Carla Plugin Host
What is Carla?
Carla is a fully-featured audio plugin host, with support for many audio drivers and plugin formats.
It's open source and licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.
Features
- LADSPA, DSSI, LV2 and VST plugin formats
- GIG, SF2 and SFZ sound banks
- Internal audio and midi file player
- Automation of plugin parameters via MIDI CC
- Full OSC control
- Rack and Patchbay engine modes, plus Single and Multi-Client if using JACK
- Native audio drivers (ALSA, DirectSound, CoreAudio) and low-latency (ASIO and JACK)
- Transport sync with JACK or Ableton Link
In experimental phase / work in progress:
- Export any Carla loadable plugin or sound bank as an LV2 plugin
- Plugin bridge support (such as running 32bit plugins on a 64bit Carla, or Windows plugins on Linux)
- Run JACK applications as audio plugins
Carla is also available as an LV2 plugin for MacOS and Linux, and VST plugin for Linux.
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