Hi, I am an intermediate guitarist with aspirations.
I have ardour on my tower and I have a monoprice USB Mixer.
I'm starting to understand Ardour, but I haven't tried plug ins, how and where do I get started? What do you suggest?
Ardour: How do I get started with plug ins?
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Re: Ardour: How do I get started with plug ins?
Hi @arpegadream,
it really depends on what distro you are on.
For example if you are on a Debian based one you could install many plugins by enabling a third party repository like KxStudio repositories.
it really depends on what distro you are on.
For example if you are on a Debian based one you could install many plugins by enabling a third party repository like KxStudio repositories.
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Re: Ardour: How do I get started with plug ins?
Even more simple, you can use the plugins that come with Ardour. There are some simple ones to get you started, like compressor, delay and EQ.
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Re: Ardour: How do I get started with plug ins?
There are a growing number of VST plug-ins being ported to Linux - Ardour on Linux should load VST and VST3 plug-ins if they are compiled natively for Linux, though I would recommend VST2 in preference to VST3 because Ardour's support for VST3 still has some bugs. I've made some commercially available plug-ins here:
https://www.overtonedsp.co.uk/
and specifically for Linux here:
https://www.acmt.co.uk/products/
All come with their own installer, manual(s) and instructions - basically you just install them to your VST plug-ins folder and Ardour should pick them up. If you want to install plug-ins manually, the equivalent of e.g. plugin.dll on Windows would be plugin.so on Linux.
https://www.overtonedsp.co.uk/
and specifically for Linux here:
https://www.acmt.co.uk/products/
All come with their own installer, manual(s) and instructions - basically you just install them to your VST plug-ins folder and Ardour should pick them up. If you want to install plug-ins manually, the equivalent of e.g. plugin.dll on Windows would be plugin.so on Linux.
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Re: Ardour: How do I get started with plug ins?
Some useful resources where to find Linux plugins:
http://linuxmusic.rocks/
http://linuxsynths.com/
https://libreav.org/software?type%5B%5D ... pe%5B%5D=4
http://linuxmusic.rocks/
http://linuxsynths.com/
https://libreav.org/software?type%5B%5D ... pe%5B%5D=4
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Re: Ardour: How do I get started with plug ins?
For a guitarist I would also absolutely recommend checking out guitarix gxplugins.lv2 to use in a daw. They contain excellent amp simulation and many effect plugins for guitar/bass.
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