Dave Phillips wrote: > Russell Hanaghan wrote: > >> The fact that you can get it to run as root but not as mortal user >> tells us something I guess. When I was going thru my VST nightmares, >> I could not get it to run at all...and I was about to jump from the >> proverbial cliff ! Then Dave Phillips took pity on my feeble, >> whimpering self...a mere shell of a former true man of persistance... :) > > > Actually, it was just to get Russell to stop complaining... ;-) > (Sorry, Russell, I couldn't help myself!)... Hmph! I don't have to come here for that kind of abuse Mister; I can go anywhere to get that!! :) > >> -Any vst-in-linux app is heavily reliant on the version of Wine. But >> we know for a fact that 20040505 is a working version. It works on my >> MDK box, and Mark has it working, as do several others here. > > > I'm using 20031118, an antique version by now. > >> -Crystal is one of the definate .dll's that does work of the vst's. >> So does HyperCanvas 1.02. (Not sure if thats what you ultimatley want >> running here?) > > > Crystal is indeed a very fine synth, I use it frequently. HyperCanvas > works here, but I have to be careful about a few things. I'm not sure > if it's beause my machine is too slow (an 800 MHz Duron), but the > synth will not respond to manual parameter changes while running > (they'll update though when I stop playing), and it's relatively easy > to crash (like if I pick up the window and move it around a lot). > Sometimes it just disappears from the JACXK graph, the MIDI connection > is still there, but the audio connection is completely gone. > > The variable performance of VST/VSTi plugins under Linux leads me to > wonder if the Windows APIs aren't somehow very fault tolerant in ways > the WINE guys haven't figured yet. > >> Did you do a Winblows install of the vst application? If so, did you >> do it as root and not user? I know a full Win install is not needed >> with for Crystal...but is for Hypercanvas I think. > > > I do not have a Windows installation on my machine, but I do > adviseinstalling VST plugins by using their installation wizards, > i.e., not merely dropping the DLL into a directory and calling it > done. Some plugins won't complain about that at all, others are > extremely picky about how they're installed. > >> What kernel are you using now? > > > I'm still on 2.4 here, it appears that 2.6 is "issue-filled"... > > Best, > > dp > > >
