Re: [Qtractor-devel] Qtractor svn native Linux VST's

[Rui N. C. <rn...@rn...>]

On 09/24/2010 04:54 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 14:21 +0200, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I've compiled Qtractor from svn recently (0.4.6.66) and I noticed it
>> comes with experimental native Linux VST support by including the
>> Festige headers. But... does it actually work? Maybe I'm doing something
>> utterly wrong but when searching for VST plugins Qtractor finds nothing
>> :( I've set up a specific directory for native VST plugins and added its
>> path in Qtractor.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Jeremy
> 
> I'm using the Steinberg headers and I know this issue too. IIRC Qtractor
> only supports VST effects, but instruments and even native Linux VST
> effects seem to cause issues on 64-bit architecture, not only for
> Qtractor. On 64-bit architecture I only had VSTs running with a the
> Windwos application (host) Reaper on wine(asio), anything else, e.g.
> dssi-vst never was ok for 64-bit installs on my machine, I only had good
> luck when using 32-bit distros on my 64-bit machine. Hm, I'm compiling
> Qtractor with VST support all the times, but was never able to use it.
> 

there should be no difference in finding native vst plugins (*.so)
whether you build with vestige or steinberg's vst-sdk headers. the
difference must something else, like you're running a 64bit system and
the plugins were linked to 32bit or vice versa. nb. plugin (*.so)
architecture must match the host's. afaiact.


> Rui, is there a idiot save VST we should use for tests? I guess I asked
> this once before and got the answer that there are some VSTs, but I
> can't remember and missed to test them.
> 

the mda plugins (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mda-vst) are one
example, gui-less though

cheers
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
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