How To Install zam-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zam-plugins
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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.
There are three methods to install zam-plugins
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zam-plugins
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.