How To Install zam-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 zam-plugins on Ubuntu.
What is zam-plugins
zam-plugins is:
Plugins for high quality audio processing.
The purpose of these plugins is to provide high quality DSP without using an excessive amount of CPU.
There currently is no official documentation on how to use these plugins, but anyone who is familiar with outboard gear should be able to work it out. The default settings and almost every slider is calibrated to standard ranges.
Package contain these plugins:
- ZamAutoSat Automatic saturator (mono)
- ZaMaximX2 Lightweight maximiser/limiter (stereo)
- ZamComp Dynamic range compressor (mono)
- ZamCompX2 Dynamic range compressor (stereo)
- ZamDelay Basic delay plugin (mono)
- ZamEQ2 Parametric equaliser (mono)
- ZamGate Gate plugin (mono)
- ZamGateX2 Gate plugin (stereo)
- ZamGEQ31 31 band graphic equaliser (mono)
- ZamHeadX2 Acoustic HRTF stereo widener (stereo)
- ZamTube Triode tube amp simulator (mono)
- ZaMultiComp Multiband compressor (mono)
- ZaMultiCompX2 Multiband compressor (stereo)
- ZamDynamicEQ Dynamic equaliser
- ZamPhono A collection filters for restoring vinyl records.
- ZamVerb Stereo reverb plugin
- ZamGrains Looper and rhythm slicer
There are three methods to install zam-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 zam-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 zam-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zam-plugins
Install zam-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zam-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zam-plugins
Install zam-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 zam-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zam-plugins
How To Uninstall zam-plugins on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zam-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zam-plugins
Uninstall zam-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zam-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zam-plugins
Remove zam-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove zam-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zam-plugins
Remove zam-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zam-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zam-plugins
Dependencies
zam-plugins have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zam-plugins package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.