Add some lua scripts

scripts/amp3.lua

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+ardour {
+	["type"]    = "dsp",
+	name        = "Simple Amp III",
+	license     = "MIT",
+	author      = "Robin Gareus",
+	email       = "robin@gareus.org",
+	site        = "http://gareus.org",
+	description = [[
+	An Example DSP Plugin for processing audio, to
+	be used with Ardour's Lua scripting facility.]]
+}
+
+function dsp_ioconfig ()
+	return
+	{
+		{ audio_in = -1, audio_out = -1},
+	}
+end
+
+
+function dsp_params ()
+	return
+	{
+		{ ["type"] = "input", name = "Gain", min = -20, max = 20, default = 6, unit="dB", scalepoints = { ["0"] = 0, ["twice as loud"] = 6 , ["half as loud"] = -6 } },
+	}
+end
+
+
+-- use ardour's vectorized functions
+--
+-- This is as efficient as Ardour doing it itself in C++
+-- Lua function overhead is negligible
+--
+-- this also exemplifies the /simpler/ way of letting ardour to
+-- the channel and offset mapping.
+
+function dsp_run (ins, outs, n_samples)
+	local ctrl = CtrlPorts:array() -- get control port array (read/write)
+	local gain = ARDOUR.DSP.dB_to_coefficient (ctrl[1])
+	assert (#ins == #outs) -- ensure that we can run in-place
+	for c = 1,#ins do
+	--for c in pairs (ins) do -- also works, slightly less effective
+		ARDOUR.DSP.apply_gain_to_buffer (ins[c], n_samples, gain); -- process in-place
+	end
+end