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.
99 If the package isn't available, then you can build the plugins from
100 source (plugins are generally fairly easy to compile). LADSPA Plugins
101 need to be installed in either /usr/lib/ladspa, /usr/local/lib/ladspa
102 or in a directory mentioned in your LADSPA_PATH environment
106 LV2 plugins are distributed as folders/directories. They need to
107 installed in either /usr/lib/lv2, /usr/local/lib/lv2 or a directory
108 mentioned in your LV2_PATH environment variable.
111 Linux VST (LXVST) plugins are distributed as shared library
112 files. They are typically installed in /usr/lib/lxvst,
113 /usr/local/lib/lxvst or a directory mentioned in your LXVST_PATH
114 environment variable.
119 Unless you're a particularly technical computer user, building and
120 installing plugins in the LV2 (or LADSPA) format is probably not
121 something worth planning on. Ardour releases for OS X ship with a
122 collection of many LADSPA plugins, some of which are very useful and
123 some of which are outright buggy.
125 Most of the plugins you are likely to use on OS X will be in Apple's
126 AudioUnit format. These have their own installation process that tends to