Chapter 10. Making Audacity Even Better With Plug-Ins and Libraries

Plug-ins and libraries are extra features that can be added on top of the built-in features of Audacity. Plug-ins can make special sound effects, analyze audio content, or just add to the long list of effects already available in Audacity. Plug-ins are typically used by advanced users of Audacity, or those users who want to add an additional effect to their audio track that can't be found among the pre-installed options.

The most common plug-ins include:

• Nyquist plug-ins for audio synthesis and analysis.

• LADSPA effect-based plug-ins that can be plugged into a wide range of audio synthesis and recording packages, like Audacity.

• VST effects, or Virtual Studio Technology, plug-ins use Digital Signal Processing (DSP) to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software.

• VAMP plugins that are for viewing and analyzing the descriptive contents of music audio files. This could be things like histograms or curve data.

Libraries...