linuxdsp.co.uk - Products and Supported Formats
linuxDSP plugins are available in several different formats to suit different uses and host applications some of these are detailed below:
linuxDSP plugins are available as standalone applications which process audio by connecting to the JACK audio server. JACK is a pro-audio sound server created by Paul Davis and others at www.jackaudio.org and is used to manage the interconnections between a wide variety of audio applications running on linux. More information about JACK can be found here
LV2 is the emerging successor to the original LADSPA format for linux plugins. linuxDSP plugins are available in LV2 format suitable for host applications that can use the LV2 external_UI extension. At the moment, this is Ardour 2.8.3 or later. More information about LV2 can be found from the official LV2 site here
linuxDSP plugins are also being ported to native linux VST format, this is currently supported by host applications such as energyXT, Renoise and Qtractor.
The linuxDSP Live effects are JACK applications designed for guitar. They can be linked together and used for recording or as part of a live setup if used with a low latency soundcard. They can also be MIDI controlled as part of a virtual pedal-board.