Audio Units

<h2 id="use">Use</h2>
<p>Audio Units allows sound file <a href="/facts/Audio_time_stretching_and_pitch_scaling/647HEoTb">audio time stretching and pitch scaling</a> (e.g., timestretch), <a href="/facts/Sample_rate/xxck7aLN">sample rate</a> conversion, and streaming over a <a href="/facts/Local_area_network/edUDxJ6J">local area network</a>. It also comes with a set of AU plug-ins such as EQ filters, dynamic processors, delay, reverb, and a Soundbank Synthesizer Instrument.
</p><p>AU are used by Apple applications such as <a href="/facts/GarageBand/HpjRQS2w">GarageBand</a>, <a href="/facts/Soundtrack_Pro/t5kuIKtx">Soundtrack Pro</a>, <a href="/facts/Logic_Express/L6UXWTPS">Logic Express</a>, <a href="/facts/Logic_Pro/QEwxny8W">Logic Pro</a>, <a href="/facts/Logic_Pro_X/QEwxny8W">Logic Pro X</a>, <a href="/facts/Final_Cut_Pro/I4UrQRnh">Final Cut Pro</a>, <a href="/facts/MainStage/Ikg2GXsF">MainStage</a> and most 3rd party audio software developed for <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a> such as <a href="/facts/Ableton_Live/361XUeQo">Ableton Live</a>, Amadeus Pro, <a href="/facts/Ardour_(software)/UPJGqtgA">Ardour</a>, <a href="/facts/Audio_Hijack/Mp7lQG3Q">Audio Hijack</a>, <a href="/facts/DaVinci_Resolve/AHb0y0bq">DaVinci Resolve</a>, <a href="/facts/Digital_Performer/tn4WGCR5">Digital Performer</a>, <a href="/facts/Gig_Performer/AWfjBzMJ">Gig Performer</a>, <a href="/facts/REAPER/QuLvmI3x">REAPER</a>, and <a href="/facts/Studio_One_(software)/0fDcUm0Y">Studio One</a>.
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<h2 id="competing-technologies">Competing technologies</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Avid_Technology/rf0WrKF6">Avid</a>'s Avid Audio eXtension (a successor to the RTAS format)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Digidesign/fFlknC93">Digidesign</a>'s <a href="/facts/Real_Time_AudioSuite/5b0qwRGs">Real Time AudioSuite</a> (now obsolete)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/LADSPA/5FUuNmpJ">LADSPA</a> and <a href="/facts/Disposable_Soft_Synth_Interface/9MdvdwT7">Disposable Soft Synth Interface</a> (DSSI) for <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/LV2/607lJFAm">LV2</a> (crossplatform successor to LADSPA)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>'s <a href="/facts/DirectX/jyy75wVN">DirectX</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Steinberg/0zklBzNE">Steinberg</a>'s <a href="/facts/Virtual_Studio_Technology/gbzwJdQQ">Virtual Studio Technology</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Celemony introduces ARA Audio Random Access - Extension for Plug-in Interfaces". KVR Audio. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 2018-06-05. <a href="https://www.kvraudio.com/news/celemony-introduces-ara-audio-random-access---extension-for-plug-in-interfaces-17543" target="_blank">https://www.kvraudio.com/news/celemony-introduces-ara-audio-random-access---extension-for-plug-in-interfaces-17543</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Audio Units