| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effectAnalysisAndMetering | FFT analyzers, phase display, waveform display, meters... |
| effectDelay | Any kind of delay, but not chorus/flanger types. |
| effectDistortion | Any kind of distortion: amp simulations, octavers, wave-shapers, clippers, tape simulations... |
| effectDynamics | Compressors, limiters, gates, transient designers... |
| effectEQ | Any kind of equalization. |
| effectImaging | Stereoizers, panners, stereo manipulation, spatial modeling... |
| effectModulation | Chorus, flanger, any kind of modulation effect... |
| effectPitch | Any kind of pitch processing: shifters, pitch correction, vocoder, formant shifting... |
| effectReverb | Any kind of reverb: algorithmic, early reflections, convolution... |
| effectOther | Effects that don't fit in any other category. eg: Dither, noise reduction... |
| instrumentDrums | Source that generates sound primarily from drum samples/drum synthesis. |
| instrumentSampler | Source that generates sound primarily from samples, romplers... |
| instrumentSynthesizer | Source that generates sound primarily from synthesis. |
| instrumentOther | Generates sound, but doesn't fit in any other category. |
| invalid-1 |
Plug-in categories. For each plug-in format, a format-specific category is obtained from this.
Important: a PluginCategorydoesn't affect I/O or MIDI, it's only a hint for the goal of categorizing a plug-in in lists.
You should use such a category enclosed with quotes in plugin.json, eg: