

On GNU/Linux, if you have the ladspa-sdk installed, you can run listplug-ins from a terminal to list all plug-ins in your LADSPA_PATH.

However in some cases downloading plug-ins from external sites will require you to compile the plug-ins yourself, or at least manually install them yourself.įor instructions on how to load new LADSPA effects into Audacity please see this page in the Audacity Manual. Other LADSPA plug-ins can be found online such as at. GNU/Linux: The easiest and recommended method of obtaining pre-compiled LADSPA plug-ins is to install them using the download repository or package manager for your distribution of Linux.An extensive set of "swh" plug-ins by Steve Harris is available for Windows and Mac. dylib shared library will work on these platforms. Windows and Mac: Any LADSPA plug-in compiled as a Windows.So, don't assume that your plug-in will get the entire selection the first time. Keep in mind that Audacity "runs" the plug-in multiple times with some specific number of samples. As a starting point, look at some LADSPA Plugin Developers' Documentation and some example plug-ins. Because of software patents, Audacity cannot include the FFmpeg software or distribute it from its own websites. Just read up about LADSPA, and make your plug-ins correctly. The optional FFmpeg library allows Audacity to import and export a much larger range of audio formats including M4A (AAC), AC3, AMR (narrow band) and WMA and also to import audio from most video files. Audacity behaves as an excellent LADSPA host.
