LV2 specific instrument-plugin check

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc b/libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc
index 940ec8ae03..7c9e901ebb 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc
@@ -2602,6 +2602,23 @@ LV2PluginInfo::in_category (const std::string &c) const
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool
+LV2PluginInfo::is_instrument () const
+{
+	if (category == "Instrument") {
+		return true;
+	}
+#if 1
+	/* until we make sure that category remains untranslated in the lv2.ttl spec
+	 * and until most instruments also classify themselves as such, there's a 2nd check:
+	 */
+	if (n_inputs.n_midi() > 0 && n_inputs.n_audio() == 0 && n_outputs.n_audio() > 0) {
+		return true;
+	}
+#endif
+	return false;
+}
+
 PluginInfoList*
 LV2PluginInfo::discover()
 {