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Plugins are bits of software that get loaded by Ardour in order to:

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Plugins are bits of software that get loaded by Ardour in order to:

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Plugins are written by 3rd parties, and Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:

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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. +

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+Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards: +

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LADSPA
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An early, simple, lightweight plugin API, audio effects only, plugins have no editors/GUI of their own
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LV2
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An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own editors/GUIs
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AudioUnit
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OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own GUI
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Linux VST
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Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard but compiled specifically for Linux
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Windows VST
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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... -
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Adding/Removing/Copying Plugins

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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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LADSPA
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An early, simple, lightweight plugin API, audio effects only, + plugins have no editors/GUI of their own (Ardour provides one, however).
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LV2
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An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their + own GUIs
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AU
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OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own GUI
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VST
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Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard. Varies by platform: +
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on Linux
(native) Linux VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)
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on Windows
(native) Windows VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)
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on OS X
Not supported, unless you use a VST<>AU + bridge plugin. Similar to Apple's Logic DAW.
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Windows VST Plugins on Linux
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VST plugins for Windows, but being used on Linux. Not + supported by normal builds of Ardour. Read + more... +
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Adding/Removing/Copying Plugins

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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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