How to Install Musical Artifacts on macOS - A Tutorial

Musical Artifacts is a website which offers a vast collection of free and open-source audio plugins and tools for creative musicians, producers and sound designers.

If you are a macOS user and want to access the Musical Artifacts, then follow these steps to install it easily.

Step 1: Download and Install Homebrew

Homebrew is a package manager application that simplifies installation of third-party packages on macOS. Follow the directions below to install Homebrew on your macOS:

  1. Open Terminal

  2. Run the following command:

    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

  3. Homebrew installation will start. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Step 2: Install JUCE Library

Musical Artifacts requires JUCE library to be installed on your macOS. Use the following command in Terminal to install JUCE:

brew install juce

Step 3: Install Xcode Command-line Tools

Xcode Command-line tools are essential for compiling and building the Musical Artifacts. Use the following command in Terminal to install Xcode Command-line tools:

xcode-select --install

Step 4: Installation of Musical Artifacts

Now that you have Homebrew installed, JUCE library installed, and Xcode Command-line tools installed, you can install Musical Artifacts with these next two steps:

  1. In Terminal navigate to the directory where you want to download the Musical Artifacts. Example: 

    cd ~/Downloads

  2. Run the following command to install Musical Artifacts:

    brew install musical-artifacts

That's it! You have successfully installed Musical Artifacts on your macOS. You can now browse its library to find and download the plugins and tools that you need.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have walked you through the installation process of Musical Artifacts on macOS. This process requires Homebrew, JUCE Library, and Xcode Command-line tools to be installed on your macOS. Once all these applications are installed, you can easily download and install Musical Artifacts on your machine.