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Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:46 pm
by Linuxmusician01
Almost forgot that I started this topic. Today I asked myself the same question again. Anyway, until now I do not know of any Linux native DAW or program (like Linux-Carla or LinVST) that supports Windows VST3. Or is there?

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 2:39 pm
by milkii
Bitwig and Reaper are native, i.e., they are Linux native binaries, not running through Wine.

edit: I'm an eedjit!

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 4:24 pm
by d.healey
milk wrote:Bitwig and Reaper are native, i.e., they are Linux native binaries, not running through Wine.
They don't support Windows VSTs though.

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:48 pm
by Kott
Linuxmusician01 wrote:Almost forgot that I started this topic. Today I asked myself the same question again. Anyway, until now I do not know of any Linux native DAW or program (like Linux-Carla or LinVST) that supports Windows VST3. Or is there?
https://github.com/osxmidi/LinVst3

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:01 pm
by Linuxmusician01
Holy mackerel Batman! LinVST3. It's still in Beta, but have you any experience with it yet?

[off topic] I can't compile it I get the error:

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$ sudo apt-get cmake

E: Invalid operation cmake

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:16 pm
by tavasti
Linuxmusician01 wrote: [off topic] I can't compile it I get the error:

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$ sudo apt-get cmake

E: Invalid operation cmake

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sudo apt-get install cmake

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:18 pm
by Kott
I don't use Windows VST3 in Linux. So cannot tell how well it works.
I can't compile it I get the error:
You have to install cmake

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sudo apt-get install cmake
there is typo in readme :)

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:52 pm
by Linuxmusician01
Kott wrote:I don't use Windows VST3 in Linux. So cannot tell how well it works.
I can't compile it I get the error:
You have to install cmake

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sudo apt-get install cmake
there is typo in readme :)
Thanks for the tip. As it turns out, LinVST3 needs the VST3 SDK which I don't have. I think it's great that development is going on for LinVST3 though!

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:54 pm
by d.healey
Linuxmusician01 wrote: Thanks for the tip. As it turns out, LinVST3 needs the VST3 SDK which I don't have. I think it's great that development is going on for LinVST3 though!
https://github.com/steinbergmedia/vst3sdk

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:25 am
by rghvdberg
Ardour 6 will most likely support vst3.
learned that yesterday on irc #ardour

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:46 am
by d.healey
rghvdberg wrote:Ardour 6 will most likely support vst3.
learned that yesterday on irc #ardour
Does that mean they are going to change Ardour's license?

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:26 pm
by Linuxmusician01
rghvdberg wrote:Ardour 6 will most likely support vst3.
learned that yesterday on irc #ardour
Do you mean Ardour for Windows or Ardour for Linux?

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:42 pm
by rghvdberg
Linuxmusician01 wrote:
rghvdberg wrote:Ardour 6 will most likely support vst3.
learned that yesterday on irc #ardour
Do you mean Ardour for Windows or Ardour for Linux?

On windows, windows vst3.
On Linux, Linux Vst3
On Mac, Mac vst3 (if that's a thing)

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:00 pm
by JamesPeters
It's doubtful any DAW will include support for VST plugins made for a different OS. It can be enough hassle for the devs of a DAW to keep up with compatibility of plugins which are written for that OS, let alone including bridging to plugins meant for a different OS.

Plus there are already (third-party) solutions for bridging Windows VST to use in Linux, and they're actively maintained. It's doubtful there'd be a better solution than these whether it's "built into" the DAW or not.

Always assume that when someone says a Linux DAW can use VST or VST3, that it means Linux VST/VST3. If not--if they meant "we're going to support Windows VST in our Linux DAW"--they'd definitely specify that since they'd be the first to do it, and at a significant cost in terms of time/effort.

Re: VST3 support in Linux?

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 8:24 am
by tavasti
JamesPeters wrote:It's doubtful any DAW will include support for VST plugins made for a different OS. It can be enough hassle for the devs of a DAW to keep up with compatibility of plugins which are written for that OS, let alone including bridging to plugins meant for a different OS.
This is mostly true, but LMMS is abnormal observation. It has vestige, which works only for windows VSTs. LMMS does not have support for Linux VSTs unless it is compiled with carla.