[linux-audio-user] VSTserver on MDK 10.0

[Russell Hanaghan]

On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 08:10, James Stone wrote:
>  --- 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.

Ok. I figured as much. I am not familiar with Pd although I have it on
my machine with the k_vst~ patch but I'm actually trying to get vst's to
run in Ardour or other LADSPA compliant apps. Supposedly your vst's are
meant to show up like LADSPA's when this is all configured properly.

R~

> 
> James