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8 <title>Using Plugins</title>
10 Using Plugins in ardour is easy and fun!
14 Fortunately for us, there's
15 <ulink url="http://ladspa.org">LADSPA!!</ulink> Ladspa stands for
16 <emphasis>L</emphasis>inux <emphasis>A</emphasis>udio
17 <emphasis>D</emphasis>evelopers <emphasis>S</emphasis>imple
18 <emphasis>P</emphasis>lugin <emphasis>A</emphasis> PI, and there is a
19 great suite of Free plugins maintained by Steve Harris at
20 <ulink url="http://plugin.org.uk">plugin.org.uk</ulink>.
24 Once you have the plugins installed, restart Ardour (don't forget to
25 save!) and open up the mixer window. See the black rectangle about 3/4
26 of the way down the mixer strip? That's the sends list. Think of a mixer
27 strip as a signal path. Follow the signal as it flows from the top down
28 through inputs, varispeed settings, volume controls, plugins and sends,
29 pan control and then output. Right-click on the empty sends list and
30 select <guimenuitem>New Plugin</guimenuitem> from the popup menu.
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38 You'll be presented with a list of available LADSPA plugins. experiment
39 and choose the one that's right for you. I really like the VyNil effect.
40 It creates an old worn out vynil record sound.
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48 In the screenshot below, you will find a bouquet of various LADSPA
49 plugins. aaahhh... le mot juste...
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