Rip out references to Windows VST on Linux
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<h3>Linux</h3>
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<p>
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In linux there are 3 kinds of plugins Ardour can use. LADSPA, LV2 (LADSPA version 2)
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or lxvst (VSTs compiled as native linux binaries). While it is possible
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with some strange magic to run <a href="@@using-windows-vst-plugins-on-linux">Windows VSTs</a>
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on linux, their whereabouts would follow the Windows info below.
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On Linux, there are 4 kinds of plugins Ardour can use: LADSPA, LV2 (LADSPA
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version 2), VST2, and VST3.
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</p>
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<h4>LADSPA</h4>
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<p>
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Thanks to the combined work of Torben Hohn, Kjetil Mattheusen, Paul
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Davis and a few other developers, it is possible to use Windows
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<dfn><abbr title="Virtual Studio Technology">VST</abbr>
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plugins</dfn> (that is, plugins in VST format built and distributed
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for the Windows platforms) on Ardour running on Linux.
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</p>
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<p>However, doing so has three <em>substantial</em> downsides:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>It requires a special build of Ardour that is fundamentally
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very different from normal builds</li>
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<li>Support depends on <a href="http://winehq.org/">Wine</a>,
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a Windows "emulator"</li>
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<li>As usual with plugins, a crashing plugin will take Ardour down
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with it—and crashes in Windows VST plugins are more likely when
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used in this way</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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The dependence on Wine makes it almost impossible for the Ardour
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project to support this feature. Wine's functionality generally
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improves over time, but any given release of Wine may behave worse
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with some or all Windows VST plugins. It may even just crash Ardour
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completely.
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</p>
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<p>
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Step back and think about what "using Windows VSTs" really means:
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taking bits of software written with only one idea in mind—running
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on the Windows platform—and then trying to use them on an entirely
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different platform. It is a bit of a miracle (thanks largely to the
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incredible work done by the Wine project) that it works at all. But is
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this the basis of a stable, reliable DAW for a non-Windows platform?
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Getting Ardour on Linux to pretend that its really a Windows
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application running on Windows?
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</p>
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<p>
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It is understandable that there are many outstanding plugins available as
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Windows VSTs and, that in many cases, no equivalent is available for Linux.
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If a workflow is so dependent on those plugins, Ardour should be used on
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Windows (or potentially used with an actual Windows VST host running inside
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of Wine). If the effort can be made, a better environment can be obtained by
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using a normal build of Ardour and exploring the world of plugins built to
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run on Linux natively. This covers LADSPA, LV2 and Linux VST formats, and
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even some outstanding proprietary plugins such as those from
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<a href="http://www.loomer.co.uk/">Loomer</a>.
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</p>
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<h2>A Plea To Plugin Manufacturers</h2>
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<p>
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Please consider porting your plugins so that users can enjoy them on
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Linux too. Several other commercial plugin developers have already
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done this. You can choose between using "Linux VST" (which is what
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Loomer and others have done)—you will find toolkits like JUCE that
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help to make this fairly easy—or using LV2 format which is
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ultimately more flexible but probably requires more work. We have
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users—thousands of users—on Linux who would like to use your
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plugins.
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</p>
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</p>
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<table class="dl">
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<tr><th><abbr title="Linux Audio Developers' Simple Plugin API">LADSPA</abbr></th>
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<td>An early, simple, lightweight plugin <abbr title="Application
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Programming Interface">API</abbr>, audio effects only,
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plugins have no editors/GUI of their own (Ardour provides one, however).</td></tr>
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<tr><th><abbr title="LADSPA Version 2">LV2</abbr></th>
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<td>An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and <abbr
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title="Musical Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</abbr>, plugins can provide their
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own <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>s but may use the
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one Ardour provides instead.</td></tr>
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<tr><th><abbr title="Audio Unit">AU</abbr></th>
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<td>OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own GUI</td></tr>
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<tr><th><abbr title="Virtual Studio Technology">VST</abbr></th>
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<td>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard. Varies by platform:
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<table class="dl">
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<tr><th>on Linux</th><td>(native) Linux VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)</td></tr>
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<tr><th>on Windows</th><td>(native) Windows VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)</td></tr>
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<tr><th>on OS X</th><td>(native) macOS VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4) since Ardour 5.5</td></tr>
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</table>
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Windows VST Plugins on Linux</th>
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<td>VST plugins for Windows, but being used on Linux. <em>Not
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supported by normal builds of Ardour. <a href="@@using-windows-vst-plugins-on-linux">Read
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more…</a></em>
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</td></tr>
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<tr>
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<th><abbr title="Linux Audio Developers' Simple Plugin API">LADSPA</abbr></th>
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<td>
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An early, simple, lightweight plugin <abbr title="Application
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Programming Interface">API</abbr>, audio effects only, plugins have no
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editors/GUI of their own (Ardour provides one, however).</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><abbr title="LADSPA Version 2">LV2</abbr></th>
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<td>
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An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and <abbr
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title="Musical Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</abbr>, plugins can
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provide their own <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>s but
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may use the one Ardour provides instead.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><abbr title="Audio Unit">AU</abbr></th>
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<td>
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OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own
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GUI
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><abbr title="Virtual Studio Technology">VST</abbr></th>
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<td>
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Plugins using Steinberg's VST2 and VST3 plugin standard.
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h2>Adding/Removing/Copying Plugins</h2>
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part: subchapter
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title: Using Windows VST Plugins on Linux
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include: using-windows-vst-plugins-on-linux.html
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link: using-windows-vst-plugins-on-linux
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uri: working-with-plugins/windows-vst-support
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part: subchapter
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title: Automation
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include: automation.html
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