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The Plugin Manager provides a convenient interface to various - operations on plugins and is the primary troubleshooting tools when something - goes wrong with plugins. It works on both physical plugin files and - the plugins index. + operations on plugins and is the primary troubleshooting tool when something + goes wrong with plugins. It works on both plugin files and the plugins index.

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What is a plugins index?

- For each type of a plugin (e.g. VST3 or LV2) there are pre-configured paths + For each type of a plugin (e.g. VST3 or AU) there are pre-configured paths where these plugins are located. Every time Ardour runs, it re-scans plugins in these paths and recreates an index — a kind of inventory of available plugins. Whenever you open the Plugin Selector @@ -31,6 +30,12 @@ plugins.

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+ Ardour also treats LV2 plugins slightly differently and scans them on startup + unconditionally. You can disable the scanning of VST2, VST3, and AU plugins + entirely in the Preferences dialog. +

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Plugins info

The main part of the Plugin Manager window is the table where all plugins known @@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ control some of its aspects: Tags Metadata that classifies the plugin by type, - e.g. 'instrument|synth' or 'analyser' + e.g. 'instrument|synth' or 'analyzer'