[linux-audio-user] Any instructions about for running a Win VSTi under vstserver

[Mark Knecht]

Dave Phillips wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
>>    One question about all of this. It appears that if I run vstserver 
>> it attempts to start EVERY VST (or even every file!) in my vst 
>> directory?! Is this correct? 
> 
> 
> I'm not sure it's trying to open each one. It seems like it's 
> registering each one though. Maybe Kjetil can tell us what goes on 
> during initialization of vstserver ?

I got things working fairly nicely yesterday by:

1) Putting each VST in it's own directory
2) Starting vstserver using an empty directory as the exported path.
3) Starting vsti and using a relative path from the empty directory that 
vstserver is using

vsti ../VSTi/SIR-Reverb/SIR_086.dll

A bit weird but it works nicely. Would be nicer if vsti would just use 
the directory it's started from but this isn't bad.


<SNIP>
> 
> Mark, are you accessing http://www.djcj.org/LAU/ladspavst/ ? I ask only 
> because Tim's original page is still reachable but is out of date, and I 
> want to make sure you're reading the correct page.

I was on that page. There's just a few links out of date. To be 
expected. Just my luck to have them be the ones I tried first. They were 
ones I searched out as having your name on them.

(For instance the links under Anenome & compakt)

FYI - these were just test cases for me. I have no real reason to run them.

<SNIP>
> 
> You might not be loading the required external. Did you start Pd with 
> 'pd -lib /wherever/you/put/k_vst~' ? The full name of the object is 
> k_vst~.pd_linux but the -lib flag doesn't require the full name.

No, I didn't. Don't know how to use pd. Not going to spend the time now 
that vsti seems to be working.


> "Easy" and "Linux" do seem to contradict at times...

I could write a book. I think most Linux folks don't know how 'easy' it 
is for us non-programmer types. You know that standard comment "Just 
build a new kernel"?! I still only have realtime and 'capabilities' on 
my Planet boxes!

> 
>>    It's probably a too huge job for someone to really keep care of the 
>> VST page and expect it to always be up to date.
> 
> 
> I'm just too busy with other work to attend to my tutorial right away, 
> but I'll move on it asap, I promise. (Warning: Do NOT hold your breath 
> waiting for Dave to fulfil his promise! Doing so may be harmful to your 
> health!).
> 

Understood. Thanks!

- Mark