How To Install wah-plugins on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wah-plugins on Ubuntu.
What is wah-plugins
wah-plugins is:
This LADSPA plugin is the combination of a ‘wah’ pedal and a simple envelope follower.
Controls are:
- Freq: the resonance frequency of wah filter. This would normally be controlled using a midi pedal.
- Mix: crossfades between dry and wet signal, the first is the original input signal and the latter is the pure output of the resonant filter amplified by 18 dB.
The three remaining parameters control the envelope follower. This produces a control signal that is added to the ‘Freq’ setting.
- Drive: input gain to the envelope follower (so this gain is not in the signal path).
- Decay: controls the decay time of the envelope.
- Range: controls how much the envelope is allowed to modify the basic frequency.
There are three methods to install wah-plugins on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wah-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wah-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wah-plugins
Install wah-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wah-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wah-plugins
Install wah-plugins Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install wah-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wah-plugins
How To Uninstall wah-plugins on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wah-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wah-plugins
Uninstall wah-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wah-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wah-plugins
Remove wah-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove wah-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wah-plugins
Remove wah-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wah-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wah-plugins
Dependencies
wah-plugins have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wah-plugins package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.