6 <h2>Where do I get plugins from?</h2>
9 The following list shows plugin <em>packages</em>. In some cases, a package contains just 1 or 2 plugins; in other cases, dozens.
12 <h3 id="LADSPA">LADSPA</h3>
15 <li>AMB <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
17 <li>Blepvco <a href="http://www.smbolton.com/linux.html">http://www.smbolton.com/linux.html</a>
19 <li>Blop <a href="http://blop.sf.net">http://blop.sf.net</a>
21 <li>CAPS <a href="http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html">http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html</a>
23 <li>CMT <a href="http://www.ladspa.org/cmt/">http://www.ladspa.org/cmt/</a>
25 <li>FIL <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
27 <li>FOO <a href="http://code.google.com/p/foo-plugins/">http://code.google.com/p/foo-plugins/</a>
29 <li>MCP <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
31 <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>
33 <li>Omins <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/om-synth/omins.html">http://www.nongnu.org/om-synth/omins.html</a>
35 <li>REV <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
37 <li>SWH <a href="http://plugin.org.uk/">http://plugin.org.uk/</a>
39 <li>TAP <a href="http://tap-plugins.sourceforge.net/">http://tap-plugins.sourceforge.net/</a>
41 <li>VCF <a href="http://www.suse.de/~mana/ladspa.html">http://www.suse.de/~mana/ladspa.html</a>
43 <li>VCO <a href="http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html">http://kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html</a>
45 <li>VLevel <a href="http://vlevel.sourceforge.net/">http://vlevel.sourceforge.net/</a>
47 <li>Vocoder <a href="http://www.sirlab.de/linux/download_vocoder.html">http://www.sirlab.de/linux/download_vocoder.html</a>
49 <li>WASP <a href="http://linux01.gwdg.de/~nlissne/wasp/index.html">http://linux01.gwdg.de/~nlissne/wasp/index.html</span></a> (mar wanted!)
51 <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>
53 <li>Calf <a href="http://calf.sourceforge.net/">http://calf.sourceforge.net/</a>
55 <li>Socal’s LEET Plugins <a href="http://code.google.com/p/leetplugins/">http://code.google.com/p/leetplugins/</a>
57 <li>Invada plugins <a href="http://www.invadarecords.com/Downloads.php?ID=00000263">http://www.invadarecords.com/Downloads.php?ID=00000263</a>
59 <li>DSSI-VST 0.7 now with LADSPA Extensions <a href="http://www.breakfastquay.com/">http://www.breakfastquay.com/</a>
61 <li>Holap synthesizer and DSP effects <a href="http://holap.berlios.de/">http://holap.berlios.de/</a>
68 <li>SWH <a href="http://plugin.org.uk/lv2/">http://plugin.org.uk/lv2/</a>
70 <li>ll-plugins <a href="http://ll-plugins.nongnu.org/">http://ll-plugins.nongnu.org/</a>
72 <li>zynadd <a href="http://home.gna.org/zyn/">http://home.gna.org/zyn/</a>
74 <li>Calf <a href="http://calf.sourceforge.net/">http://calf.sourceforge.net/</a>
76 <li>LinuxDSP <a href="http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk/">http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk</a>
79 <h3 id="LinuxVST">Linux VST (LXVST)</h3>
82 <li>Loomer <a href="http://loomer.co.uk/">http://loomer.co.uk/</a></li>
83 <li>Distrho <a href="http://distrho.sourceforge.net/ports.php">http://distrho.sourceforge.net/ports.php</a></li>
84 <li>Argotlunar <a href="http://argotlunar.info/">http://argotlunar.info/</a></li>
85 <li>MDA plugins (a collection ported from Windows
86 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>
89 <h3>How do I install plugins?</h3>
94 Installation will vary a little depending on how you get plugins. If
95 your repository has a particular plugin package, just install it using
96 the normal software package management tool for your system. Most
97 Linux distributions that are good for audio work will have most of
98 the LADSPA and LV2 plugins mentioned above available in ready-to-use
102 Finding them will typically require <em>searching</em> your
103 distribution's repository to find the name of the package. The tools
104 for doing this vary from distribution to distribution. A good place
105 to start searching is with the name of the package (e.g. "caps" or
106 "calf"). There are no fixed rules about what different Linux
107 distributions call their packages for a given set of plugins.
110 If the package isn't available, then you can build the plugins from
111 source (plugins are generally fairly easy to compile if you've ever
112 done this sort of thing before).
115 LADSPA plugins are shared library files. They need to be installed
116 in either /usr/lib/ladspa, /usr/local/lib/ladspa or in a directory
117 mentioned in your LADSPA_PATH environment variable.
120 LV2 plugins are folders/directories. They need to
121 installed in either /usr/lib/lv2, /usr/local/lib/lv2 or a directory
122 mentioned in your LV2_PATH environment variable.
125 Linux VST (LXVST) plugins are distributed as shared library
126 files. They are typically installed in /usr/lib/lxvst,
127 /usr/local/lib/lxvst or a directory mentioned in your LXVST_PATH
128 environment variable.
133 Unless you're a particularly technical computer user, building and
134 installing plugins in the LV2 (or LADSPA) format is probably not
135 something worth planning on. Ardour releases for OS X ship with a
136 collection of many LADSPA plugins, some of which are very useful and
137 some of which are outright buggy.
139 Most of the plugins you are likely to use on OS X will be in Apple's
140 AudioUnit format. These have their own installation process that tends to