From a1d9ccb1ca1dcb43291e7a36d3f755fc08b40070 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Davies Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 00:07:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Create UsingLv2Plugins.md --- docs/UsingLv2Plugins.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/UsingLv2Plugins.md diff --git a/docs/UsingLv2Plugins.md b/docs/UsingLv2Plugins.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1929d8e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/UsingLv2Plugins.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +## Using LV2 PLugins + +PiPedal uses standard LV2 audio plugins for effects. There's a huge variety of LV2 guitar effect plugins, and plugins collections, many +of which are specifically intended for use as guitar effect plugins. Ubuntu Studio comes with an enormous collection of LV2 plugins preinstalled. On Rasbian, you will have to manually select and install the plugins you want to use. + +On stock Ubuntu, you can install Ubuntu Studio addons (sudo apt install ubuntu-studio-install), and ask it to install Audio Plugins. This will install a large collection of LV2 plugins, which will be automatically detected by PiPedal. Or you can choose your LV2 plugin collections manually, as for Rasbian. + +The following LV2 Plugin collections (all recommended) are available on both Rasbian and Ubuntu. + + sudo apt install guitarix-lv2 # https://guitarix.org/ + + sudo apt install zam-plugins # http://www.zamaudio.com/ + + sudo apt install mda-lv2 # http://drobilla.net/software/mda-lv2/ + + sudo apt install calf-plugins # http://calf-studio-gear.org/ + + sudo apt install fomp # http://drobilla.net/software/fomp/ + +But there are many more. + +Visit https://lv2plug.in/pages/projects.html for more suggestions. + +There is also a set of supplementary Gx effect plugins which did not make it into the main Guitarix distribution. You will +have to compile these plugins yourself, as they are not currently avaiable via apt. But if you are comfortable building +packages on Raspbian, the effort is well worthwhile. The GxPlugins collection provides a number of excellent boutique amp emulations, +as well as emulations of famous distortion effect pedals that are not part of the main Guitarix distribution. + +- https://github.com/brummer10/GxPlugins.lv2