Element

ADVANCED AUDIO PLUGIN HOST

This is the community version of Element, a modular AU/LV2/VST/VST3/CLAP audio plugin host. Create powerful effects, racks and instruments by connecting nodes to one another. Integrates with your existing hardware via standard protocols such as MIDI. See kushview.net for more information and pre-built binaries.

See also: Element User Manual

Compatibility

Element currently loads most major plugin formats.

OS	Version	Formats
Linux*	-	LADSPA/LV2/VST3/CLAP
Mac OSX	10.8 and up	AU/VST/VST3/LV2/CLAP
Windows	XP and up	VST/VST3/LV2/CLAP

*Ubuntu is the most tested, but should run on any major distribution

Features

• Runs standalone or as a plugin in your DAW**
• Route Audio and MIDI from anywhere to anywhere
• Play virtual instruments and effects live
• Create re-usable instruments and effect graphs
• External Sync with MIDI Clock
• Sub Graphing – Nest Graphs within each other
• Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
• Placeholder Nodes
• Built In Virtual Keyboard
• Multiple Undo/Redo
• Scripting - Custom DSP and DSP UI's
• Embed plugin UIs directly in Graphs
• And more...

Building

See building.md for instructions and dependency details.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute code please review the code style and contributor notes before submitting pull requests. You may also want to join the #element channel on the Kushview Discord server.

Issue Reporting

Please report bugs and feature requests on Gitlab. Element issue tracker.