Top 11 C++ lv2-plugin Projects

Cardinal

73 1,978 9.1 C++

Virtual modular synthesizer plugin

Project mention: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-06

> It’s haven’t bought any Modular’s yet but I’m really looking forward to getting into other on the new year.
http://cardinal.kx.studio
https://vcvrack.com/
The former is libre and gratis, runs as a standalone or plugin and in the browser!! and is based on the latter.
Ther former has a libre and gratis standalone version, the plugin version is non-gratis.

dragonfly-reverb

3 843 3.6 C++

A set of free reverb effects
InfluxDB

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sfizz

28 376 8.5 C++

SFZ parser and synth c++ library, providing a JACK standalone client

Project mention: what foss way is there to use SFZs | /r/linuxaudio | 2023-07-09

Check out sfizz https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz . On the right side bar of their website, there are links to find instrument libraries ( E.G. drumkits, piano, etc) https://sfz.tools/sfizz/ ,

PeakEater

7 284 5.2 C++

PeakEater is a free open-source cross-platform VST3/AU/LV2/CLAP wave shaper plugin

Project mention: Review: LIMITER by Mastering The Mix👍 | /r/plugindeals | 2023-06-18

https://github.com/vvvar/PeakEater is free :)

Aether

3 151 0.0 C++

An algorithmic reverb LV2 based on Cloudseed (by Dougal-s)
OB-Xd

53 75 0.0 C++

Virtual Analog Oberheim based synthesizer.
pipedal

6 72 7.4 C++

Guitar Effect Pedal for Raspberry Pi 4, with a web interface designed specifically for phones and tablets.

Project mention: Android low latency audio in 2023 | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-25

https://rerdavies.github.io/pipedal/

WorkOS

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string-machine

2 54 0.0 C++

Digital model of electronic string ensemble instrument
arpligner

4 31 3.3 C++

A multi-track & polyphonic arpeggiator plugin that takes both chords and arp patterns as live MIDI data
ToobAmp

2 30 8.6 C++

A set of high-quality guitar effect plugins for Raspberry Pi with specific support for PiPedal.

Project mention: Digital Audio Workstation Front End Development Struggles | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-05-15

Doubly horrifying. Not only is it poisonously ugly; it's also fixed ugly. Srsly dude. That is not something that makes you want to use egui.
(My plugins: https://github.com/rerdavies/ToobAmp using a web interface; I'm currently weighing options for GUI backend for a Linux native interface. LV2 plugins infamously cannot use GTK or QT).

gula-plugins

1 8 0.0 C++

An LV2 plugin which is a combination of vibrato and tremelo.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).