Re: [Audacity-devel] Linux Sampler
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From: Leland <le...@au...> - 2015-01-04 10:54:51
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Schnell [mailto:msc...@bs...] > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 4:18 AM > To: aud...@li... > Subject: Re: [Audacity-devel] Linux Sampler > > On 03.01.2014 14:41, Steve the Fiddle wrote: > > On 3 January 2014 13:09, Michael Schnell <msc...@bs...> wrote: > > > >> I do know that Audacity does additionally support VST effect plugins (at > >> least on Windows). VST of course is very actively supported (but not on > >> Linux ?!?!?!), but it is a bit "propriety" by Steinberg. (In fact the > >> newest official VST Standard definition even supports ARM, but AFAIK, > >> not any Linux architecture. It seems to be possible to use Wine to make > >> Windows VST plugins run in Linux.) > > VST was developed by Steinberg and remains the property of Steinberg > > and the license terms are incompatible with GPL v2. > > After taking a closer look at the great freeware multi-platform (Windows > / Mac / Linux) VST "Dexted" (-> https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed ) that > in fact builds on "Juce" (-> http://www.juce.com/, here: -> > http://www.juce.com/features -> Audio Plugins: "Build VST, VST3, AU, > RTAS and AAX format plugins with ease, and host VST and AU plugins > inside your own applications") : > > Seemingly you can (rather easily) do VSTs for Linux and even > multi-platform: > > http://teragonaudio.com/article/Building-VST-plugins-on-Linux.html > > I don't know the implications (what VST hosts to use, licensing issues). > > I tested Dexed in Win32 and Win64. > > If course regarding Audacity, VST "effect" plugins are more interesting > than VSTi plugins such as Dexed, but I don't suppose the technical > difference is huge. > The next release (2.1.0) will have full native VST support on Linux, GUI and all. I was surprised how many native VSTs are available for Linux. Leland |