Audio Effects

Note

The effects and compositions included will differ depending on the available plug-ins on the specific packaging on each operating system. Kdenlive will auto-detect and make available any supported LADSPA plug-in packages from your distribution. For the greatest compatibility, please use the AppImage version of Kdenlive.

Effect or Filter	OS[1]	Category	Description
4 x 4 pole allpass		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1218)
Adecorrelate		Audio	Apply decorrelation to input audio. (avfilter.adecorrelate)
Adenorm		Audio	Remedy denormals by adding extremely low-level noise. (avfilter.adenorm)
Aderivative		Tools	Compute derivative of input audio (avfilter.aderivative)
Adrc		Audio	Audio Spectral Dynamic Range Controller. (avfilter.adrc)
Adynamicequalizer		Audio	Apply Dynamic Equalization of input audio. (avfilter.adynamicequalizer)
Adynamicsmooth		Audio	Apply Dynamic Smoothing of input audio. (avfilter.adynamicsmooth)
Aexciter		Audio	Enhance high frequency part of audio (avfilter.aexciter)
Afreqshift		Audio	Apply frequency shifting to input audio (avfilter.afreqshift)
Afwtdn		Audio	Denoise audio stream using Wavelets. (avfilter.afwtdn)
Aintegral		Tools	Compute integral of input audio (avfilter.aintegral)
Alatency		Audio	Report audio filtering latency. (avfilter.alatency)
Aliasing		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1407)
Allpass		EQ and Filters	Apply a two-pole all-pass filter (avfilter.allpass)
Allpass delay line, cubic spline interpolation		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1897)
Allpass delay line, linear interpolation		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1896)
Allpass delay line, noninterpolating		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1895)
AM pitchshifter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1433)
Ambisonic Decoder		CMT Plugins	Various applications: B-Format to Cube (ladspa.1092), B-Format to Quad (ladspa.1091), B-Format to Stereo (ladspa.1090), FMH-Format to Octagon (ladspa.1093)
Ambisonic Encoder		CMT Plugins	Various applications: B-Format (ladspa.1087), FMH-Format (ladspa.1088),
Ambisonic Rotation		CMT Plugins	Various applications: B-Format Rotation (Horizontal) (ladspa.1094), FMH-Format Rotation (Horizontal) (ladspa.1095)
Amplifier (Mono)		CMT Plugins	Amplifier (Mono). (ladspa.1067)
Amplifier (Stereo)		CMT Plugins	Amplifier (Stereo). (ladspa.1068)
Amplitude Modulator		CMT Plugins	Amplitude Modulator. (ladspa.1070)
Aphaseshift		Audio	Apply phase shifting to input audio (avfilter.aphaseshift)
Apsyclip		Audio	Audio Psychoacoustic Clipper. (avfilter.apsyclip)
Arndn		Audio	Reduce noise from speech using recurrent Neural Networks (avfilter.arnndn)
Artificial latency		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1914)
Asoftclip		Volume and Dynamics	Audio soft clipper (avfilter.asoftclip)
Aspectralstats		Audio	Show frequency domain statistics about audio frames. (avfilter.aspectralstats)
Asr		Audio	Automatic Speech Recognition. (avfilter.asr)
Asubboost		Audio	Show time domain statistics about audio frames (avfilter.astats)
Asubcut		Audio	Cut subwoofer frequencies (avfilter.asubcut)
Asupercut		Audio	Cut super frequencies (avfilter.asupercut)
Asuperpass		Audio	Apply high order Butterworth band-pass filter (avfilter.asuperpass)
Asuperstop		Audio	Apply high order Butterworth band-stop filter (avfilter.asuperstop)
Atilt		Audio	Apply spectral tilt to audio. (avfilter.atilt)
Audio Divider (Suboctave Generator)		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1186)
Audio Equalizer_(avfilter)		EQ and Filters	Apply two-pole peaking equalization (EQ) filter (avfilter.equalizer)
Audio Levels		Audio	Compute the audio amplitude (audiolevel)
Audio Pan		Channels	Pan an audio channel, adjust balance, or adjust fade (panner)
Audiomap		Channels	audiomap (audiomap)
Auto phaser		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1219)
Balance		Channels	Adjust the left/right balance (panner)
Band-pass		EQ and Filters	Apply a two-pole band-pass filter (avfilter.bandpass)
Band-Reject		EQ and Filters	Apply a two-pole Butterworth band-reject filter (avfilter.bandreject)
Barry’s Satan Maximiser		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1408)
Bass		EQ and Filters	Boost or cut lower frequencies (avfilter.bass)
Bode frequency shifter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1431)
Bode frequency shifter (CV)		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1432)
Canyon Delay		CMT Plugins	A deep stereo crossdelay with built-in low pass filters. (ladspa.1225)
Chebyshev distortion		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1430)
Comb delay line cubic, spline interpolation		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1888)
Comb delay line, linear interpolation		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1887)
Comb delay line, noninterpolating		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1889)
Comb Filter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1190)
Comb Splitter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1411)
Compensation Delay		Reverb, Echo and Delays	Audio Compensation Delay Line (avfilter.compensationdelay)
Compressor/Expander		Volume and Dynamics	Compress or expand the audio’s dynamic range. (avfilter.compand)
Constant Signal Generator		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1909)
Copy Channels to Stereo		Channels	Copy one audio channel to another (channelcopy)
Crossfade		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1915)
Crossfade (4 outs)		LADSPA Plugins	LADSPA Plugin (ladspa.1917)
Crossfeed		Stereo and Binaural Images	Apply headphone crossfeed filter (avfilter.crossfeed)
Crossover distortion		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1404)
Crusher		Tools	Reduce audio bit resolution. (avfilter.acrusher)
Crystalizer		Tools	Simple audio noise sharpening filter (avfilter.crystalizer)
Dc Offset Remover		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1207)
DC Shift		Tools	Apply a DC shift to the audio. This can be useful to remove a DC offset (caused perhaps by a hardware problem in the recording chain) from the audio. The effect of a DC offset is reduced headroom and hence volume. The astats filter can be used to determine if a signal has a DC offset. (avfilter.dcshift)
Decimator		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1202)
Declipper		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1195)
De-Esser		Volume and Dynamics	Apply a de-essing to the audio (avfilter.deesser)
Delayorama		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1402)
Dialoguenhance		Audio	Apply a flanging effect to the audio (avfilter.flanger)
Diode Processor		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1185)
Disintegrator		LADSPA Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1846)
Dj Eq		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1901)
Dj Eq (Mono)		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1907)
Dj Flanger		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1438)
Dynamic Sledgehammer		LADSPA Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1848)
Dyson Compressor		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1403)
Echo Delay Line		CMT Plugins	Echo Delay Line with max delays of 0.01s, 0.1s, 1s, 5s, 60s. No feedback is provided.
Exponential Signal Decay		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1886)
Extrastereo		Stereo and Binaural Images	Increase difference between stereo audio channels (avfilter.extrastereo)
Fade In		Volume and Dynamics	Fade in audio track (volume)
Fade Out		Volume and Dynamics	Fade out audio track (volume)
Fast Lookahead Imiter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1913)
Fast Overdrive		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1196)
Feedback Delay Line		CMT Plugins	Feedback Delay Line with max delays of 0.01s, 0.1s, 1s, 5s, 60s. No feedback is provided.
Ffmpeg Audio Resampler		Audio	Apply a flanging effect to the audio (avfilter.flanger)
JACK		Audio	Process audio using JACK. (jack)
Flanger		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1191)
Flanger		Modulators	Apply a flanging effect to the audio. (avfilter.flanger)
Fm Oscillator		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1415)
FMH-Format to V-Format		CMT Plugins	This plugin simply discards the R, S, T, U and V channels but is included for clarity. (ladspa.1089)
Foldover Distortion		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1213)
Fractionally Addressed Delay Line		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1192)
FMH-Format to B-Format (Discard RSTUV Channels)		CMT Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1089)
Freeverb (Version 3)		CMT Plugins	This reverb unit is a direct port of the free public domain source code available from Jezar at Dreampoint. (ladspa.1123)
Frequency Tracker		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1418)
Gain		Volume and Dynamics	Adjust the audio volume without keyframes (volume)
Gate		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1410)
Giant Flange		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1437)
Glame Bandpass Analog Filter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1893)
Glame Bandpass Filter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1892)
Glame Butterworth Highpass		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1904)
Glame Butterworth Lowpass		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1903)
Glame Butterworth X-Over Filter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1902)
Glame Highpass Filter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1890)
Glame Lowpass Filter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1891)
Gong Beater		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1439)
Gong Model		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1424)
Granular Scattering Processor		CMT Plugins	This plugin generates an output audio stream by scattering short grains of sound from an input stream. It is possible to control the length and envelope of these grains, how far away from their source time grains may be scattered and the density (grains/sec) of the texture produced. (ladspa.1096)
GSM Simulator		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1215)
Gverb		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1216)
Haas Stereo Enhancer		Stereo and Binaural Images	Apply Haas Stereo Enhancer (avfilter.haas)
Hard Gate		LADSPA Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1845)
Hard Limiter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1413)
Harmonic Generator		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1220)
Hermes Filter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1200)
High Pass Filter (One Pole)		CMT Plugins	High Pass Filter (One Pole). (ladspa.1052)
High-Pass		EQ and Filters	Apply a high-pass filter with 3dB point frequency (avfilter.highpass)
High-Shelf		EQ and Filters	Apply a high shelf filter (avfilter.highshelf)
Higher Quality Pitch Scaler		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1194)
Hilbert Transformer		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1440)
Identity		CMT Plugins	Identity (Audio). (ladspa.1098)
Impulse Convolver		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1199)
Inverter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1429)
Karaoke		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1409)
L/C/R Delay		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1436)
LFO Phaser		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1217)
Limiter		Volume and Dynamics	Audio lookahead limiter (avfilter.alimiter)
Lo Fi		LADSPA Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1227)
Low Pass Filter (One Pole)		CMT Plugins	Low Pass Filter (One Pole). (ladspa.1051)
Low-Pass		EQ and Filters	Apply a low-pass filter with 3dB point frequency (avfilter.lowpass)
Low-Shelf		EQ and Filters	Apply a low shelf filter (avfilter.lowshelf)
LS Filter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1908)
Mag’s Notch Filter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1894)
Matrix Spatialiser		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1422)
Matrix: MS To Stereo		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1421)
Matrix: Stereo To MS		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1420)
Mixdown		Channels	Mix all channels of audio into a mono signal and output it as N channels (mono)
Mixer (Stereo to Mono)		CMT Plugins	Mixer (Stereo to Mono). (ladspa.1071)
Modulatable delay		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1419)
Mono To Stereo Splitter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1406)
Multiband EQ		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1197)
Multivoice Chorus		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1201)
Mute		Volume and Dynamics	Mute clip (volume)
Noise Suppressor for Voice		LADSPA Plugins	Microphone background noise removal filter (ladspa.9354877)
Normalize		Volume and Dynamics	Dynamically correct audio loudness as recommended by EBU R128 (dynamic_loudness)
Normalize (2 Pass)		Volume and Dynamics	Correct audio loudness as recommended by EBU R128 (loudness)
Pan		Channels	Adjust the left/right spread of a channel (panner)
Phaser		Modulators	Add a phasing effect to the audio (avfilter.aphaser)
Pitch Scaler		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1193)
Plate reverb		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1423)
Pointer cast distortion		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1910)
Pulsator		Modulators	Audio Pulsator (avfilter.apulsator)
Rate Shifter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1417)
Retro Flanger		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1208)
Reverse Delay (5s Max)		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1605)
Ringmod with LFO		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1189)
Ringmod with two inputs		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1188)
Rubberband Octave Shift		Pitch and Time	Adjust the audio pitch using the Rubberband library (rbpitch)
Rubberband Pitch Scale		Pitch and Time	Adjust the audio pitch using the Rubberband library. (rbpitch)
SC1		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1425)
SC2		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1426)
SC3		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1427)
SC4		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1882)
SC4 mono		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1916)
SE4		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1883)
Signal sifter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1210)
Simple amplifier		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1181)
Simple compressor (peak envelope tracking)		CMT Plugins	Simple Compressor (Peak Envelope Tracking). (ladspa.1072)
Simple compressor (rms envelope tracking)		CMT Plugins	Simple Compressor (RMS Envelope Tracking). (ladspa.1073)
Simple compressor/expander		Audio	Simple audio dynamic range compression/expansion filter. (avfiler.acontrast)
Simple delay line, cubic spline interpolation		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1900)
Simple delay line, linear interpolation		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1899)
Simple delay line, noninterpolating		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1898)
Simple expander (peak envelope tracking)		CMT Plugins	Simple Expander (Peak Envelope Tracking). (ladspa.1074)
Simple expander (rms envelope tracking)		CMT Plugins	Simple Expander (RMS Envelope Tracking). (ladspa.1075)
Simple limiter (peak envelope tracking)		CMT Plugins	Simple Limiter (Peak Envelope Tracking). (ladspa.1076)
Simple limiter (rms envelope tracking)		CMT Plugins	Simple Limiter (RMS Envelope Tracking). (ladspa.1077)
Sine oscillator (freq:audio, amp:audio)		CMT Plugins	Sine Oscillator. Frequency input is audio, Amplitude input is audio. (ladspa.1063)
Sine oscillator (freq:audio, amp:control)		CMT Plugins	Sine Oscillator. Frequency input is audio, Amplitude input is control. (ladspa.1064)
Sine oscillator (freq:control, amp:audio)		CMT Plugins	Sine Oscillator. Frequency input is control, Amplitude input is audio. (ladspa.1065)
Single band parametric		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1203)
Sinus wavewrapper		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1198)
Smooth Decimator		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1414)
SoX		Audio	Process audio using a SoX effect (sox)
Sox Band		EQ and Filters	Sox band audio effect (sox)
Sox Bass		EQ and Filters	Sox bass audio effect (sox)
Sox Echo		Reverb, Echo and Delays	Sox echo audio effect (sox)
Sox Flanger		Modulators	Sox flanger audio effect (sox)
Compressor/Expander		Volume and Dynamics	Simple audio dynamic range compression/expansion filter. (avfilter.acontrast)
Gain		Volume and Dynamics	Sox gain audio effect (sox)
Sox Phaser		Modulators	Sox phaser audio effect (sox)
Sox Stretch		Pitch and Time	Sox stretch audio effect (sox)
Speechnorm		Audio	Speech Normalizer (avfilter.speechnorm)
State Variable Filter		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1214)
Step Demuxer		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1212)
Stereo to Mono		Channels	Copy one channel to another (channelcopy)
SOFAlizer		Stereo and Binaural Images	SOFAlizer uses head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to create virtual loudspeakers around the user for binaural listening via headphones (audio formats up to 9 channels supported). The HRTFs are stored in SOFA files (see http://www.sofacoustics.org/ for a database). SOFAlizer is developed at the Acoustics Research Institute (ARI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. (avfilter.sofalizer)
Stereo to binaural		Stereo and Binaural Images	Bauer stereo to binaural transformation. (avfilter.bs2b)
Stereo Tools		Stereo and Binaural Images	This filter has some handy utilities to manage stereo signals, for converting M/S stereo recordings to L/R signal while having control over the parameters or spreading the stereo image of master track. (avfilter.stereotools)
Stereo Widener		Stereo and Binaural Images	This filter enhance the stereo effect by suppressing signal common to both channels and by delaying the signal of left into right and vice versa, thereby widening the stereo effect. (avfilter.stereowiden)
Surround matrix encoder		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1401)
Swap Channels		Channels	Move the left channel to the right and the right-to-left (channelswap)
Tap Autopanner		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2146)
Tap Chrous/Flanger		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2159)
Tap Deesser		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2147)
Tap Dynamics (M)		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2152)
Tap Dynamics (St)		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2153)
Tap Equalizer		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2141)
Tap Equalizer/Bw		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2151)
Tap Fractal Doubler		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2156)
Tap Pink/Fractal Noise		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2155)
Tap Pitch Shifter		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2150)
Tap Reflector		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2154)
Tap Reverberator		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2142)
Tap Rotary Speaker		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2149)
Tap Scaling Limiter		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2145)
Tap Sigmoid Booster		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2157)
Tap Stereo Echo		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2143)
Tap Tremolo		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2144)
Tap Tubewarmth		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2158)
Tap Vibrato		TAP Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.2148)
Tape Delay Simulation		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1211)
Tiltshelf		Audio	Apply a tilt shelf filter. (avfilter.tiltshelf)
Transient mangler		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1206)
Treble		Modulators	Boost or cut upper frequencies (avfilter.treble)
Triple band parametric with shelves		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1204)
Valve rectifier		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1405)
Valve saturation		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1209)
VCF 303		CMT Plugins	A TB-303 resonant filter clone. (ladspa.1224)
Vibrato		Modulators	Vibrato effect. (avfilter.vibrato)
Virtualbass		Audio	Audio Virtual Bass. (avfilter.virtualbass)
Vocoder		LADSPA Plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1337)
Volume (keyframable)		Volume and Dynamics	Adjust the audio volume with keyframes (volume)
VyNil (Vinyl Effect)		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1905)
Wave shaper		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1187)
Wave Shaper (Sine-Based)		CMT Plugins	Wave Shaper (Sine-Based). (ladspa.1097)
Wave Terrain Oscillator		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1412)
Z-1		SWH plugins	LADSPA plugin (ladspa.1428)

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: available in the installed version; : available in the appimage; : available in the Windows version; : available in the MacOS (Intel only) version