# AudioUnit v3 host

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/audiounit-v3-host/20199>\
**Category:** General JUCE discussion\
**Created:** [December 8, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/audiounit-v3-host/20199 "2016-12-08T15:11:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![adamwilson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/adamwilson/32/1387_2.png) [@adamwilson](https://forum.juce.com/u/adamwilson)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/audiounit-v3-host/20199/1 "2016-12-08T15:11:46Z")

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I can’t seem to find info on this, but does JUCE support hosting AUv3 plugins?

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**Author:** ![ed95](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/ed95/32/7635_2.png) [@ed95](https://forum.juce.com/u/ed95)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/audiounit-v3-host/20199/2 "2016-12-08T16:16:23Z")

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Yes we do - check out the AUv3Synth example in JUCE/examples for a demo!

Ed

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**Author:** ![jonathonracz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/da6949/32.png) [@jonathonracz](https://forum.juce.com/u/jonathonracz)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/audiounit-v3-host/20199/3 "2016-12-08T18:06:54Z")

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It’s clear that you can _make_ AUv3 plugins with JUCE, but I think @adamski is talking about hosting them, i.e. whether code based off the plugin host example can load AUv3 plugins or not.

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**Author:** ![fr810](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/fr810/32/841_2.png) [@fr810](https://forum.juce.com/u/fr810)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/audiounit-v3-host/20199/4 "2016-12-08T18:27:48Z")

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Yes you can. The audio plugin host will happily load it for example. You can even build the Plugin host on iOS and load a AUv3 there

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**Author:** ![jamiebullock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/jamiebullock/32/459_2.png) [@jamiebullock](https://forum.juce.com/u/jamiebullock)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/audiounit-v3-host/20199/5 "2017-07-19T13:26:54Z")

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Resurrecting an old thread…

I’ve managed to build and run the Plugin Host on iOS but how do I actually load a plugin in it? Nothing seems to bring up the menu.

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**Author:** ![fr810](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/fr810/32/841_2.png) [@fr810](https://forum.juce.com/u/fr810)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/audiounit-v3-host/20199/6 "2017-07-19T15:59:23Z")

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Yes we really need to create a mobile version of the plug-in host.

In any case, I think if you rotate your iPhone/iPad into landscape or portrait you can see the menu bar of the window. You then create a filter just like you would on desktop.