> I would like to use vst/plugins/instruments lets say > absynth under linux and being controlled by pure data. well the good news is that absynth does seem to work in pd :-) > Is it better to run vstserver or to run cubasesx under > wine and within that the vst-plugins/instruments ??? run vstserver. > 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 ??? As vstserver is quite new, its not well packaged and the setup is quite lengthy. Pd also has a learning curve, but its quite a powerful tool and you will not be wasting your time. there isnt usually much to do for wine. As a mature package it is well supported by most distros. eg urpmi wine emerge wine etc... you might have to tweak ~/.wine/config slightly. check installation by typing "wine notepad" or similar. so which distro are you using and how far have you got so far? cheers! -- Tim Orford
