modify sound. Unify includes a substantial set of plug-ins, some of which are actually built into the program, and can also work with just about any other plug-ins you own.
Unify can deal with three categories of plug-ins:
Click here for the full list of plug-ins included with Unify.
As you may know, plug-ins also come in various, mutually-incompatible formats. Unify can load any of the following three formats (Audio Units is Mac-only):
There are a handful of other formats which Unify cannot use, most notably AAX (Avid Audio eXtension), a proprietary format developed by Avid Technology, Inc. for use with their Pro Tools DAW.
Unify itself comes as a stand-alone app and as a plug-in, in VST, VST3, Audio Unit, and AAX formats.
Unify maintains a simple database of plug-ins it knows about, which includes details like the plug-in name, manufacturer name, format (e.g. VST, AU, etc.), and the path to the folder where the plug-in is stored.
You can inspect the contents of this database by clicking on the plug icon near the bottom-right corner of the Unify GUI (highlighted in blue-green in the following screenshot). This is called the plug-ins view. (Note some details, such as folder paths, don't appear in this view, but they are still present in the database.)
This plug-in database is automatically populated with details about Unify's built-in and bundled plug-ins, but other plug-ins on your computer must be registered with Unify, so it can add them to its database. This can be done in either of two ways:
Clicking on the Operations button at the bottom of the Known Plug-Ins view pops up a menu like this:
The functions available (as of Unify v1.6.0) are:
Note all the Remove… items and Clear List will pop up an “are you sure” dialog, allowing you to cancel.