<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Plugin Hosting</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="csound.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="syntax-highlighting.css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Canonical Csound Reference Manual" /> <link rel="up" href="PartOpcodesOverview.html" title="Part II. Opcodes Overview" /> <link rel="prev" href="ZakTop.html" title="Zak Patch System" /> <link rel="next" href="vst4cs.html" title="VST for Csound" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">Plugin Hosting</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ZakTop.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Part II. Opcodes Overview</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="vst4cs.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title"><a id="PluginTop"></a>Plugin Hosting</h2> </div> </div> </div> <p> Csound currently hosts external plugins using <span class="emphasis"><em>dssi4cs</em></span> (for LADSPA plugins) on Linux and <a class="link" href="vst4cs.html" title="VST for Csound"><em class="citetitle">vst4cs</em></a> (for VST plugins) on Windows and Mac OS X. </p> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="dssi4cs"></a>DSSI and LADSPA for Csound</h2> </div> </div> </div> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>dssi4cs</em></span> enables the use of DSSI and LADSPA plugin effects and synthesizers within Csound on Linux. The following opcodes are available:</p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> <li class="listitem"> <p> <a class="link" href="dssiinit.html" title="dssiinit"><em class="citetitle">dssiinit</em></a> - Loads a plugin.</p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p> <a class="link" href="dssiactivate.html" title="dssiactivate"><em class="citetitle">dssiactivate</em></a> - Activates or deactivates a plugin if it has this facility</p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p> <a class="link" href="dssilist.html" title="dssilist"><em class="citetitle">dssilist</em></a> - Lists all available plugins found in the LADSPA_PATH and DSSI_PATH global variables.</p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p> <a class="link" href="dssiaudio.html" title="dssiaudio"><em class="citetitle">dssiaudio</em></a> - Process audio using a Plugin.</p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p> <a class="link" href="dssictls.html" title="dssictls"><em class="citetitle">dssictls</em></a> - Send control information to a plugin's control port.</p> </li> </ul> </div> <p> See the entry for <a class="link" href="dssiinit.html" title="dssiinit"><em class="citetitle">dssiinit</em></a> for a usage example. </p> <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <table border="0" summary="Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"> <img alt="[Note]" src="images/note.png" /> </td> <th align="left">Note</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p>Currently only LADSPA plugins are supported, but DSSI support is planned.</p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ZakTop.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="PartOpcodesOverview.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="vst4cs.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Zak Patch System </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> VST for Csound</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>