The Acoustica ARA Plug-in¶
The ARA2 standard extends the VST3 and Audio Unit (AU) plug-in standards to allow a much tighter integration between the host application and plug-ins. All versions of Acoustica 8 include the ARA plug-in.
The Acoustica ARA2 plug-in offers the complete functionality of Acoustica's clip editor inside ARA2 compatible host applications, thus eliminating the need for time consuming file transfers. You don't have to consider anything more after having made your edits with the Acoustica ARA plug-in in your host application. Your session will be played with the Acoustica edits automatically, and the clip changes in Acoustica will be stored along with your session when you save it.
The Acoustica ARA2 plug-ins running inside Fender Studio 8 is shown above.
Rendering your changes
When using the Acoustica ARA2 plug-in, it is best to render your changes within your DAW once you are happy with them.
Enabling the Acoustica ARA2 plug-in differs from host to host. You can find a short description on how to activate the Acoustica ARA2 plug-in the most common host applications in the next section of the manual. See the DAW specific links below: