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Csound currently hosts external plugins using <span class="emphasis"><em>dssi4cs</em></span> (for LADSPA plugins) on Linux and <a class="link" href="vst4cs.html" title="VST for Csound"><em class="citetitle">vst4cs</em></a> (for VST plugins) on Windows and Mac OS X.
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<p><span class="emphasis"><em>dssi4cs</em></span> enables the use of DSSI and LADSPA plugin
effects and synthesizers within Csound on Linux. The following opcodes are
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<a class="link" href="dssilist.html" title="dssilist"><em class="citetitle">dssilist</em></a> - Lists all available plugins found in the LADSPA_PATH and DSSI_PATH global variables.</p>
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