How do I install modules in Audacity?

[gkvc57]

How do I install modules in audacity?

I've been going round in circles for over a day now - so would really appriciate some help!

I have a module in the form of a .so file (it's actually an Aurora module to generate sine wave sweeps: (aurora-plugins).
In /usr/share/audacity/ I make a "modules" directory.
I copy the .so file into the /usr/share/audacity/modules/ directory.
I restart audition, and see no change at all.

What else do I need to do??? My preferences menu does not include a "modules" section in which to enable the module, like some sources on the web suggest. Do all version of audacity support modules? I found somewhere that if audacity wasn't built with a particular flag, it maybe wouldn't support modules - does the ubuntu software centre version support modules?

I'm using Audacity 2.0.0 installed from the software center in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

Jonathan

[gkvc57]

How do I install modules in audacity 2.0.0 for Windows?

I've been going around in circles now for over a day so would really appriciate some help!

So far I've copied the module .dll file into the modules folder of the Audacity program files and restarted Audacity and the machine. Nothing changes.

What am I missing?

I'm using an Aurora module (aurora-plugins website), which I have confirmed is definately a module instead of a plug-in.
I'm using Windows Vista.
I'm using Audacity 2.0.0

Cheers!

[steve]

I think you are getting confused between "modules" and "plug-ins".

A "module" needs to be specifically written for Audacity and compiled from the source code at the same time as Audacity is compiled.
There are currently 3 modules available, but they are only available as source code. "Modules" are still an experimental feature.

A "Plug-in" is an add-on feature that can be loaded into Audacity on demand.
Audacity has pretty good plug-in support and there are hundreds of plug-ins readily available for Audacity.

On Linux, Audacity supports:
Nyquist plug-ins (full support)
LADSPA plug-ins (partial support)
VAMP plug-ins (partial support)

Nyquist Plug-ins:
There are a load of plug-ins available on the Audacity wiki: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Downl ... t_Plug-ins
Installation instructions: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Downl ... g_Plug-ins
We also have a section on this forum dedicated to Nyquist programming and Nyquist Plug-ins: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewforum.php?f=39

More information about plug-ins:
http://audacityteam.org/download/plugins

[steve]

I have a module in the form of a .so file (it's actually an Aurora module to generate sine wave sweeps:(aurora-plugins).

That web site does not appear to work, or is under construction.

[steve]

See here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 34#p197934

[afarina]

As I am the author of the Aurora modules, I give you more infos on how thay should be installed.
Foirst of all, here we are referring to Aurora MODULES, not to Aurora plugins.
The latter are for Adobe Audition, not for Audacity, and can be downlaoded here:
aurora-plugins web site
The compete Aurora suite contains 16 plugins, which allow for making impuls respons emeasurmenets with the MLS, IRS and ESS methods, to compute acoustical parameters according to ISO3382, to compute STI according to IEC61268/16, to perform the time history analysis according to ITU-P56, and to compute inverse filters (including cross-talk cancellation filters).
Currently, just a subset of the Aurora Plugins was ported into Aurora Modules for Audacity:
- AcousticalParameters
- Convolver
- Kirkeby
- SineSweepGenerator
- TimeHistoryAnalyzer
- XFunctions
The STI module is currently under porting (Beta testing).
These modules can be downloaded from my web site.

Currently, the version available on my web site is the one compiled for Audacity 2.0.0. So these modules will only work if the installed version is this one:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacit ... ity/2.0.0/
We did not yet recompile the Aurora modules for more recent versions of Audacity (2.0.1, 2.0.2, etc.).
For employing the Aurora modules, they must be copied inside the Modules directory of Audacity.
The default location of the directory Modules is:
- on Windows: C:Program FilesAudacityModules
- on OSX/MAC: /Applications/Audacity/Modules
- on Ubuntu : /usr/share/audacity/modules
After copying the modules (which are .DLL files under Windows, and .SO files under OSX/Linux) in the Modules directory and restarting Audacity, the new options should appear in the menus.

For infos and support about the port of Aurora modules for Audacity, you can use the Aurora forum.

[afarina]

Steve, sorry, but I think that here you are misinformed, and hence you are posting misleading infos.
First of all, the Aurora web site is up and running since 9 years now.
Till now, Aurora reached more than 10000 users worldwide. Most of them are acousticians or professional audio engineers.
Second, you should not confuse Aurora PLUGINS with Aurora MODULES.
The first are XFM modules for CoolEditPro and Adobe Audition. They are shareware, and are often employed for free by students of courses related to audio, acoustics, digital sound processing, music technology, etc.
The latter are MODULES for Audacity (NOT PLUGINS!). Of course they are completely free.
Hence, the Aurora modules must be copied (after unzipping, unrarring, decompressing, etc.) insides the Modules directory of Audacity.

The default location of the directory Modules is:
- on Windows: C:Program FilesAudacityModules
- on OSX/MAC: /Applications/Audacity/Modules
- on Ubuntu : /usr/share/audacity/modules
After copying the modules (which are .DLL files under Windows, and .SO files under OSX/Linux) in the Modules directory and restarting Audacity, the new options should appear in the menus.

Be aware that the modules are "matched" with a SPECIFIC version of Audacity. You cannot employ the modules compiled for Audacity 2.0.0 under Audacity 2.0.1, they are not going to work…

For infos and support about the port of Aurora modules for Audacity, you can use the Aurora forum.

[steve]

Topics merged so that we don't need to duplicate everything

First of all, the Aurora web site is up and running since 9 years now.

Please allow me to show some screen shots taken in the last 5 minutes:

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For infos and support about the port of Aurora modules for Audacity, you can use the Aurora forum

Thank you, I'll take a look.

[steve]

Second, you should not confuse Aurora PLUGINS with Aurora MODULES.
The first are XFM modules for CoolEditPro and Adobe Audition. They are shareware, and are often employed for free by students of courses related to audio, acoustics, digital sound processing, music technology, etc.
The latter are MODULES for Audacity (NOT PLUGINS!)

Perhaps you could make that a bit more clear on your forum as the first thing that I read on your forum says:
"You can download the new Aurora for Audacity plugins here:

Thank you for making your work freely available.
Unfortunately I had a few problems when I tried the modules with Audacity 2.0.0 on Debian Squeeze 32 bit.

The Aurora Sine Sweep Generator produced the following two tracks with the default settings:

Inverse Filter.flac

(244.1 KiB) Downloaded 135 times

Sweep Channel 1.flac

(455.09 KiB) Downloaded 124 times

I'm not sure if that is what it is intended to do

Aurora Acoustical Parameters cause Audacity to freeze.

Aurora Time History caused Audacity to crash.

Code: Select all

[TimeHistoryAnalyzer] INIT
[TimeHistoryAnalyzer] PROMPT-USER

(Audacity:18584): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -5 and height 17

** (Audacity:18584): CRITICAL **: clearlooks_style_draw_box_gap: assertion `height >= -1' failed
Segmentation fault

I've not checked the others.

[afarina]

As explained in my post, the current release of Aurora modules is compiled for Audacity 2.0.0 - they do not work properly with later versions, such as 2.0.2,

Regarding the Aurora web site I will investigate that strange behavior. The site looks perfect from my home, either with Safari, Chrome and Firefox...