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title: Getting Plugins
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<h2>Where do I get plugins from?</h2>
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<p>
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The following list shows plugin <em>packages</em>. In some cases, a package contains just 1 or 2 plugins; in other cases, dozens.
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</p>
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<h3 id="LADSPA">LADSPA</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>AMB <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
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</li>
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<li>Blepvco <a href="http://www.smbolton.com/linux.html">http://www.smbolton.com/linux.html</a>
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</li>
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<li>Blop <a href="http://blop.sf.net">http://blop.sf.net</a>
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</li>
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<li>CAPS <a href="http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html">http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html</a>
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</li>
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<li>CMT <a href="http://www.ladspa.org/cmt/">http://www.ladspa.org/cmt/</a>
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</li>
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<li>FIL <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
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</li>
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<li>FOO <a href="http://code.google.com/p/foo-plugins/">http://code.google.com/p/foo-plugins/</a>
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</li>
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<li>MCP <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
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</li>
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<li>NJL <a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~njl98r/code/ladspa/njl-plugins/">http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~njl98r/code/ladspa/njl-plugins/</a>
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</li>
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<li>Omins <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/om-synth/omins.html">http://www.nongnu.org/om-synth/omins.html</a>
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</li>
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<li>REV <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
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</li>
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<li>SWH <a href="http://plugin.org.uk/">http://plugin.org.uk/</a>
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</li>
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<li>TAP <a href="http://tap-plugins.sourceforge.net/">http://tap-plugins.sourceforge.net/</a>
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</li>
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<li>VCF <a href="http://www.suse.de/~mana/ladspa.html">http://www.suse.de/~mana/ladspa.html</a>
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</li>
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<li>VCO <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
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</li>
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<li>VLevel <a href="http://vlevel.sourceforge.net/">http://vlevel.sourceforge.net/</a>
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</li>
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<li>Vocoder <a href="http://www.sirlab.de/linux/download_vocoder.html">http://www.sirlab.de/linux/download_vocoder.html</a>
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</li>
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<li>WASP <a href="http://linux01.gwdg.de/~nlissne/wasp/index.html">http://linux01.gwdg.de/~nlissne/wasp/index.html</a> (mar wanted!)
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</li>
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<li>Nova <a href="https://tim.klingt.org/nova/download/nova_filters-0.2.tar.bz2">https://tim.klingt.org/nova/download/nova_filters-0.2.tar.bz2</a>
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</li>
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<li>Calf <a href="http://calf.sourceforge.net/">http://calf.sourceforge.net/</a>
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</li>
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<li>Socal’s LEET Plugins <a href="http://code.google.com/p/leetplugins/">http://code.google.com/p/leetplugins/</a>
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</li>
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<li>Invada plugins <a href="http://www.invadarecords.com/Downloads.php?ID=00000263">http://www.invadarecords.com/Downloads.php?ID=00000263</a>
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</li>
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<li>DSSI-VST 0.7 now with LADSPA Extensions <a href="http://www.breakfastquay.com/">http://www.breakfastquay.com/</a>
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</li>
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<li>Holap synthesizer and DSP effects <a href="http://holap.berlios.de/">http://holap.berlios.de/</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="LV2">LV2</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>SWH <a href="http://plugin.org.uk/lv2/">http://plugin.org.uk/lv2/</a>
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</li>
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<li>ll-plugins <a href="http://ll-plugins.nongnu.org/">http://ll-plugins.nongnu.org/</a>
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</li>
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<li>zynadd <a href="http://home.gna.org/zyn/">http://home.gna.org/zyn/</a>
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</li>
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<li>Calf <a href="http://calf.sourceforge.net/">http://calf.sourceforge.net/</a>
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</li>
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<li>LinuxDSP <a href="http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk/">http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="LinuxVST">Linux VST (LXVST)</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Loomer <a href="http://loomer.co.uk/">http://loomer.co.uk/</a></li>
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<li>Distrho <a href="http://distrho.sourceforge.net/ports.php">http://distrho.sourceforge.net/ports.php</a></li>
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<li>Argotlunar <a href="http://argotlunar.info/">http://argotlunar.info/</a></li>
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<li>MDA plugins (a collection ported from Windows
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VST) <a href="http://www.linux-vst.com/download/mda_linux.tar.gz">http://www.linux-vst.com/download/mda_linux.tar.gz</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3>How do I install plugins?</h3>
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<h4>Linux</h4>
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<p>
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Installation will vary a little depending on how you get plugins. If
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your repository has a particular plugin package, just install it using
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the normal software package management tool for your system. Most
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Linux distributions that are good for audio work will have most of
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the LADSPA and LV2 plugins mentioned above available in ready-to-use
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forms.
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</p>
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<p>
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Finding them will typically require <em>searching</em> your
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distribution's repository to find the name of the package. The tools
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for doing this vary from distribution to distribution. A good place
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to start searching is with the name of the package (e.g. "caps" or
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"calf"). There are no fixed rules about what different Linux
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distributions call their packages for a given set of plugins.
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</p>
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<p>
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If the package isn't available, then you can build the plugins from
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source (plugins are generally fairly easy to compile if you've ever
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done this sort of thing before).
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</p>
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<p>
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LADSPA plugins are shared library files. They need to be installed
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in either /usr/lib/ladspa, /usr/local/lib/ladspa or in a directory
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mentioned in your LADSPA_PATH environment variable.
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</p>
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<p>
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LV2 plugins are folders/directories. They need to
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installed in either /usr/lib/lv2, /usr/local/lib/lv2 or a directory
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mentioned in your LV2_PATH environment variable.
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</p>
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<p>
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Linux VST (LXVST) plugins are distributed as shared library
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files. They are typically installed in /usr/lib/lxvst,
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/usr/local/lib/lxvst or a directory mentioned in your LXVST_PATH
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environment variable.
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</p>
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<h4>OS X</h4>
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<p>
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Unless you're a particularly technical computer user, building and
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installing plugins in the LV2 (or LADSPA) format is probably not
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something worth planning on. Ardour releases for OS X ship with a
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collection of many LADSPA plugins, some of which are very useful and
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some of which are outright buggy.
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</p>
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<p>
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Most of the plugins you are likely to use on OS X will be in Apple's
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AudioUnit format. These have their own installation process that tends to
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just work.
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</p>
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