[PD] vstserver - k_vst - cubase VST

[Kjetil S. Matheussen]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, luigi rensinghoff wrote:

>
> Hi there !
>
> I have a question concerning vst plugins/instruments
> under linux.
>
> I would like to use vst/plugins/instruments lets say
> absynth under linux and being controlled by pure data.
>
> I wonder if someone has tried a setup like that.
>
> Is it better to run vstserver or to run cubasesx under
> wine and within that the vst-plugins/instruments ???
>
> Does someone have a cubasesx running under wine with
> vst instruments inside ??? How do i communicate with
> pd ?? Through midi-audio /JACK-connction ???
>

Running cubasesx under wine seems like a bad idea, since
its such a big program. But it might work.
My bet is that its easier to try and get the vstserver
to work.


> The howto i found
>
> http://www.djcj.org/LAU/quicktoots/toots/vst-plugins/
>
> is a little bit too superficial (at least for me since
> i am not such a linux expert) , Is there anything more
> in depth - including all the steps for wine etc ???
>
Sorry, its not easy to set up. Except, if you
run mandrake. Then there are rpm-packages available.

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