Drum Plugins For Garageband

Garageband Drum Plugins

 

As a Garageband user, you are likely fond of simple-to-use virtual instruments and plugins. HANDY DRUMS collection of drum plugins for Garageband and other DAWs offers mix-ready, ultra-realistic drum sound out of the box. Whether you are just starting to produce music on Garageband or are a seasoned pro, these Garageband plugins will give you a fantastic sound from the get-go.

 

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Garageband Drums

 

GoranGrooves offers ideal solutions for drums for Garageband with HANDY DRUMS, virtual drum plugins and HANDY GROOVES, MIDI drum loops. Thanks to their clean, stylish interface, and mix-ready, ultra-realistic drum sound, you’ll have fantastic-sounding drums from the moment you load Handy Drums plugins.

 

It is imperative to understand that a great-sounding drum track comprises two equally important components: drum performance and the sound of drums. When we talk in the context of virtual drums, the drum performance element refers to MIDI, while the drum sound relates to the virtual drum modules. If each of these is great on its own, when combined, they should be able to achieve great-sounding drum tracks in your Garageband project.

 

Combine MIDI drum loops with a great drum plugin, and you’ll have a fantastic Garageband drummer!

Garageband Drum Loops

 

When it comes to Garageband drum loops, we are focusing primarily on MIDI drum loops for Garageband. Here is why.

 

The benefits of MIDI drum loops are multifold, as MIDI drum loops can be manipulated in many ways. Notes can easily be swapped for others, the timing of grooves can be stretched or shrank, time signatures can be changed, length of loops can be extended as much as needed or cut as short as needed. You can program your own drum beats from scratch or edit the existing ones to suit your needs. 

 

MIDI drum loops are tiny in file size and contain only the drum performances. They do not carry any sound samples and, as such, must be played through a virtual drum plugin for Garageband. Think of them as a drummer without a drumset. They need a virtual drumset much like a human drummer needs an acoustic drumset to express his/ her art.

 

Here is our collection of drum loops for Garageband. Scroll up for drum plugins for Garageband.

More General MIDI Drum Loops For Garageband

Garageband VSTs

 

If you are looking for “Garageband VSTs” or terms like VST Garageband, Garageband VST, VST in Garageband, or similar, it is important to know some essential information related to DAW plugin formats.

 

VST is a trademarked plugin format by Steinberg Technologies (the maker of Cubase), an acronym for Virtual Studio Technology. The VST plugin protocol allows virtual instruments and effects to be integrated into DAW, adding important functionalities in addition to what is already included in DAW software. While most DAWs utilize this protocol for plugins, Garageband is NOT one of them.There is no VST for Garageband.

 

Instead, Garageband utilizes Apple’s Audio Units plugin protocol or AU. You can use any virtual instrument, processor, or effects as long as they are provided in AU format. In addition to Garageband, Logic Pro also utilizes this plugin protocol.

Fortunately, most virtual instruments, plugin processors, and effects come in various plugin formats, including AU plugins for Garageband.

 

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Garageband Add Ons

 

The great thing about DAW plugins is that you can add additional processors, virtual instruments, and effects in addition to what comes with your Garageband. To know if a particular plugin is compatible with Garageband, look for the AU (Audio Units) plugin format. If a plugin is available in AU format, it is compatible with Garageband, and you can consider it a Garageband add-on.

 

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The Best Garageband Plugins

 

Since plugins available for Garageband are most likely available for other DAWs in other plugin formats as well, there is no such thing as the “best plugins for Garageband” specifically.

And that’s excellent news, as it means that most of the best native plugins out there are available in AU format and are compatible with Garageband and Logic Pro. 

 

What exactly are you trying to achieve when looking for the best Garageband plugins?

Do you need a high-quality EQ to sculpt your sound? Perhaps a transparent compressor to tame the dynamic range or add more punch? Are you after a particular virtual instrument you can use in your Garageband session? 

 

So, rather than looking for the best plugins for Garageband, as there is no such thing, think about the task you want to achieve in your Garageband project, then look for the best tools for such a job. If the tools are available in AU format (which is more likely than not), they will be available for Garageband. If a particular plugin is one of the best for any DAW, it will also be one of the best for Garageband.

 

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How To Add Plugins To Garageband

 

We have compiled a detailed guide on adding Handy Drums plugins to Garageband. The same procedure will apply to any 3rd party virtual instruments. See our tutorial section on How to add plugins to Garageband.