-<p>Plugins are bits of software that get loaded by Ardour in order to:</p>
+<p><dfn>Plugins</dfn> are bits of software that get loaded by Ardour in order to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Create various audio or MIDI effects
</li>
</p>
<dl class="narrower-table">
- <dt>LADSPA</dt>
- <dd>An early, simple, lightweight plugin API, audio effects only,
+ <dt><abbr title="Linux Audio Developers' Simple Plugin API">LADSPA</abbr></dt>
+ <dd>An early, simple, lightweight plugin <abbr title="Application
+ Programming Interface">API</abbr>, audio effects only,
plugins have no editors/GUI of their own (Ardour provides one, however).</dd>
-
- <dt>LV2</dt>
- <dd>An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own editors/GUIs</dd>
-
- <dt>AudioUnit</dt>
+ <dt><abbr title="LADSPA Version 2">LV2</abbr></dt>
+ <dd>An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and <abbr
+ title="Musical Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</abbr>, plugins can provide their
+ own <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>s</dd>
+ <dt><abbr title="Audio Unit">AU</abbr></dt>
<dd>OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own GUI</dd>
- <dt>Linux VST</dt>
- <dd>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard but compiled specifically for Linux</dd>
+ <dt><abbr title="Virtual Studio Technology">VST</abbr></dt>
+ <dd>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard. Varies by platform:
+ <dl>
+ <dt>on Linux</dt><dd>(native) Linux VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)</dd>
+ <dt>on Windows</dt><dd>(native) Windows VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)</dd>
+ <dt>on OS X</dt><dd>Not supported, unless you use a VST<>AU
+ bridge plugin. Similar to Apple's Logic DAW.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
- <dt>Windows VST</dt>
- <dd>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard but compiled for
- Windows. <em>Support for this plugin format is not available in
- regular builds of
- Ardour. <a href="/working-with-plugins/windows-vst-support">Read
+ <dt>Windows VST Plugins on Linux</dt>
+ <dd>VST plugins for Windows, but being used on Linux. <em>Not
+ supported by normal builds of Ardour. <a href="/working-with-plugins/windows-vst-support">Read
more...</a></em>
</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Adding/Removing/Copying Plugins</h2>
<p>Within Ardour, plugins are just another type
-of <code>Processor</code> and so the techniques for
+of <dfn>Processor</dfn> and so the techniques for
adding/removing/copying/moving processors apply to plugins as
well. These techniques are covered on
-the <a href="/working-with-plugins/the-processor-box">Processor
+the <a href="/working-with-plugins/processor-box">Processor
Box</a> page.</p>
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