This page lists all Nyquist plug-ins for Audacity that are available as separate downloads. Nyquist plug-ins support Windows, Mac and Linux/Unix. Click any 'Downloads' link to jump to the downloads page for that plug-in category.

Unless otherwise indicated, all plug-ins are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.

Instructions to install a VST plugin on Windows: Download the VST to your computer. Unzip the VST file. Copy the.dll file to your VST plugin folder. Make sure to install Audacity 2.2.2, because it's the most stable version. After the download, run the ERA-Bundle32-bit.exe file to install ERA Bundle. Audacity, as a 32-bit application, is compatible only with 32-bit VST plug-ins. On Windows and Mac OS X, Audacity is a 32-bit application so won't see 64-bit versions of VST plug-ins, even on 64-bit operating systems.; On GNU/Linux, 32-bit systems will have 32-bit versions of Audacity which won't see 64-bit VST plug-ins. 64-bit systems will have 64-bit versions of Audacity which will see 64-bit VST plug-ins but won't see 32-bit plug-ins.

Downloading or viewing plug-ins

Download the plug-in:
- Left-click the download link to download the file in almost all web browsers. If this only displays the plug-in code, right-click the download link and select 'Save Link As..', Save As..' or some similar 'Save' or 'Download' command. For further information, please see the documentation for your web browser.
View the plug-in code:
- Chrome: Download any plug-in once, then right-click over the download button at the bottom of the browser and choose 'Always open this file type'.
- Firefox: Open Options or Preferences, then click the 'General' section at the top. In the 'Downloads' section, choose 'Always ask me where to save files'. When you click the download link, you now have an extra option to open the file in a chosen application instead of save it.
- Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge: Right-click the download link, choose any of the 'Open' options then in the box that appears, click the 'Open' button. In Edge, this also downloads the file.
- Safari: Downloaded plug-ins will automatically open in your default text editor after download. You can disable automatic open after download in Safari Preferences.

Installing plug-ins

Audacity 2.3.2

To install Nyquist plug-ins in Audacity 2.3.2 or later, please follow the instructions in the Audacity manual:

Older versions of Audacity

To install a Nyquist plug-in, place its '.NY' file in the Audacity 'Plug-ins' folder. In Audacity 2.1.1 or later, use Effect > Manage.. or Effect > Add / Remove Plug-Ins.. to open the Effect Manager. Select the plug-in(s) you want to install, then click and .

On Windows the 'Plug-Ins' folder is in: Users<username>AppDataRoamingaudacityPlug-Ins
On Mac place them in Audacity's 'Plug-Ins' folder at ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins.
On Linux, create a directory called .audacity-files in your home folder and then create a plug-ins folder inside that. Copy (or move) the downloaded plug-in into the 'plug-ins' folder. Alternatively, plug-ins may be installed system wide by placing them in usr/share/audacity if you installed an Audacity package supplied by your distribution, or usr/local/share/audacity if you compiled Audacity from source code.

Compatibility

These plug-ins were contributed over many years, and many versions of Audacity. In the vast majority of cases, old plug-ins should continue to work in more recent versions of Audacity. More recent Nyquist effects may not install in old versions of Audacity or may not work correctly.

It is highly recommended to use the latest release version of Audacity, which is available via the Audacity website.

List of available plug-ins

Feedback and bug reports:

All new plug-ins added to this list are tested in the Audacity 2.x version current at the time, but many of the older plug-ins are still in need of testing.
- Please report any bugs to the Nyquist section of the Audacity forum (or alternatively to our feedback email address) so they may be fixed.
- Some Nyquist plug-ins are unsuitable for processing long audio tracks. If a plug-in causes excessive memory use and causes Audacity to freeze or crash when used on long tracks, please let us know so that we can either limit the plug-in to short selections or add a note to the plug-in description so as to warn other users of the possibility.
Please also let us know which plug-ins you like and find useful as that will help us to develop the types of plug-ins that users want.

Generate plug-in downloads

These plug-ins usually appear towards the bottom of the Generate menu in Audacity.

Tone Generators
Noise Generators
Special Effects
Instruments
Sequence Generators
Generator Utilities

Effect plug-in downloads

These plug-ins usually appear towards the bottom of the Effect menu in Audacity.

Amplify, Mix and Pan Effects
Delay and Reverb
Distortion Effects
Dynamics Processing
Filters
Modulation Effects
Sequencer Effects
Time, Pitch and Tempo

Analyze plug-in downloads

These plug-ins usually appear towards the bottom of the Analyze menu in Audacity.

All plug-ins

Nyquist plug-ins shipped with current Audacity

The following 26 Nyquist plug-ins are shipped with the current Audacity version. You can read about what each plug-in does on Index of Effects, Generators and Analyzers in the Audacity Manual.

adjustable-fade.ny
beat.ny
clipfix.ny
crossfadeclips.ny
crossfadetracks.ny
delay.ny
equalabel.ny
highpass.ny
limiter.ny
lowpass.ny
notch.ny
pluck.ny

rhythmtrack.ny
rissetdrum.ny
sample-data-export.ny
sample-data-import.ny
SilenceMarker.ny
SoundFinder.ny
SpectralEditMulti.ny
SpectralEditParametricEQ.ny
SpectralEditShelves.ny
StudioFadeOut.ny
tremolo.ny
vocalrediso.ny
vocalremover.ny (legacy)
vocoder.ny

Plug-in authors

Audacity Vst Plugins Installieren

These plug-ins have been contributed by:

Steve Daulton
Edgar Franke
Steven Jones
Paul Licameli
Jvo Studer
Will McCown.

If you are a plug-in author, thanks for your contribution! Please register on the Audacity Forum then post your plug-in for review at https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewforum.php?f=42. Please see Conventions for Nyquist Plug-ins before posting.

Ask questions in the Audacity Nyquist Forum
Test-drive new Nyquist Plug-ins that are still under development
Other pages in our Plug-ins category

Links

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But since Audacity allows VST plugins, you can add a parametric equalizer using third party plugin

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