I have a favorite effect plugin that I often use on Windows that I’d like to use in Audacity on my Linux laptop. I can’t get Audacity to make them available in the Effects dropdown.
The plugin is a Windows-type VST and has a .dll extension. I have placed a copy in /usr/share/audacity/plug-ins , and a copy in ~/.audacity-files/plug-ins
After launching Audacity, the effect isn’t showing up in Effect > Add / Remove Plugins
Thank you. I somehow had it in my head that any VST plugin was a Windows plugin, but supported by Audacity anyway. Didn’t realize there were different flavors of plugins for different OSs. My misunderstanding.
Or a standalone Windows VST host that I can run my files through? I just need to do some preprocessing of some files before loading them into Audacity.