Hello! I am new to Ardour but handy with linux. I have been looking around the Tone3000 repository and some of the amps that I would like to try require an IR of a cabinet. The NAM lv2 plugin wont load the amp head. I tried to build the IR.lv2 but it is depreciated and it very difficult to find a software requirement for building it (zeta-convolver version 3) What do you use for loading IR’s? Thank you!
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Those are packaged by most GNU/Linux distros, and you can directly install them (no need to compile).
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…or if you fancy some Lua scripting, Ardour has a built-in convolver: ardour/share/scripts/__convolv.lua at master · Ardour/ardour · GitHub
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Oh Thanks! I had installed the lsp-plugins with the package manager. The x42 plugin is very cool. Thank you again!
There’s also NeuralRack: GitHub - brummer10/NeuralRack: NeuralRack is a Neural Model and Impulse Response File loader for Linux/Windows. · GitHub
And it’s simpler siblings ImpulseLoader and ImpulseLoaderStereo:
GitHub - brummer10/ImpulseLoader: This is a simple, mono, IR-File loader/convolution LV2, clap, vst2 plug. · GitHub
GitHub - brummer10/ImpulseLoaderStereo.lv2: This is a simple, stereo, IR-File loader/convolution LV2 plug · GitHub
From the same dev there’s also Ratatouille:
GitHub - brummer10/Ratatouille.lv2: Ratatouille is a Neural Model loader and mixer for Linux/Windows · GitHub
In the past I also used Klangfalter: GitHub - HiFi-LoFi/KlangFalter: Convolution audio plugin (e.g. for usage as convolution reverb) · GitHub
But that’s getting pretty dated by now. It kind of has a successor in REEV-R: GitHub - tiagolr/reevr: Convolution reverb with pre and post modulation · GitHub
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Not all of those have zero latency, which you likely want for playing a cabinet live.
I don’t know about the ones from @brummer , but IIRC klagfalter also requires power of two block-sizes, which Ardour cannot guarantee.
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The ImpulseLoader plugs could handle any buffersize with zero latency. Same is true for NeuralRack and Ratatouille. (Note, for NeuralRack and Ratatouille, to using NAM A2 you need to checkout the latest development branch, latest release couldn’t handle them.)
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@brummer so build from source with the code at the bottom of the github page and not v0.3.3? Thank you! Do I need to ‘git checkout dev’?
No. Just follow the build instructions given on the project pages. The A2 support is in the main branch.
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