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<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>
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<li>Generate audio by functioning as "software instruments"</li>
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</ul>
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They are usually written by 3rd parties, though a few
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<a href="@@bundled-plugins">come bundled with Ardour</a> (some are only
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available in official builds distributed from ardour.org). The sources for
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plugins are many and varied; see <a href="@@getting-more-plugins">here</a>
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for some information on how to get them.
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</p>
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<p>
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Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:
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</p>
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<table class="dl">
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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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Within Ardour, plugins are just another type of <dfn>Processor</dfn> and so
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the techniques for adding/removing/copying/moving processors apply to plugins
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as well. These techniques are covered on the
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<a href="@@processor-box">Processor Box</a> page.
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