<s>
Calf	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Gear	I-Application
,	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Calf	B-Application
Plugins	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
LV2	B-Application
plugins	O
for	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calf	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Gear	I-Application
development	O
started	O
in	O
late	O
2007	O
when	O
the	O
LV2	B-Application
plugin	O
standard	O
was	O
in	O
its	O
infancy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calf	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Gear	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
projects	O
to	O
bring	O
graphical	O
audio	O
plugins	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
versions	O
up	O
to	O
0.0.19	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
LADSPA	B-Language
and	O
DSSI	B-Application
as	O
well	O
which	O
was	O
dropped	O
in	O
December	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
driving	O
force	O
behind	O
the	O
plugins	O
ever	O
since	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
overall	O
design	O
of	O
Calf	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Gear	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
brains	O
behind	O
the	O
DSP	O
of	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calf	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Gear	I-Application
is	O
the	O
most	O
complete	O
suite	O
of	O
plugins	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
Calf	B-Application
plugins	I-Application
have	O
been	O
known	O
to	O
cause	O
crashes	O
within	O
Ardour	B-Language
Digital	B-General_Concept
Audio	I-General_Concept
Workstation	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
primarily	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
FFTW	B-Application
library	O
,	O
which	O
until	O
recently	O
was	O
not	O
thread	O
safe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Calf	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Gear	I-Application
have	O
moved	O
away	O
from	O
using	O
the	O
FFTW	B-Application
library	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
version	O
0.0.60	O
in	O
May	O
2015	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
