linux DSP

Installing Plugins:

Requirements: A PC running linux with at least a 2.6 kernel (most recent distributions). The JACK audio server and GTK. If you are already running the excellent Ardour Digital Audio Workstation then you probably have all you need to run these plugins.

First, download the plugin, using the links provided in the download section. Then, once you have downloaded the .zip file containing the plugin, unzip the file - inside the .zip you will find a .pdf document - the instruction manual telling you how to use the software (or you can just jump straight in and fiddle with the controls and see what happens...) - and also some executables, one for each supported CPU architecture. If you are not sure which one to use, use the i386 version.

Copy the executable file to somewhere that is in your 'path' for example /usr/local/bin (you will probably need to become root in order to do this)

When you want to start the plugin, open a console and type its name, or you can install it into your applications menu or make a shortcut to it on the desktop - how you do this will depend on your particular linux distribution / desktop / window manager

If you have problems running the plugin once it is installed, it is possible that it may have lost its executable status during the install process. This is somewhat dependent on the method used to install it. To make it executable again, you can use the command below.

chmod 775 plugin-name

e.g. chmod 775 jack-reverb_i386

Or if you are using a graphical file browser such as konqueror you can right-click on the file, select properties, click on the permissions tab and then check the 'executable' box. Once again, you may have to be root to do this.