Re: [Lmuse-developer] muse 0.9.2 pre2 vst make error

[Piotr S. <pe...@pl...>]

> >
> > HI Robert
> > HI Tim,
> >
> > I am using fst 1.8 and wine 0.9.33.
> > Does it mean, that I should downgrade to use muse with vst?
> > Is it possbible to compile with these versions?
>
> No, muse will only compile with fst 1.6.
> But if you already have fst 1.8 and wine 0.9.33 installed,
>  and if wine appears to work OK, and fst appears to work OK,
>  then you need nothing else! Rebuild muse WITHOUT vst support,
>  and then just use fst 1.8.
> Run fst 1.8 separately from muse, as 'stand-alone' (actually
>  that is the only way to run it).
> Then use muse or jack to connect everything together.
> I recommend using the undocumented -r switch, like this:
>  "fst -r some_vst.dll"
>
> Did you have any trouble building or installing fst 1.8 ?
> In case you didn't know, you must download the vst SDK
>  from Steinberg. Only some rare fst download sites include
>  the SDK, because it is not open source, and it is illegal
>  to distribute it.
>
> Also, keep in mind that wine is a constantly changing beast.
> Sometimes you may have to downgrade slightly to try
>  the best one. I am using 0.9.30 right now, it's OK.
> Try to always install a ready-made package, instead of building
>  wine yourself. I tried to build wine 0.9.32 but the result was that
>  the fonts were screwed up - there was no writing anywhere -
>  I could not see any text.
>
> Tim.

Thanks for advice. No I didn't have any problem with compiling fst  because it 
was shiped by jacklab for opensuse 10.0 in two rpm's. I also use wine from 
ready made opensuse packages.

regards
Piotr