Ardour
Using Windows VST Plugins on Linux
Ardour by Ardour is an Audio Plugin Host for macOS, Windows and Linux. It functions as a LADSPA Plugin. It can host VST Plugins, Audio Units Plugins, LADSPA Plugins and LV2 Plugins.
Thanks to the combined work of Torben Hohn, Kjetil Mattheusen, Paul Davis and a few other developers, it is possible to use Windows VST plugins (that is, plugins in VST format built and distributed for the Windows platforms) on Ardour running on Linux.
However, doing so has three substantial downsides:
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It requires a special build of Ardour that is fundamentally very different from normal builds
Support depends on Wine, a Windows 'emulator'
As usual with plugins, a crashing plugin will take Ardour down with it—and crashes in Windows VST plugins are more likely when used in this way
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VST Plugin Support. VST plugins (native Windows VST plugins on Windows, Linux VST plugins on Linux) are no longer automatically scanned at first application startup (this avoids plugins causing crashes when using Ardour for the first time on systems with misbehaving plugins already installed). VST Pluginsis a Plugin format common to Microsoft Windows. VST Plugins can be used on Linux, however they may not function correctly, or even cause Ardour to crash. Using these Plugins requires manually Compilingthe Ardour application, a task which is outside.
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The dependence on Wine makes it almost impossible for the Ardour project to support this feature. Wine's functionality generally improves over time, but any given release of Wine may behave worse with some or all Windows VST plugins. It may even just crash Ardour completely.
Step back and think about what 'using Windows VSTs' really means: taking bits of software written with only one idea in mind—running on the Windows platform—and then trying to use them on an entirely different platform. It is a bit of a miracle (thanks largely to the incredible work done by the Wine project) that it works at all. But is this the basis of a stable, reliable DAW for a non-Windows platform? Getting Ardour on Linux to pretend that its really a Windows application running on Windows?
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It is understandable that there are many outstanding plugins available as Windows VSTs and, that in many cases, no equivalent is available for Linux. If a workflow is so dependent on those plugins, Ardour should be used on Windows (or potentially used with an actual Windows VST host running inside of Wine). If the effort can be made, a better environment can be obtained by using a normal build of Ardour and exploring the world of plugins built to run on Linux natively. This covers LADSPA, LV2 and Linux VST formats
Plugins can be used to enhance or transform the sound of individualTracks.
They can be applied directly to a single track, or to a group of Tracks using a Send. Later inthis tutorial, we will discuss some Plugins specific to the Mixingprocess, such as Compressors, Limiters, ParametricEqualizers, Reverbs and others.
Processor Box
In Ardour terminology, a Processor is anything which gets pluggedinto a Mixer Strip, and treats the signal in some way. Ardour providesseveral built-in processors such as the Fader or Panners. Processors canalso be plugins used for effects or as instruments, as well as sends orinserts which affect signal routing. The arrangement of processors isarbitrary, and there is no limit to how many there can be.
The main space shown in the screenshot above is the Processor Box.The blue box Fader is in fact a Processor that comes by defaultinside the Processor Box. It represents the Fader that you use tocontrol the Track’s volume. All Processors are shown as coloredrectangles, with a small “LED” beside them that lights up when theprocessor is enabled. The colour of the processor depends on itslocation in the sequence; processors that are pre-fader are colored inred, and post-fader processors are colored green.
Adding a Plugin to a Track or a Bus
Plugins can be added by right-clicking in the Processor Box of the Trackor Bus. A menu of options is presented. From the menu, new processorscan be inserted.
The Plugin Manager is a convenient way to browse and choose plugins:
From the Plugin Manager, you can search them by Name, Type, or othersearch parameters available from the drop-down menu. For example, wewill add the reverb plugin called “Freeverb”:
Once selected, click “Add” and the plugin will show up in the bottomlist of “Plugins to be connected”. Then click “Insert Plugin(s)” andthey will show up in the Processor Box.
Editing Plugin Parameters
Double-click a Plugin to edit its parameters. In this example, we doubleclick the “Freeverb” green box and get this window:
Here you can control reverb parameters such as Room Size, Damping,amount of Wet and Dry signal, and Width. The effect will apply to allsounds contained in the Track.
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Bypassing Plugins
To bypass the Plugin, press the Bypass button in the Plugin settingswindow, or simply click the “LED” of the plugin in the Processor Box.This turns the Plugin off and allows the signal to pass by itunaffected. This is useful when you want to compare how a track soundswith and without the plugin.
Bypassed Plugins are shown greyed out and with the “LED” turned off.
Right-Clicking the Plugins will give a menu with several options,including Delete.
Pre-Fader vs Post-Fader
You have a choice whether you would like to add your Plugin before orafter the Fader rectangle in the Processor Box. Pre-Fader Pluginsare inserted in the signal path before the Fader, so that the Fadercontrols the level of the signal coming out of the Plugin. Post-FaderPlugins are inserted after the Fader: the Fader controls the level ofthe signal going into the Plugin. For some Plugins, Pre- or Post-faderplacement does not matter. For others, the difference is subtle. Forothers still, inserting them in the right place is absolutely essential (for more details, see for example this thread at the Ardour discussion forum).
Plugin Formats
For those interested in learning more about plugin formats, here’s a quick overview:
LADSPA Plugins are the “native” Plugin format for Ardour. They wereinitially developed for Linux, but since have been ported to OS X aswell.
LV2 is a simple but extensible successor of LADSPA, which can beused to display sound characteristics in a graphical manner. LV2 Pluginscan be used on OS X and Linux.
AU Plugins are the “native” Plugin format for OS X. They will onlywork in Ardour if you have made a donation when you downloaded theprogram. See the Installing OS X chapter for details. AU Pluginswill not work on Linux at all.
VST Plugins is a Plugin format common to Microsoft Windows. SomeVST Plugins can be used on Linux, however they may not functioncorrectly, or even cause Ardour to crash. Using these Plugins requiresmanually Compiling the Ardour application, a task which is outsidethe scope of this manual.
More information about using plugins with Ardour can be found here:http://manual.ardour.org/working-with-plugins/
Continuing
In this chapter, we learned how to add a Plugin to a single Track. Thisis useful if that Track needs a specific Plugin, but if you have aPlugin which is used for many Tracks at the same time, you shouldcontinue to the next chapter about Using Sends. You can alsocontinue to the various, Plugin-specific chapters such as Dynamicsand Equalizing.
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