</ul>
<p>
- They are usually written by 3rd parties, though <a href="@@bundled-plugins">a few come as part of a standard Ardour install</a>. The sources for plugins are many and varied; see <a href="@@getting-plugins">here</a> for some information on how to get them.
+ They are usually written by 3rd parties, though <a href="@@plugins-bundled-with-ardour">a few come as part of a standard Ardour install</a>. The sources for plugins are many and varied; see <a href="@@getting-more-plugins">here</a> for some information on how to get them.
</p>
<p>
Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:
</p>
-<dl class="narrower-table">
- <dt><abbr title="Linux Audio Developers' Simple Plugin API">LADSPA</abbr></dt>
- <dd>An early, simple, lightweight plugin <abbr title="Application
+<table class="dl">
+ <tr><th><abbr title="Linux Audio Developers' Simple Plugin API">LADSPA</abbr></th>
+ <td>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><abbr title="LADSPA Version 2">LV2</abbr></dt>
- <dd>An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and <abbr
+ plugins have no editors/GUI of their own (Ardour provides one, however).</td></tr>
+ <tr><th><abbr title="LADSPA Version 2">LV2</abbr></th>
+ <td>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 but may use the
- one Ardour provides instead.</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><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>(native) macOS VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4) since Ardour 5.5</dd>
- </dl>
- </dd>
-
- <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
+ one Ardour provides instead.</td></tr>
+ <tr><th><abbr title="Audio Unit">AU</abbr></th>
+ <td>OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own GUI</td></tr>
+
+ <tr><th><abbr title="Virtual Studio Technology">VST</abbr></th>
+ <td>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard. Varies by platform:
+ <table class="dl">
+ <tr><th>on Linux</th><td>(native) Linux VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)</td></tr>
+ <tr><th>on Windows</th><td>(native) Windows VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)</td></tr>
+ <tr><th>on OS X</th><td>(native) macOS VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4) since Ardour 5.5</td></tr>
+ </table>
+ </td></tr>
+
+ <tr><th>Windows VST Plugins on Linux</th>
+ <td>VST plugins for Windows, but being used on Linux. <em>Not
+ supported by normal builds of Ardour. <a href="@@using-windows-vst-plugins-on-linux">Read
more…</a></em>
- </dd>
-</dl>
+ </td></tr>
+</table>
<h2>Adding/Removing/Copying Plugins</h2>