Just wondering where i find downloadable plug-ins for Logic Pro 9? I try searching for them but can never find anything

Go here:

KVR: Virtual Instruments, Virtual Effects, VST Plugins, Audio Units (AU), AAX & RTAS Audio Plugin News, Reviews and Community - plus iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android Audio App News Too

This is one of the best sites for news on plugin effects and instruments, where you can find links to the manufacturers websites. The ones that will work with Logic are AudioUnits, and the news items discussing them will have the little orange logo with the circle that has sound waves coming out either side. On that site you can search for instruments vs. effects, and also search for just AudioUnits so you aren't looking at tons of Windows-only VST effects, etc.

Thank you! So how do these plug ins work, I either download them or buy them. Once that's done, do I add them onto logic somehow to start using them or do they have their own screen & can these plug-ins be used on vocals and the beats or just one or the other?

Thank you

My advice to you - forget about buying 3rd party plugs at the moment if you do not have any understanding of plug-ins as your responses indicate. Just get to grips with logic, dig into all the plug-ins (FX/instruments etc) that come with logic and get a feel for how they work, try them on everything, then go from there and see what you really feel you need to buy further.

IMHO you really need to get to grips with how Logic works before spending cash. Have you tried googling for online logic tutorials (macprovideo have some good ones)? Invest your money at this stage in learning to use Logic - as part of that process you will learn about plug-ins.

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Plus logic plugins are awesome and they are simple to understand,

I agree...in fact, although I've purchased and currently use some 3rd party plugins, I feel like logic plugs are the most used plugs in my arsenal.

If you can't get a good sound with them, I'd highly consider going back to the basics.

Always remember, there isn't a "fix my mix" plugin....yet....

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if you want to use google to search use the phrase

OSX "Audio units"

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free "Audio Units" plug-ins

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Let me google that for you

Yeah I will definitely do this. However, would you actually use some of the instrument effects/instruments on vocals? Or is this not done - and you only use the voices/vocal plug ins for vocals?

No rules about when to use plugins. Plug 'em in and try 'em. If it sounds good, it is good.

I know this thread is old but I felt like I should reply, too. When I first started my studio, I felt like I needed to buy a bunch of 3rd party plugs to get that "pro sound". After months of struggling to get a good mix, I finally decided to go back to the stock Logic plugs and do a mix. It was my best mix to date. A buddy of mine sent me a track of his to mix and just for grins (and for his benefit), I mixed his whole song with stock plugs in Logic (except for Guitar Rig on his guitar tracks). The mix came out great and he was happy. He's also a budding home studio engineer and I told him about what I did. He's been lusting after 3rd party plugs as well so when I told him I used all stock plugs in Logic, he became excited to start doing his own mixes with the stock plugs in Ableton.

If you're looking for some cool, free downloads of 3rd party plugs, Plugin Boutique (VST Plugins, Synth Presets, Effects, Virtual Instruments, Music Plugins from Pluginboutique) has some good freeware that works with Logic and it's worth checking out. The only thing you lose is disk space.

You dont need 3rd Party plug-ins until you understand what Logic does, and what it has included as stock.

Yes you would purchase on disk or download a new plug-in.
After fully installing it, you would open up Logic.
Go to the track, and open up the plug-in on that track.

But again, at this point you will only be wasting money. Logic has great plug-ins, possibly some of the best ones in stock DAW's.
Learn to use them. You'll be able to complete a whole project with only it. In fact you should challenge yourself to complete 5 songs, start to finish including the mix, using only Logic's tools. Without doing so, you have no way to compare and understand the difference between plug-ins and you'll run around buying everything new, because you overlooked the fact, that you already have that exact thing in your tool box already.

For additional sounds you can adjust the presets in Logic so that they fit what you want to sound like. This is true for both instruments/samples and effects.