X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Fplugin-manager.html;h=14c2fe13dea0a917cda7e1033f6f13d20059720d;hb=935badcb9b12a81f840d447a01999755c4ff9916;hp=e56a62a34324c2e0ea076d24f47f122e9012055e;hpb=c43e4bbaddc3eda11ba5c182e2d08acce2377ec0;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/plugin-manager.html b/include/plugin-manager.html index e56a62a..14c2fe1 100644 --- a/include/plugin-manager.html +++ b/include/plugin-manager.html @@ -2,8 +2,7 @@

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. + 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