X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=_manual%2F11_working-with-plugins%2F06_getting-plugins.html;h=02786b23e600c3dd7fe34621c6364f1a71f123cf;hb=bdd48ae6a9b8f7c994ca8b29642c2d6a55540260;hp=bd1576ea86aa04faf084b420c44f776578e3e194;hpb=3004549615981f906cc7f8d39d5f88bd567e0c28;p=ardour-manual-diverged diff --git a/_manual/11_working-with-plugins/06_getting-plugins.html b/_manual/11_working-with-plugins/06_getting-plugins.html index bd1576e..02786b2 100644 --- a/_manual/11_working-with-plugins/06_getting-plugins.html +++ b/_manual/11_working-with-plugins/06_getting-plugins.html @@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ layout: default title: Getting Plugins --- -

Where do I get plugins from?

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-The following list shows plugin packages. In some cases, a package contains just 1 or 2 plugins; in other cases, dozens. + The following list shows plugin packages. In some cases, + a package contains just 1 or 2 plugins; in other cases, dozens.

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Plugins by Standard

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LADSPA

Linux VST (LXVST)

@@ -86,12 +88,12 @@ The following list shows plugin packages. In some cases, a package cont VST) http://www.linux-vst.com/download/mda_linux.tar.gz -

How do I install plugins?

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How do I install plugins?

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Linux

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Linux

- Installation will vary a little depending on how you get plugins. If + Installation will vary a little depending on how you get plugins. If your repository has a particular plugin package, just install it using the normal software package management tool for your system. Most Linux distributions that are good for audio work will have most of @@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ The following list shows plugin packages. In some cases, a package cont for doing this vary from distribution to distribution. A good place to start searching is with the name of the package (e.g. "caps" or "calf"). There are no fixed rules about what different Linux - dsistributions call their packages for a given set of plugins. + distributions call their packages for a given set of plugins.

If the package isn't available, then you can build the plugins from @@ -128,13 +130,14 @@ The following list shows plugin packages. In some cases, a package cont environment variable.

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OS X

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OS X

Unless you're a particularly technical computer user, building and installing plugins in the LV2 (or LADSPA) format is probably not something worth planning on. Ardour releases for OS X ship with a collection of many LADSPA plugins, some of which are very useful and some of which are outright buggy. +

Most of the plugins you are likely to use on OS X will be in Apple's AudioUnit format. These have their own installation process that tends to