ardour2fxp 0.1.0b1

Requirements

• Python 3.4+

Installation

Install ardour2fxp with pip:

$ pip install ardour2fxp

or directly from the source code:

$ git clone https://github.com/SpotlightKid/ardour2fxp.git
$ cd ardour2fxp
$ pip install .

ardour2fxp

The ardour2fxp script can be used like this:

$ ardour2fxp -o my-vst-presets ~/.config/ardour5/presets/vst-1094861636

This will create an FXP (extension .fxp) file for every preset in the Ardour preset file(s) given on the command line (vst-1094861636 in the example above). FXP files will be put into sub-directories of the output directory given with the -o command line option (my-vst-presets in the example). The FXP files will be named after the preset label (with spaces replaced with underscores) and the sub-directories will be named after the plug-in identifier (1094861636 -> "ABCD" in the example). Existing files will not be overwritten (unless the -f / --force command line option is given).

fxp2ardour

The fxp2ardour script can be used like this:

$ fxp2ardour2 -o ardour-presets my-vst-presets/*.fxp

This will create Ardour VST preset XML files for all presets in the FXP file(s) given on the command line. The Ardour preset files will be placed in the output directory given with the -o command line option (ardour-presets in the example above, defaults to the current directory). One Ardour preset file will be created per plugin and will be named "vst-" plus the plugin identifier interpreted as a signed integer (e.g. vst-1094861636 when the plugin identifier is "ABCD"). Existing files will not be overwritten (unless the -f / --force command line option is given).

The output files can be copied to the user’s Ardour preset directory, which is normally located at ~/.config/ardour5/presets (assuming Ardour version 5.x on a Linux system). Care must be taken not to overwrite existing user preset files. Appending to existing user preset files is currently not supported.