[linux-audio-user] VSTserver on MDK 10.0

[James Stone]

 --- Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan at starband.net> wrote: >
On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 01:37, James Stone wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > > 
> > > > And this was with the wine version in
> vstserver-0.3.0-wine.tar.bz2 ?
> > > > 
> > > > Builds fine on my Debian box, but then I
> remember vaguely now that when
> > > > I was running Mandrake, building by hand did
> not work very well.
> > > 
> > > Except for small stuff, NOTHING ever builds
> properly for me on MDK.
> > > 
> > 
> > That was one of the reasons I switched to Debian.
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > What RPMs are you using? Have you defined the
> vstpath?
> > > 
> > > Yessir!  Using Thac's RPMs which are always
> pretty good.
> > > 
> > > export VST_PATH=/usr/share/VST
> > 
> > Okay, and you have your vst dlls in that
> directory..
> > 
> > Start Jack, start vstserver, type vsti jx220 (for
> example)..
> 
> Type where? in seperate console? isnt vsti a
> seperate app? I dont have
> it installed...
> 

You need a vst client to run your vst plugins.
Vstserver is just a server to allow multiple clients
to attach (like jack in some ways).

You need vsti, or the pd plugin k_vst~ (if you know
pd).

and to start vsti you type it into another console.

James