Trilian
Trilian is a bass and keyboard virtual instrument plugin from Spectrasonics, designed for use in digital audio workstations like Pro Tools. It combines physical modeling synthesis, sample playback and real-time performance controls to generate realistic bass, keys and melodic sounds. It is widely used by musicians, producers and sound designers in studios and live performance settings. Trilian is available as an AAX plugin for Pro Tools and as VST3 and AU formats for other DAWs.
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1 suggestionTrilian has shipped with full native Apple Silicon support since Spectrasonics released free updates in April 2022. Because Trilian is an AAX plugin for Pro Tools, you need to ensure two things work together: Pro Tools itself must be running natively on Apple Silicon (Pro Tools 2023.6 or later), and then Trilian will load as a native AAX plugin. Open Pro Tools and check Help → About Pro Tools to confirm you are on a native build; if you see "Intel" in the version details, update Pro Tools through Avid Application Manager. Once Pro Tools is native, open your Spectrasonics user account at spectrasonics.net, log in, and download the latest version of Trilian directly from there — then run the Spectrasonics installer to update the plugin. Alternatively, if Trilian is already installed, you can open Trilian's splash screen directly (by loading an instance in Pro Tools or opening the standalone app if you have it) and use the "Get Updates" button to fetch the latest native version automatically. Both Pro Tools and Trilian must be updated for the native performance benefits to take effect.
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