Rakarrack-plus is a guitar multi-effects processor that combines the original Rakarrack application with effects developed for the rkrlv2 project. It provides a virtual pedalboard for shaping live audio signals through a configurable sequence of effects.
The project retains Rakarrack’s JACK-based audio processing while introducing improvements to the interface, MIDI handling, presets and internal signal processing. Its effects can be used through the standalone application or as LV2 plugins in compatible audio production software.
Rakarrack-plus is designed primarily for electric guitar, although its stereo processing also makes it suitable for other instruments and vocals. Musicians can assemble complex effects chains, store favourite sounds and control parameters during performance.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Offers distortion, overdrive, compression, noise gates and equalisation.
- Provides chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo and other modulation effects.
- Includes harmonisers, pitch shifting, delays, reverbs and specialised filters.
- Allows effects to be arranged in a configurable processing chain.
- Supports saving individual effects settings and complete rack configurations as presets.
- Organises presets into banks for switching between different sounds.
- Provides LV2 versions of effects for use with compatible hosts.
- Offers an LV2 version of the complete Rakarrack-plus rack with an embedded interface.
- Supports MIDI learn for assigning hardware controls to effects parameters.
- Provides configurable MIDI program changes and MIDI bank selection.
- Supports Non Session Manager (NSM) session integration.
- Includes an Echotron delay-file editor and configurable parameter randomisation.
- Offers individual quality settings for resampling and other processing operations.
- Supports JACK transport synchronisation for compatible tempo-based effects.
Website: github.com/Stazed/rakarrack-plus
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Developer: Josep Andreu, Ryan Billing, Douglas McClendon, Arnout Engelen and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Rakarrack plus is written in C++ and C. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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