-
-
-<p><dfn>Plugins</dfn> 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>
- <li>Generate audio by functioning as "software instruments"
- </li>
+ <li>Create various audio or MIDI effects</li>
+ <li>Generate audio by functioning as "software instruments"</li>
</ul>
-<p>Ardour does not come with any built-in signal processors of its own
- (other than volume faders) but does ship with a small group of
- plugins starting at Ardour 5.0. The shipped plugins are listed as authored by "Ardour Team"
- and named with "a-" as the start of the name (Like a-EQ) or Authored by
- "Ardour LUA Task Force" in which case they are example (but still useful)
- LUA scripts. The included plugins are LV2 or LUA scripts and use
- Ardour's generic GUI. They work on all supported platforms so that
- projects started on one platform will sound the same on another platform
- if they use just these plugins or other plugins that
- are cross platform.
- They are written by 3rd parties, though we do provide <a href="/working-with-plugins/getting-plugins/">some
- information on how to get them</a>.
+<p>
+ 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>
-<h4>
-Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:
-</h4>
-<dl class="narrower-table">
+<p>
+ Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:
+</p>
- <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
- more...</a></em>
- </dd>
-</dl>
+ 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>
+ </td></tr>
+</table>
<h2>Adding/Removing/Copying Plugins</h2>
-<p>Within Ardour, plugins are just another type
-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/processor-box/">Processor
-Box</a> page.</p>
-
-{% children %}
+<p>
+ Within Ardour, plugins are just another type 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="@@processor-box">Processor Box</a> page.
+</p>
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