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— Install

free edition.
five minutes.

Arna 1snob is a VST3 / AU plugin for macOS, Apple Silicon and Intel. No installer, no licence check, no nag. You move the bundle into the right folder and rescan your DAW.

Email for the build →

The download link goes out by email while the public release is staged. The 1snob edition is free for personal and commercial music production.

— Step by step

install.

  1. requirements

    • macOS 12 (Monterey) or newer
    • Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3) or Intel Mac
    • Any VST3 or AU host (Logic Pro, REAPER, Ableton Live, Studio One, FL Studio, Pro Tools, etc.)

  2. download & verify

    You receive a Arna1snob-1.0.0-mac.zip with a .vst3 bundle and a .component bundle inside. Verify the SHA-256 we send alongside the link before unzipping.

    shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Arna1snob-1.0.0-mac.zip

  3. install — vst3

    Move the VST3 bundle into the system VST3 folder:

    # Always remove the old bundle first — never copy over an existing .vst3
rm -rf ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Arna1snob.vst3
ditto path/to/Arna1snob.vst3 \
  ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Arna1snob.vst3

  4. install — au (Logic, GarageBand)

    If your host uses Audio Units, install the .component bundle:

    rm -rf ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Arna1snob.component
ditto path/to/Arna1snob.component \
  ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Arna1snob.component

    Logic Pro will run an AU validation pass on first launch — accept the prompt.

  5. rescan your DAW

    In REAPER: Preferences → Plug-ins → VST → Re-scan. In Ableton Live: Preferences → Plug-Ins → toggle "Use VST3 Plug-In Custom Folder" off and back on. In Logic Pro: it scans on launch; if Arna doesn't appear, restart Logic and let validation run.

  6. load & turn the knob

    Insert Arna 1snob on a vocal or drum bus. The knob starts at 0.30 — Room. Turn it right toward Bloom and listen for the tail to take over.

— Troubleshooting

if it doesn't show up.

The plugin isn't in my DAW's list.

First confirm the bundle is in the right place. From Terminal, run ls ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Arna1snob.vst3— if you see the path, the bundle is installed. If your DAW still doesn't see it, force a rescan in the preferences and restart the DAW.

macOS says the bundle is "damaged".

This is Gatekeeper rejecting an unsigned bundle. The 1.0.0 build is notarized; the only way this happens is if you got the file via an unusual channel. Re-download from the link we sent, verify the SHA-256, and try again.

As a last resort: in System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the bottom and click Allow Anyway next to the blocked plugin entry, then reopen the DAW.

REAPER doesn't hot-reload the new bundle.

REAPER caches the loaded plugin until the FX window is closed. Close the FX chain, hit OK, reopen the FX chain — the new bundle will load.

Logic Pro says "validation failed".

Run auval -v aufx ARN1 1snb in Terminal to see the actual error. Most failures are caused by stale validation cache — delete ~/Library/Caches/AudioUnitCache/ and relaunch Logic.

How do I uninstall?

Delete the bundles from the two plug-in folders:

rm -rf ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Arna1snob.vst3
rm -rf ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Arna1snob.component

That's it. Arna writes nothing else to disk.

Still stuck? Email support. Tell me your host (with version), your macOS version, and what step you got stuck on. I read every email.

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