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-
-
Plugins are bits of software that get loaded by Ardour in order to:
+
+Plugins are bits of software that get loaded by Ardour in order to:
-- Create various audio or MIDI effects
-
-- Generate audio by functioning as "software instruments"
-
+ - Create various audio or MIDI effects
+
+ - Generate audio by functioning as "software instruments"
+
-Plugins are written by 3rd parties, and Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:
+
+Ardour does not come with any built-in signal processors of its own
+(other than volume faders) and it also generally doesn't ship with any
+plugins. They are written by 3rd parties, though we do provide some
+ information on how to get them.
+
+
+
+Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:
+
-- LADSPA
-- An early, simple, lightweight plugin API, audio effects only, plugins have no editors/GUI of their own
-- LV2
-- An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own editors/GUIs
-- AudioUnit
-- OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own GUI
-- Linux VST
-- Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard but compiled specifically for Linux
-- Windows VST
-- Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard but compiled for Windows. Support for this plugin format is not available in regular builds of Ardour. Read more...
-
-
-Adding/Removing/Copying Plugins
-Within Ardour, plugins are just another type of Processor
and so the techniques for adding/removing/copying/moving processors apply to plugins as well. These techniques are covered on the Processor Box page.
-
+ LADSPA
+ An early, simple, lightweight plugin API, audio effects only,
+ plugins have no editors/GUI of their own (Ardour provides one, however).
+ LV2
+ An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their
+ own GUIs
+ AU
+ OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own GUI
+
+ VST
+ Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard. Varies by platform:
+
+ - on Linux
- (native) Linux VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)
+ - on Windows
- (native) Windows VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)
+ - on OS X
- Not supported, unless you use a VST<>AU
+ bridge plugin. Similar to Apple's Logic DAW.
+
+
+ Windows VST Plugins on Linux
+ VST plugins for Windows, but being used on Linux. Not
+ supported by normal builds of Ardour. Read
+ more...
+
+
+Adding/Removing/Copying Plugins
+Within Ardour, plugins are just another type
+of Processor and so the techniques for
+adding/removing/copying/moving processors apply to plugins as
+well. These techniques are covered on
+the Processor
+Box page.
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