Skiff
Third-party plug-ins · Tips
Skiff loads any effect Audio Unit macOS can load. Install one and it shows up in Add Audio Unit, grouped under its maker.
01Installing
Plug-in installers put Audio Units in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components or ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components. If a new one doesn't show up, quit and reopen Skiff.
Skiff lists effects and music effects. Instruments and MIDI processors don't appear, and VST and CLAP builds aren't Audio Units.
02Free ones worth having
| Plug-in | For |
|---|---|
| TDR Nova | Dynamic EQ: tone, and de-essing |
| TDR Kotelnikov | A clean compressor for voices and mixes |
| ViatorDSP Voice series | De-Noiser, Leveler, Sweetener: one knob each |
| Airwindows | Hundreds of small tools, LeftoMono and Monitoring's crossfeed among them |
| Youlean Loudness Meter 2 | Loudness in LUFS |
| ZL Equalizer 2 | An open-source parametric EQ |
All of them run natively on Apple silicon. Apple's own come with macOS.
03When they misbehave
- A plug-in that only takes stereo runs the whole chain in stereo. The status line shows the fold.
- Lookahead limiters, linear-phase EQs and noise removal add latency. The status line shows that too.
- A plug-in that crashes marks the route
Failed. See Plug-in problems.
Related: Apple's Audio Units · Latency · Plug-in problems
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