====== Recommended DSP Plug-ins ======

This is article about recommended plugins. There is also [[wiki:linux_plugins|general info about plugins]].

No one size fits all, but here is a collection of the commonly used and recommended plug-ins collected by the Linux Audio User community. Source: [[http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-user/2011-October/081368.html|email thread]]

===== Compression =====
  * SC4, SC3 (sidechain input) from [[http://plugin.org.uk/|swh-plugins]]
  * [[http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk/|LinuxDSP]] Multi-band Compressor
  * [[http://calf.sourceforge.net/|Calf]] compressor
  * Mono/Stereo Compressor from [[http://www.invadarecords.com/Downloads.php?ID=00000264|Invada]]

===== EQ =====
  * 10band EQ from [[https://launchpad.net/invada-studio/+download|Invada]]
  * MKII GRAPH-EQ Graphical EQ from [[http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk/|LinuxDSP]]
  * [[http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/ladspa/index.html|FIL four-band parametric equalizer]] also available as an [[http://nedko.arnaudov.name/soft/lv2fil/trac/|LV2 plug-in]].

===== Limiters =====
  * Fast Look Ahead limiter from [[http://plugin.org.uk/|swh-plugins]]
  * [[http://tap-plugins.sourceforge.net/|TAP]] Scaling Limiter
  * [[http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/zita-dpl1-doc/quickguide.html|zita-dpl1]], only available as a standalone application

===== Reverb =====
  * g2verb
  * [[http://tap-plugins.sourceforge.net/|TAP]] reverb 
  * zita-rev1 - [[http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/index.html|Kokkinizita]], at the moment only available as a standalone application.
  * SR-2B Stereo Reverb and The VC2B Compressor from [[http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk/|LinuxDSP]]
  * FreeVerb3 from the [[http://www.ladspa.org/cmt/plugins.html|CMT]] Library

==== Convolution reverbs ====
  * [[http://factorial.hu/plugins/lv2/ir]] (GUI)
  * [[apps:all:jconvolver]]/zita-convolver from [[http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/downloads|Kokkinizita]] (standalone JACK app)

===== Delay =====
  * [[http://calf.sourceforge.net/|Calf]] Vintage Delay

===== Misc =====
  * [[http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/index.html|zita-at1]]  autotuner, at the moment only available as a standalone application.

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**See also:**
  * [[apps:categories:lv2_plugins|List of LV2 plug-ins]]
  * [[apps:categories:ladspa_plugins|List of LADSPA plug-ins]]
  * [[apps:categories:dssi_plugins|List of DSSI plug-ins]]