7 The following list shows <dfn>plugin packages</dfn>. In some cases,
8 a package contains just 1 or 2 plugins; in other cases, dozens.
11 <h2>Plugins by Standard</h2>
13 <h3 id="LADSPA">LADSPA</h3>
16 <li>AMB <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
18 <li>Blepvco <a href="http://www.smbolton.com/linux.html">http://www.smbolton.com/linux.html</a>
20 <li>Blop <a href="http://blop.sf.net">http://blop.sf.net</a>
22 <li>CAPS <a href="http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html">http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html</a>
24 <li>CMT <a href="http://www.ladspa.org/cmt/">http://www.ladspa.org/cmt/</a>
26 <li>FIL <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
28 <li>FOO <a href="http://code.google.com/p/foo-plugins/">http://code.google.com/p/foo-plugins/</a>
30 <li>MCP <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
32 <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>
34 <li>Omins <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/om-synth/omins.html">http://www.nongnu.org/om-synth/omins.html</a>
36 <li>REV <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
38 <li>SWH <a href="http://plugin.org.uk/">http://plugin.org.uk/</a>
40 <li>TAP <a href="http://tap-plugins.sourceforge.net/">http://tap-plugins.sourceforge.net/</a>
42 <li>VCF <a href="http://www.suse.de/~mana/ladspa.html">http://www.suse.de/~mana/ladspa.html</a>
44 <li>VCO <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
46 <li>VLevel <a href="http://vlevel.sourceforge.net/">http://vlevel.sourceforge.net/</a>
48 <li>Vocoder <a href="http://www.sirlab.de/linux/download_vocoder.html">http://www.sirlab.de/linux/download_vocoder.html</a>
50 <li>WASP <a href="http://linux01.gwdg.de/~nlissne/wasp/index.html">http://linux01.gwdg.de/~nlissne/wasp/index.html</a> (mar wanted!)
52 <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>
54 <li>Calf <a href="http://calf.sourceforge.net/">http://calf.sourceforge.net/</a>
56 <li>Socal’s LEET Plugins <a href="http://code.google.com/p/leetplugins/">http://code.google.com/p/leetplugins/</a>
58 <li>Invada plugins <a href="http://www.invadarecords.com/Downloads.php?ID=00000263">http://www.invadarecords.com/Downloads.php?ID=00000263</a>
60 <li>DSSI-VST 0.7 now with LADSPA Extensions <a href="http://www.breakfastquay.com/">http://www.breakfastquay.com/</a>
62 <li>Holap synthesizer and DSP effects <a href="http://holap.berlios.de/">http://holap.berlios.de/</a>
69 <li>SWH <a href="http://plugin.org.uk/lv2/">http://plugin.org.uk/lv2/</a>
71 <li>ll-plugins <a href="http://ll-plugins.nongnu.org/">http://ll-plugins.nongnu.org/</a>
73 <li>zynadd <a href="http://home.gna.org/zyn/">http://home.gna.org/zyn/</a>
75 <li>Calf <a href="http://calf.sourceforge.net/">http://calf.sourceforge.net/</a>
77 <li>LinuxDSP <a href="http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk/">http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk</a>
81 <h3 id="LinuxVST">Linux VST (LXVST)</h3>
84 <li>Loomer <a href="http://loomer.co.uk/">http://loomer.co.uk/</a></li>
85 <li>Distrho <a href="http://distrho.sourceforge.net/ports.php">http://distrho.sourceforge.net/ports.php</a></li>
86 <li>Argotlunar <a href="http://argotlunar.info/">http://argotlunar.info/</a></li>
87 <li>MDA plugins (a collection ported from Windows
88 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>
91 <h2>How do I install plugins?</h2>
96 <dfn>Installation</dfn> will vary a little depending on how you get plugins. If
97 your repository has a particular plugin package, just install it using
98 the normal software package management tool for your system. Most
99 Linux distributions that are good for audio work will have most of
100 the LADSPA and LV2 plugins mentioned above available in ready-to-use
104 Finding them will typically require <em>searching</em> your
105 distribution's repository to find the name of the package. The tools
106 for doing this vary from distribution to distribution. A good place
107 to start searching is with the name of the package (e.g. "caps" or
108 "calf"). There are no fixed rules about what different Linux
109 distributions call their packages for a given set of plugins.
112 If the package isn't available, then you can build the plugins from
113 source (plugins are generally fairly easy to compile if you've ever
114 done this sort of thing before).
117 LADSPA plugins are shared library files. They need to be installed
118 in either /usr/lib/ladspa, /usr/local/lib/ladspa or in a directory
119 mentioned in your LADSPA_PATH environment variable.
122 LV2 plugins are folders/directories. They need to
123 installed in either /usr/lib/lv2, /usr/local/lib/lv2 or a directory
124 mentioned in your LV2_PATH environment variable.
127 Linux VST (LXVST) plugins are distributed as shared library
128 files. They are typically installed in /usr/lib/lxvst,
129 /usr/local/lib/lxvst or a directory mentioned in your LXVST_PATH
130 environment variable.
135 Unless you're a particularly technical computer user, building and
136 installing plugins in the LV2 (or LADSPA) format is probably not
137 something worth planning on. Ardour releases for OS X ship with a
138 collection of many LADSPA plugins, some of which are very useful and
139 some of which are outright buggy.
142 Most of the plugins you are likely to use on OS X will be in Apple's
143 AudioUnit format. These have their own installation process that tends to