diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 80b4377b..696dee05 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2666,6 +2666,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tek_core",
  "uuid",
  "vst",
+ "wavers",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/tek_api/src/lib.rs b/crates/tek_api/src/lib.rs
index 818d694f..68d10c70 100644
--- a/crates/tek_api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tek_api/src/lib.rs
@@ -212,6 +212,24 @@ pub struct Plugin {
     pub mapping:  bool,
     pub ports:    JackPorts,
 }
+impl Plugin {
+    pub fn new_lv2 (
+        jack: &Arc<RwLock<JackClient>>,
+        name: &str,
+        path: &str,
+    ) -> Usually<JackDevice> {
+        let plugin = LV2Plugin::new(path)?;
+        jack_from_lv2(name, &plugin.plugin)?.run(|ports|Box::new(Self {
+            jack:       jack.clone(),
+            name:       name.into(),
+            path:       Some(String::from(path)),
+            plugin:     Some(PluginKind::LV2(plugin)),
+            selected:   0,
+            mapping:    false,
+            ports
+        }))
+    }
+}
 
 /// Supported plugin formats.
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -243,3 +261,32 @@ pub struct LV2Plugin {
     pub input_buffer: Vec<livi::event::LV2AtomSequence>,
     pub ui_thread:    Option<JoinHandle<()>>,
 }
+
+impl LV2Plugin {
+    const INPUT_BUFFER: usize = 1024;
+    pub fn new (uri: &str) -> Usually<Self> {
+        let world = livi::World::with_load_bundle(&uri);
+        let features = world
+            .build_features(livi::FeaturesBuilder {
+                min_block_length: 1,
+                max_block_length: 65536,
+            });
+        let plugin = world
+            .iter_plugins()
+            .nth(0)
+            .expect(&format!("plugin not found: {uri}"));
+        Ok(Self {
+            instance: unsafe {
+                plugin
+                    .instantiate(features.clone(), 48000.0)
+                    .expect(&format!("instantiate failed: {uri}"))
+            },
+            port_list: plugin.ports().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            input_buffer: Vec::with_capacity(Self::INPUT_BUFFER),
+            ui_thread: None,
+            world,
+            features,
+            plugin,
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/tek_tui/src/plugin.rs b/crates/tek_tui/src/plugin.rs
index a21cd781..9757c05d 100644
--- a/crates/tek_tui/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/crates/tek_tui/src/plugin.rs
@@ -31,32 +31,3 @@ impl<E> Plugin<E> {
         })
     }
 }
-
-impl<E: Engine> Plugin<E> {
-    pub fn new_lv2 (
-        jack: &Arc<RwLock<JackClient>>,
-        name: &str,
-        path: &str,
-    ) -> Usually<JackDevice<E>> {
-        let plugin = LV2Plugin::new(path)?;
-        jack_from_lv2(name, &plugin.plugin)?.run(|ports|Box::new(Self {
-            _engine:    Default::default(),
-            jack:       jack.clone(),
-            name:       name.into(),
-            path:       Some(String::from(path)),
-            plugin:     Some(PluginKind::LV2(plugin)),
-            selected:   0,
-            mapping:    false,
-            ports
-        }))
-    }
-}
-
-/// Supported plugin formats.
-pub enum PluginKind {
-    LV2(LV2Plugin),
-    VST2 {
-        instance: ::vst::host::PluginInstance
-    },
-    VST3,
-}