Scanning for Plugins#

Zrythm will scan for plugins on startup and will remember those plugins until it is closed. Zrythm supports LV2, VST2, VST3, LADSPA, DSSI and AU plugins. LV2 is the recommended standard.

SFZ and SF2 instruments are also supported, and they are scanned as instrument plugins.

小訣竅

Plugin scanning can be disabled by passing ZRYTHM_SKIP_PLUGIN_SCAN when running Zrythm.

LV2 Scan#

Zrythm will scan for LV2 plugins in the standard paths specified here.

On Flatpak builds, Zrythm will scan for LV2 plugins in the following paths.

  • $HOME/.lv2

  • /app/lib/lv2

  • /app/extensions/Plugins/lv2

You can bypass this behavior by passing LV2_PATH.

VST2/VST3 Scan#

GNU/Linux and FreeBSD#

Zrythm will scan for VST2 plugins in the following paths,

  • $HOME/.vst

  • $HOME/vst

  • /usr/local/lib/vst

  • /usr/lib/vst

and VST3 plugins in the following paths.

  • $HOME/.vst3

  • /usr/local/lib/vst3

  • /usr/lib/vst3

備註

If your system uses a libdir other than lib (for example lib64), Zrythm will scan for plugins in both locations.

On Flatpak builds, Zrythm will scan for VST2 plugins in the following paths

  • /app/extensions/Plugins/vst

and VST3 plugins in the following paths.

  • /app/extensions/Plugins/vst3

You can bypass this behavior by passing VST_PATH and VST3_PATH, respectively.

Windows#

Zrythm will scan for VST plugins in the paths specified in the preferences.

MacOS#

Zrythm will scan for VST plugins in the paths specified in VST plug-in locations on Mac OS X and macOS.

  • /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST for VST2

  • /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 for VST3

備註

Zrythm will remember scanned VST plugins and save this information in cached_plugin_descriptors.yaml in the Zrythm user path.

New plugins will be scanned on each start-up, and you can delete or edit this file to force a re-scan of previously scanned plugins.

DSSI Scan#

Zrythm will scan for DSSI plugins in the following paths,

  • /usr/local/lib/dssi

  • /usr/lib/dssi

On Flatpak builds, Zrythm will scan for DSSI plugins in the following paths.

  • /app/extensions/Plugins/dssi

You can bypass this behavior by passing DSSI_PATH.

備註

If your system uses a libdir other than lib (for example lib64), Zrythm will scan for plugins in both locations.

LADSPA Scan#

Zrythm will scan for LADSPA plugins in the following paths,

  • /usr/local/lib/ladspa

  • /usr/lib/ladspa

On Flatpak builds, Zrythm will scan for LADSPA plugins in the following paths.

  • /app/extensions/Plugins/ladspa

You can bypass this behavior by passing LADSPA_PATH.

備註

If your system uses a libdir other than lib (for example lib64), Zrythm will scan for plugins in both locations.

AU Scan#

On MacOS, AU plugins will be scanned at their standard location at /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components.

SFZ/SF2 Scan#

SFZ and SF2 instruments will be scanned in all directories and subdirectories specified in the preferences.

About Flatpak#

When using Flatpak builds, only plugins installed as Flatpaks should be used (i.e., plugins using the Linux Audio base extension).

警告

While Zrythm allows the user to use plugins not packaged as Flatpaks using the environment variables above, this is not recommended and we do not offer support if it causes issues.

備註

Flatpak builds have no access to /usr so it is not possible to use system plugins, even when using the environment variables above.