On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Edward Diehl <diehl@umich.edu> wrote:

However, if you append "_2chan" to the plugin library
name (e.g. Pianoteq.so to Pianoteq_2chan.so) , the plugin will output
only 2 channels and work happily in Ardour.

Neat trick, I have Pianoteq and didn't know about it. Of course you can connect just 2 of the 5 output channels to Ardour's master: but indeed its a bit of a hack, and you can't apply stereo effects to the 5 signals...

Thanks Edward! -Harry