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< p >
< dfn > Plugins< / dfn > are bits of software that get loaded by Ardour in order to:< / p >
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< ul >
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< li > Create various audio or MIDI effects< / li >
< li > Generate audio by functioning as "software instruments"< / li >
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< / ul >
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< p >
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They are usually written by 3rd parties, though < a href = "@@plugins-bundled-with-ardour" > a few come as part of a standard Ardour install< / a > . The sources for plugins are many and varied; see < a href = "@@getting-more-plugins" > here< / a > for some information on how to get them.
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< / p >
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< p >
Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:
< / p >
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< th > < abbr title = "Linux Audio Developers' Simple Plugin API" > LADSPA< / abbr > < / th >
< td >
An early, simple, lightweight plugin < abbr title = "Application
Programming Interface">API< / abbr > , audio effects only, plugins have no
editors/GUI of their own (Ardour provides one, however).< / td >
< / tr >
< tr >
< th > < abbr title = "LADSPA Version 2" > LV2< / abbr > < / th >
< td >
An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and < abbr
title="Musical Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI< / abbr > , plugins can
provide their own < abbr title = "Graphical User Interface" > GUI< / abbr > s but
may use the one Ardour provides instead.
< / td >
< / tr >
< tr >
< th > < abbr title = "Audio Unit" > AU< / abbr > < / th >
< td >
OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own
GUI
< / td >
< / tr >
< tr >
< th > < abbr title = "Virtual Studio Technology" > VST< / abbr > < / th >
< td >
Plugins using Steinberg's VST2 and VST3 plugin standard.
< / td >
< / tr >
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< / table >
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< h2 > Adding/Removing/Copying Plugins< / h2 >
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< p >
Within Ardour, plugins are just another type of < dfn > Processor< / dfn > and so
the techniques for adding/removing/copying/moving processors apply to plugins
as well. These techniques are covered on the
< a href = "@@processor-box" > Processor Box< / a > page.
< / p >
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