ladspa-sdk ☆

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Description:
Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: audio plugins development ladspa multimedia

Install: brew install ladspa-sdk

About:
LADSPA (Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin) SDK provides the standard API and tools for creating audio plugins for Linux systems. It enables developers to build effects, synths, and processors that integrate with major DAWs like Ardour and Audacity. This package includes the necessary headers and libraries to compile new plugins or run existing ones.

Key Features:

Standardized API for audio plugin development
Includes example plugins and command-line tools
Header files for compiling new plugins
Cross-platform support beyond Linux

Use Cases:

Developing custom audio effects or virtual instruments
Compiling and installing existing LADSPA plugins
Integrating audio processing into Linux applications

Alternatives:

LV2 – Modern successor to LADSPA with better extensibility and metadata support
VST – Proprietary standard with wider commercial support but less open-source friendly

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 17, 2024 6:49am		0	VERSION_BUMP	37b210dc