Setup
Installing Plenty of Reeds
After purchase you download a single macOS installer package: Plenty-of-Reeds-1.0.0-macOS.pkg. The plugins themselves are ad-hoc signed and load in any DAW; only the installer is unsigned, so macOS shows a one-time Gatekeeper warning the first time you open it. Source: installer/README.md.
1. Open the unsigned installer
Because the .pkg is not signed with a paid Apple Developer ID, a normal double-click shows “unidentified developer” and refuses to run. To allow it once:
- Find the downloaded
Plenty-of-Reeds-1.0.0-macOS.pkgin Finder. - Right-click (or Control-click) the file and choose Open.
- In the dialog that appears, click Open again to confirm.
- Follow the installer; it asks for your admin password to write the plug-ins.
You only have to do the right-click → Open dance once. This is standard macOS behavior for any installer that isn’t notarized through a $99/yr Apple Developer account.
2. Where it installs
The package installs the universal (arm64 + x86_64) plug-ins into the standard system locations:
| Format | Location |
|---|---|
| VST3 | /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 |
| Audio Unit (AU) | /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components |
A Standalone build also ships in the package. Source: installer/README.md, plugin/CMakeLists.txt.
3. Find it in your DAW
Plenty of Reeds appears under the manufacturer 1snob as an instrument. Any macOS DAW that hosts VST3 or AU instruments works, including:
- Logic Pro (AU)
- GarageBand (AU)
- Ableton Live (VST3 / AU)
- Reaper (VST3 / AU)
- Bitwig Studio (VST3)
- Studio One (VST3 / AU)
- Cubase / Nuendo (VST3)
- FL Studio (VST3)
- Standalone app
If a DAW caches its plug-in list, rescan or restart it after installing so the new instrument shows up.
Get Plenty of Reeds
One macOS installer, VST3 + AU + Standalone, universal binary. Modeled, not sampled.
Buy — $50