LV2

LV2
Developer(s)Steve Harris, David Robillard, other members of linux-audio-dev
Stable release
1.18.10[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 9 September 2022; 23 months ago (9 September 2022)
Repositorygitlab.com/lv2/lv2
Written inC and Turtle
LicenseISC License
Websitelv2plug.in

LV2 (LADSPA Version 2) is a set of royalty-free open standards[2] for music production plug-ins and matching host applications. It includes support for the synthesis and processing of digital audio and CV,[3] events such as MIDI and OSC, and provides a free alternative to audio plug-in standards such as Virtual Studio Technology (VST) and Audio Units (AU).

LV2 succeeds the more limited Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (LADSPA) standard and replaces the Disposable Soft Synth Interface (DSSI) plugin infrastructure ("LADSPA for instruments"), adding abilities such as MIDI capability, custom UIs, and a system allowing extensibility of the initial standard.[4][5]

LV2 plugin listing in the Carla host

Over twelve hundred plugins are now available in LV2 format.[6] Notable plugins include Calf Studio Gear.[7] Software that can host LV2 plugin "bundles" includes Ardour, Ingen, Carla (of KXStudio), Qtractor, Traverso DAW,[8] Harrison Mixbus,[9] MusE, Audacity,[10] Ecasound, FFmpeg, Guitarix, the GStreamer framework and DJing software Mixxx, with currently partial support in LMMS and REAPER. It is also the plugin format used by the MOD Duo and MOD Duo X, [11] Zynthian, and Poly Effects Digit/Beebo hardware units.

  1. ^ "LV2 1.18.10".
  2. ^ "LV2 / Lv2".
  3. ^ JACK/LV2 CV - LinuxMusicians
  4. ^ List of LV2 features
  5. ^ drobilla.net : LV2: The good, bad, and ugly
  6. ^ List of 1000+ plugin uris [1] site.
  7. ^ "Calf Studio Gear supports LV2".
  8. ^ "Traverso User Manual, p. 26" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  9. ^ Harrison Website
  10. ^ Audacity Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "MOD Devices". moddevices.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.