Environment Variables

Zrythm understands the following environment variables. They can be configured in .bashrc or a similar shell configuration file, the operating system’s settings, or they can be passed directly when running zrythm or zrythm_launch, like: LV2_PATH=/my/custom/path zrythm_launch

LV2_PATH

Set this to the locations to scan for LV2 plugins.

Example: LV2_PATH=$HOME/custom-lv2-dir

ZRYTHM_SKIP_PLUGIN_SCAN

Set to 1 to disable plugin scanning.

Example: ZRYTHM_SKIP_PLUGIN_SCAN=1

VST_PATH

Set this to the locations to scan for VST2 plugins.

VST3_PATH

Set this to the locations to scan for VST3 plugins.

ZRYTHM_DSP_THREADS

Number of DSP threads to use. Defaults to number of CPU cores - 1.

ZRYTHM_DEBUG

Set to 1 to show extra information useful for developers.