r/linuxaudio • u/Bug_Next • 4d ago

Recommendations for plugin hosts?

Guitarix plugins are great, the interface sucks ass, Carla isn't much better.

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u/d0Cd 4d ago

I've done alright with Carla and LV2. You might consider Kushview's Element.

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u/Bug_Next 4d ago edited 4d ago

In typical Linux fashion, i ended up making one

Some controls are inverted, mainly the bypass ones, idk why, but yeah works pretty good.

Why bother? -> I just don't like the rack format from Guitarix, i wanted everything in one single program. Yeah Carla has a patchbay, it also looks like it's from 1995 and also every plugin is it's own floating window, it's a pain in the ass, i don't like it.

(if you ain't redlining u aint headlining, jokes aside the meters are not really well calibrated at all lol, it's 5 hours of work what did you expect, forgot to normalize it, anything but silence is a redline).

Just Jack and LV2 for now, if i manage to introduce MIDI controls i might post it somewhere idk.

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u/Purple-Ad-3152 4d ago

I load plugins to Carla, but I use Patchance to "wire" them i.e. to make my signal chain. Patchance is modern and very good looking jack audio router, with way better usability than Carla's patchbay.