16 Sep
2003
16 Sep
'03
11:57 p.m.
Hello -
I was wondering if someone could help me along with getting VST's running
under Linux.
I have installed the version of WINE from the vstserver download area. I
have also built vstserver and can in fact run it. Finally, I have built
ladspavst.
This is where I am stuck. The ladspavst README didn't have any info to help
figure out how to run it.
Building ladspavst made vst.so. What now?
What I would like to try is getting VST's running with Ardour. Is this
possible?
Also, do any VSTi's work with vstserver?
Thanks for any and all info...
-- N
17 Sep
17 Sep
2:42 a.m.
On Tuesday 16 September 2003 21:44, Natalia Rakowski wrote:
This is where I am stuck. The ladspavst README
didn't have
any info to help figure out how to run it.
Building ladspavst made vst.so. What now?
My guess would be that you need to put vst.so in whatever
directory Ladspa plugins go (under Mandrake 9.1, it's
/usr/lib/ladspa) and then run your ladspa client app and see if
it's one of the available plugins.
Maybe you'd need to ldconfig after putting that file there, I
dunno. Haven't had any VST's to play with myself.
Rob
3:27 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob" <lau(a)kudla.org>
To: <linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Running vstserver & ladspavst
On Tuesday 16 September 2003 21:44, Natalia Rakowski
wrote:
Rob -
Thanks SO MUCH!
I was able to get an instance of the CamelPhat Free VST loaded this morning
in Ardour. All I had to do is put the vst.so file in /usr/lib/ladspa.
I'll do more testing with different VST's later.
Is anyone keeping a list of VST's that work with vstserver? Is that
something that people would find useful?
Thanks again...
-- N
This is where I am stuck. The ladspavst README
didn't have
any info to help figure out how to run it.
Building ladspavst made vst.so. What now?
My guess would be that you need to put vst.so in whatever
directory Ladspa plugins go (under Mandrake 9.1, it's
/usr/lib/ladspa) and then run your ladspa client app and see if
it's one of the available plugins.
Maybe you'd need to ldconfig after putting that file there, I
dunno. Haven't had any VST's to play with myself.
Rob
3:45 p.m.
Natalia Rakowski wrote:
Is anyone keeping a list of VST's that work with
vstserver?
All these DLL's work for me:
BJ_Flanger.dll
BJ_Wavechanger2.dll
NorthPole.dll
VFlanger.dll
VoxengoTempoDelay.dll
dfx_Geometer.dll
dfx_RezSynth_mono.dll
dfx_Skidder.dll
dfx_Transverb.dll
endorphin.dll
karlette.dll
xChorus.dll
xfaser_lite.dll
Sorry, I've forgotten the original names, but a Google search for free
VST plugins turned up these and many other interesting items...
Best regards,
== dp
8:27 p.m.
I've run them in Snd with the ladspavst and
vstserver support, and in Pd
with the k_vst~ object.
thanks again :-)
i'm not a pd user so i'm probably doing something silly,
but i just get, eg:
k_vst~ Freeverb2.dll
... couldn't create
vstserver shows nothing.
could you maybe post a working pd file?
cheers!
--
Tim Orford
18 Sep
18 Sep
1:28 a.m.
Tim Orford wrote:
i'm not a pd user so i'm probably doing
something silly,
but i just get, eg:
k_vst~ Freeverb2.dll
... couldn't create
vstserver shows nothing.
could you maybe post a working pd file?
Copy this into a file named foo.pd:
#N canvas 588 282 450 300 10;
#X msg 56 45 opengui;
#X msg 147 46 closegui;
#X obj 147 120 k_vst~ NorthPole;
#X obj 211 78 adc~;
#X obj 215 160 dac~;
#X connect 0 0 2 0;
#X connect 1 0 2 0;
#X connect 2 1 4 0;
#X connect 2 2 4 1;
#X connect 3 0 2 1;
#X connect 3 1 2 2;
Replace "NorthPole" with the name of whatever plugin you want to try,
leaving off the extension. Then start the vstserver
('~/vstserver-0.2.7/vstserver') in its own window. In another xterm open
Pd. I start it like this:
pd -lib /home/dlphilp/k_vst~/k_vst~ -open
/home/dlphilp/my_pd_files/foo.pd
I've placed an image of the outcome on-line here:
http://linux-sound.org/pd-vst-pic.html
Note that I'm using the latest versions of WINE, vstserver, and k_vst~.
I hope that all helps a bit.
Best regards,
== Dave Phillips
The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org
19 Sep
19 Sep
9:50 a.m.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 11:11:38PM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
[....]
Pd. I start it like this:
pd -lib /home/dlphilp/k_vst~/k_vst~ -open
/home/dlphilp/my_pd_files/foo.pd
[....]
all very useful information!
but it seems i perhaps have something fundamentally wrong with
my installation...
#ll /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux;
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14 May 15 10:34 /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux*
#pd -verbose -lib /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux;
[....]
tried /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux.pd_linux and failed
/usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux: can't load library
anyone else using thacs rpms?
many thanks
--
Tim Orford
10:32 a.m.
Tim Orford wrote:
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 11:11:38PM -0400, Dave
Phillips wrote:
Tim, try leaving off the .pd_linux extension (as per my example)...
Best regards,
== dp
[....]
Pd. I start it like this:
pd -lib /home/dlphilp/k_vst~/k_vst~ -open
/home/dlphilp/my_pd_files/foo.pd
[....]
all very useful information!
but it seems i perhaps have something fundamentally wrong with
my installation...
#ll /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux;
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14 May 15 10:34 /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux*
#pd -verbose -lib /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux;
[....]
tried /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux.pd_linux and failed
/usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux: can't load library
anyone else using thacs rpms?
11:14 a.m.
Tim, try leaving off the .pd_linux extension (as per
my example)...
ah! ok, sorry i assumed it was named differently on your system.
progess....but now i get:
#pd -verbose -lib /usr/bin/k_vst~ -open davep.pd;
Pd version 0.36-0
compiled 15:51:19 Sep 15 2003
[...]
tried /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux and succeeded
/usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux: /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux: undefined symbol:
VSTLIB_new
/usr/bin/k_vst~: can't load library
:-)
--
Tim Orford
11:29 a.m.
Tim Orford wrote:
Well, at this point I should run down the process as I've outlined it in
the soon-to-arrive tutorial :
1. Build & install the vstserver, the ladspa vst host plugin, and the
k_vst~ object.
2. Start the server.
3. Use the client(s).
It's possible that the pre-built binary is lacking a dependency. I
advise building all of this stuff from source anyway, and if you have a
working Wine installation (including the devel package!) you shouldn't
have too much trouble. So :
1. Do you have Wine installed ?
2. Do you have the Wine devel package installed ?
3. Did you start the vstserver before running the client ?
I apologize if I'm telling you things you already know, I just want to
be thoroughly clear.
Best regards,
== dp
Tim, try
leaving off the .pd_linux extension (as per my example)...
ah! ok, sorry i assumed it was named differently on your system.
progess....but now i get:
#pd -verbose -lib /usr/bin/k_vst~ -open davep.pd;
Pd version 0.36-0
compiled 15:51:19 Sep 15 2003
[...]
tried /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux and succeeded
/usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux: /usr/bin/k_vst~.pd_linux: undefined symbol: VSTLIB_new
/usr/bin/k_vst~: can't load library 
17 Sep
17 Sep
7:05 a.m.
Natalia Rakowski wrote:
What I would like to try is getting VST's running with Ardour. Is this
possible?
Technically. Paul Davis has a working version which he intends to sell
or charge for IIRC.
--
Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
Http://www.boosthardware.com
Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide
========================================
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We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything
I've ever done.
Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002
The Scotsman
9:15 a.m.
I was wondering if someone could help me along with
getting VST's running
under Linux.
i'm having the same problem unfortunately.
the only instructions i see are to
1-set VST_PATH environment variable to point to where your plugins are
eg: /usr/share/vst
2-launch vstserver from its directory
eg: cd /usr/lib/vst/; vstserver;
i have vstserver running but it just waits:
"VSTSERVER/main: Vstserver 0.2.6 started. Waiting for requests."
the vstserver 'exampleclient' works for me, but jack-rack, pd, and
ardour dont.
does anyone have it working? it would be nice to know what was
supposed to happen, and which clients are known to work.
i'm using thacs rpms:
libladspavst-0.1.2-5mdk
k_vst~-0.2.6-2mdk
vstserver-0.2.6-2mdk
libvst-devel-0.2.6-1mdk
libvst-0.2.6-1mdk
ladspa-1.12-2mdk
libladspavst-0.1.2-5mdk
ladspa-devel-1.12-2mdk
Also, do any VSTi's work with vstserver?
probably not....
cheers
--
Tim Orford
11:39 a.m.
Tim Orford wrote:
I tried running the Barking Wombat and the compakt synths with k_vst~.
Both GUIs popped up without complaint, but neither worked. Furthermore,
when I quit Pd (after closing the synths) the vstserver crashes (with
each synth tested).
Perhaps Kjetil can provide a working example ?
Best regards,
== dp
Also, do any
VSTi's work with vstserver?
according to the pd k_vst~ readme, pd supports
midi note on/off, controllers, pitchbend, aftertouch, and
program change for vsti's!
i cant personally verify that :-)
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