Arturia Software Center (ASC)

Arturia Software Center (also known as ASC) is a powerful instrument manager for Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) applications that professional sound designers, composers, and editors use to create audio projects of all types and sizes.

You'll be amazed at how quick and easy it is to set up your studio with this tool

Arturia Software Center ASC provides audio professionals with an easy way to add brand new virtual instruments into their favorite working environment, enabling them to enhance their music production workflow with an incredible variety of new instruments, effects packs, and other audio packs offered in the large Arturia instruments library.

Arturia Software Center client app allows all Arturia premium members to easily manage all their instruments, download and update them, and enable plugins for a wide variety of supported DAW apps.

Users first have to download the latest version of the ACS app, install it following a few simple on-screen instructions, and log in using their Arturia website credentials.

If the user does not have their profile made, they can do so within the app. Arturia instrument library is available for unrestricted use only for premium users with an active subscription.

Without a premium license, the products will remain in demo mode which features limited functionality. Once selected instrument packs are downloaded and marked as active, users can start infusing them into their favorite Digital Audio Workstation platform.

It supports integration into all the major DAW apps, including Cubase, Logic Pro X, Bitwig, FL Studio, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, and Studio One.

Users simply have to go to the plugin management screens and pick the Software Center from the list of available plugins. Detailed tutorials for the integration of ACS instrument packs in these popular DAWs can be found on the official Arturia Software Center website.

The library of instruments and sounds offered by Arturia is too large to list here, with an incredible amount of variety and innovative sounds that can enrich audio projects of all types. Users are empowered to browse the entire cloud library of ACS, with a filtering tool for instruments and sound types (Bass, Brass, Drum, Keys, Organ, Strings, and many others).

PROS

• Easy way to add new virtual instruments and audio packs
• Enables users to enhance their music production workflow
• Integration into all major DAW apps
• Large variety of innovative sounds
• Cloud library with filtering tool

CONS

• Only available for premium Arturia members
• Demo mode for non-premium users has limited functionality

Arturia Software Center is a free Windows audio plugin management utility for premium Arturia offerings. The app is optimized only for modern versions of Windows OS (Windows 8.1 and newer) and macOS 10.13+.