Staticly linked arpeggiator plugin?

[tavasti]

I was looking for arpeggiator plugin that would work in Mixbus. Mixbus and Ardour both have own set of basic libraries, so their version can be different from ones you have in your system. And that part seems to be causing problems:

- qmidiarp has also plugin version of its modules. Unfortunately UI fails with error:

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suil error: Unable to open UI library /usr/lib/lv2/qmidiarp_arp.lv2/qmidiarp_arp_ui.so (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5: undefined symbol: hb_font_funcs_set_nominal_glyph_func)

. And when looking on what lib that existis in system, and comparing to Mixbus libs, reason is clear.
- there is also https://librearp.gitlab.io/ but it has similar problems, fails on plugin scan, but on log it is visible that there is same kind of proble, some other lib. And it is based in Juce, so not in top favourite list.

For both of them, reported problem and cause on existing bug reports.

So is there some other native linux arpeggiator plugin, or should I just find some zero cost windows vst?

[tavasti]

@sjaehn, you have good track record on making working plugins, do you have any arpeggiator in your back pocket?

[sjaehn]

@sjaehn, you have good track record on making working plugins, do you have any arpeggiator in your back pocket?

Not jet. But I should think about it. It shouldn't be a too big step from a step sequencer to an arpeggiator. So I could re-use code from B.SEQuenzr.

But actually there are other projects on top. First, I have to finish the first official release of B.Jumblr (next days). Next, I've to add latency compensation to B.Shapr and to publish this plugin too. If this is done, I'll put my hands on the experimental granular synth again. But then ...

In the meantime, you can of course use B.SEQuenzr as an arpeggiotor. It has all main features. You have to active host & midi control (default) and input pitch for the respective channel.

[ufug]

Venomode has a Linux-native arpeggiator called Phrasebox. It's remarkably powerful and the demo works perfectly in Mixbus.

It's not free though. I'm waiting for a sale to come around on this one...

[Kott]

- there is also https://librearp.gitlab.io/ but it has similar problems, fails on plugin scan, but on log it is visible that there is same kind of proble, some other lib. And it is based in Juce, so not in top favourite list.

I think problem is in webkit2gtk linked. I've rebuild it without that dependency, so it looks pretty clean:

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 ldd ./LibreArp.so 
        linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff1fbfc000)
        libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libasound.so.2 (0x00007f486c2e8000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f486c1a0000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007f486c198000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f486c180000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007f486c0c0000)
        libcurl.so.4 => /usr/lib64/libcurl.so.4 (0x00007f486c030000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x00007f486c020000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f486c018000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f486bff0000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f486be18000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007f486bcd0000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f486bcb0000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f486bae8000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f486c9f8000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f486bab8000)
        libbz2.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libbz2.so.1 (0x00007f486ba98000)
        libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib64/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007f486ba50000)
        libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007f486ba30000)
        libnghttp2.so.14 => /usr/lib64/libnghttp2.so.14 (0x00007f486ba08000)
        libidn2.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libidn2.so.0 (0x00007f486b9e0000)
        libssh.so.4 => /usr/lib64/libssh.so.4 (0x00007f486b970000)
        libpsl.so.5 => /usr/lib64/libpsl.so.5 (0x00007f486b958000)
        libssl.so.1.1 => /usr/lib64/libssl.so.1.1 (0x00007f486b8c8000)
        libcrypto.so.1.1 => /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.1.1 (0x00007f486b5e0000)
        libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x00007f486b588000)
        libldap_r-2.4.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libldap_r-2.4.so.2 (0x00007f486b530000)
        liblber-2.4.so.2 => /usr/lib64/liblber-2.4.so.2 (0x00007f486b518000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f486b510000)
        libunistring.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libunistring.so.2 (0x00007f486b388000)
        libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libkrb5.so.3 (0x00007f486b2b8000)
        libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x00007f486b298000)
        libcom_err.so.2 => /lib64/libcom_err.so.2 (0x00007f486b290000)
        libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libkrb5support.so.0 (0x00007f486b280000)
        libresolv.so.2 => /lib64/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007f486b268000)
        libsasl2.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libsasl2.so.3 (0x00007f486b248000)
        libkeyutils.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libkeyutils.so.1 (0x00007f486b240000)
        libselinux.so.1 => /lib64/libselinux.so.1 (0x00007f486b210000)
        libpcre.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007f486b178000)

[tavasti]

Venomode has a Linux-native arpeggiator called Phrasebox. It's remarkably powerful and the demo works perfectly in Mixbus.

It's not free though. I'm waiting for a sale to come around on this one...

My need for arp is not that big that I would pay for that. Qmidiarp and arpage bot work as app, but app is not that handy.

[tavasti]

- there is also https://librearp.gitlab.io/ but it has similar problems, fails on plugin scan, but on log it is visible that there is same kind of proble, some other lib. And it is based in Juce, so not in top favourite list.

I think problem is in webkit2gtk linked. I've rebuild it without that dependency, so it looks pretty clean:

Yeah, that is the problem. If it would have gate adjustment, then it would be pretty perfect option and I could consider building it.

[Kott]

If it would have gate adjustment

As I can see it's simple and hasn't the gate feature. Anyway I'm gonna build it and share.
If you ok with wine vst there great arp: http://graywolf2004.net/wp/

[tavasti]

If it would have gate adjustment

As I can see it's simple and hasn't the gate feature. Anyway I'm gonna build it and share.

Yeah, tested it in carla, no gate.

If you ok with wine vst there great arp: http://graywolf2004.net/wp/

Works great and has great features when running in carla. In Mixbus, it does not arpegiate at all. I can see it is getting notes in, but Step stays in 00 all the time.

Edit: testing also RandomArp windows vst. Works great in carla, does not work in Mixbus. Something special in Mixbus that they don't work.

[tavasti]

In the meantime, you can of course use B.SEQuenzr as an arpeggiotor. It has all main features. You have to active host & midi control (default) and input pitch for the respective channel.

Does it have suitable features used as arpeggiator? I mean, if I will give it Am chord in, will it be able to arpeggiate those notes separately?

[sjaehn]

Does it have suitable features used as arpeggiator? I mean, if I will give it Am chord in, will it be able to arpeggiate those notes separately?

It works. B.SEQuenzr can handle (and pitch) up to 16 MIDI input notes separately at the same time. However, there are some other limitations. Especially the fixed number of steps (8 / 16 / 24 / 32). This could be something to take hands on for version 1.6.0.

[sjaehn]

Especially the fixed number of steps (8 / 16 / 24 / 32).

... but you can ship around using the "skip" controls.

[tavasti]

With using carla plugin I can use also qmidiarp or Blue Arp plugins, so maybe that is way to go.

@sjaehn if you start making arpeggiator, Blue Arp has features to copy.

[sysrqer]

Probably not what you're looking for but VCV Rack can make arps and send them out as midi to drive things externally.

[tavasti]

Probably not what you're looking for but VCV Rack can make arps and send them out as midi to drive things externally.

Yeah, that is bit like having jet fighter just for use as hair dryer