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> Matthias Schönborn  wrote:

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> > Hi list,

> >

> > I've got a short question: How can I categorize my Ladspa plugins? I've

> > installed a lot of plugins to be able to choose the ones that are right

> > for me, and now it's getting a little bit messy. If I want to chain a

> > plugin, for example in ardour, quite 50% are categorized, but the other

> > half is uncategorised. How can I assign them a category? Thanks for your

> > advice!

>

> Hi Matthias

>

> LADSPA plugins are categorised using RDF files - you can usually find them

> under /usr/share/ladspa/rdf (or do

>

> $ echo $LADSPA_RDF_PATH)

>

> in case they're installed somewhere else on your distro)

>

> Plugins that aren't categorised lack a description in one of these files,

> and your best bet would be to write them up yourself. You can get away with

> copying the header and root element from one of the other files:

>

> ---8<---

> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

>

>

>

>

> ]>

>

>  xmlns:ladspa="&ladspa;">

>

>

> --->8---

>

> and then add an entry for each plugin you want to categorise inside the

> root element (just before '') - you'll only need to add three

> lines for each plugin - e.g:

>

>

>     Bandlimited Sawtooth Oscillator

>

>

> The ID (1641 in the example above) and title you can get using the

> analyseplugin utility that comes with ladspa. The availbale categories

> (OscillatorPlugin etc) are found in $LADSPA_RDF_PATH/ladspa.rdfs

>

> Hope this helps!

> -

> Mike

Hi Mike,
Thank you very much for your detailed explanation! Surely that sounds like

more work than I thought it'd be, but tomorrow I'll have the time.
Cheers!

Matthias