[linux-audio-user] update: VST plugins + Linux + recent WINE

Greetings: I'm testing DSSI and libfst VST support using wine-20050725. Here's a preliminary report for interested users. I rebuilt and reinstalled libfst, jack_fst, dssi, and the dssi-vst stuff. Kernel is Demudi's 2.6.12, ALSA 1.0.9b, JACK 0.99.54. Everything built without complaint, except for one significant error. Recently WINE has altered some syntax and flags for some of its utilities, including the winebuild binary. The dssi-vst and libfst stuff (including jack_fst) use winebuild in the final stages of the build, and they failed because a flag is missing. The fix is to add the -F flag after the --exe directive in the appropriate Makefiles. It's only three or four instances, and after making the changes the builds proceeded without problems. First, some notable failures: dlphilp@demudi:~/dssi-vst-0.3.1$ ./vsthost ../vstplugins/vsti/HyperCanvas.dll Returning file identifiers: JANyenIu1TlApftWzNiGT2M0 DSSI_PATH not set, defaulting to /home/dlphilp/.dssi:/usr/local/lib/dssi:/usr/lib/dssi RemoteVSTClient: executing /usr/local/lib/dssi/dssi-vst/dssi-vst-server -g ../vstplugins/vsti/HyperCanvas.dll,JANyenIu1TlApftWzNiGT2M0 DSSI VST plugin server v0.96 Copyright (c) 2004 Chris Cannam - Fervent Software Loading "../vstplugins/vsti/HyperCanvas.dll"... VST_PATH not set, defaulting to /home/dlphilp/vst:/usr/local/lib/vst:/usr/lib/vst fixme:midi:OSS_MidiInit Synthesizer support MIDI in. Not supported yet (please report) dssi-vst-server[1]: found in /home/dlphilp/vst/../vstplugins/vsti/HyperCanvas.dll done Testing VST compatibility... dssi-vst-server[1]: VST entrypoint "main" found Plugin server timed out on startup: No such device or address vsthost: bailing out Terminated dlphilp@demudi:~$ jack_fst vstplugins/vsti/HyperCanvas.dll fixme:midi:OSS_MidiInit Synthesizer support MIDI in. Not supported yet (please report) HyperCanvas could not be instantiated ------> [At this point an error dialog appears that says "Not supported CPU" followed by garbage characters. - DP] can't instantiate plugin vstplugins/vsti/HyperCanvas.dll dlphilp@demudi:~$ jack_fst vstplugins/Crystal.dll Segmentation fault All other plugins that I tried failed with jack_fst, with the same segmentation fault. I was able to run and test Oberon-4, Crystal, PM4, Pro-52, Mercury-1, and AdditiveSynth with dssi-vst's vsthost. I'm not at my home machine, so I have just a few plugins to test, but so far I'm inclined to agree with Paul Davis and simply recommend the dssi-vst package for running VSTs with the most recent WINEs. I'd really like to get HyperCanvas working under dssi-vst. Any tips or suggestions from you VST mavens out there ? Best, dp