Installing Glockfather

System requirements

• macOS 12 Monterey or later
• Apple Silicon — M1, M2, M3, M4 or later. Intel Macs are not supported.
• 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB or more recommended
• 1 GB free disk space (covers the installer download, both plugin formats, and the instrument samples)
• VST3 and Audio Unit (AU) plugin formats
• Display: 1280 × 800 or higher
• Supported DAWs: Logic Pro, Ableton Live, FL Studio

Installing

1. Download the DMG from the link in your order confirmation email, or from your order page on insect-audio.com.
2. Double-click the DMG to mount it. A Finder window opens showing the disk image contents: the Installer, the Uninstaller, a short README, and the licence agreement.
3. Double-click Installer and follow the on-screen steps. macOS may ask for your administrator password.

4. The installer places everything in the standard macOS locations automatically:

   • VST3: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/
   • AU: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/
   • Instrument samples: /Library/Application Support/Insect Audio/The Glockfather/
5. Open your DAW and rescan plugins (or restart it). Look for it listed as The Glockfather under Insect Audio.

If macOS blocks the installer with a "developer cannot be verified" warning, right-click (or Control-click) the installer and choose Open from the context menu, then confirm in the dialog.

Where to read up on the controls

This help centre is the full documentation, and it is kept current with every release — there is no separate manual to download or keep track of.

• Getting Started — installing and activating, which is where you are now.
• Sound Design — what each control actually does: the Sauce knob, the Tone knob, reverb and delay, presets and the glockenspiel keyboard, and locking tempo to your host.
• Troubleshooting & Uninstalling — when something isn't working, and how to remove the plugin cleanly.

The README on the disk image is a short version of the same material, for when you are offline.

Where the sounds live

Glockfather's instrument samples are installed once and shared by both plugin formats, so running VST3 and AU side by side does not use twice the disk space.

Leave that folder where it is. The plugin loads every note from it while you play, so if it is moved, renamed or deleted, Glockfather still opens but plays nothing. Reinstalling puts it back.

First launch

The first time you open Glockfather on an instrument track, it shows an activation screen before it will make sound — see Activating your serial key in this section.