On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 06:42:14PM +0200, Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen wrote: > > > James Stone: > > > > > > You probably want "vsti" from Kjetil Matheussen (using vstserver) or > > > "jack_fst" from Paul Davis and Torben Hohn (using libfst). Either of > > > these will run a VSTi with GUI as a standalone JACK/ALSA app that can > > > then be driven as an ALSA sequencer client from a MIDI source. > > > > > > You can get vsti at http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/src/, or jack_fst at > > > http://linuxaudiosystems.com/fst/ . I have never tried vsti, but I > > > have used both vstserver-for-plugins and jack_fst with good results. > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > I use vsti for auditioning vsts but I find that the k_vst~ plugin for pd > > offers more functionality, and also is accessible from seq24 (which is > > not the case with vsti). > > The vsti program implements a standard alsa sequencer (just as the > jack_fst program, which infact use the code from vsti (which again use > the code from jack-rack :))), so it is definitely possible to get access > from seq24. Just use aconnect, kaconnect, qjackctl or something to > connect the vsti instrument and seq24. Infact, it should be much simpler > than from pd. I think one of us must have misunderstood something here. > > > -- The problem is that seq24 will not start with vsti running. Another problem is in muse, if I have two vsti s running they are only selectable as one instrument... the pd plugin seems to offer more flexibility with respect to these problems, but I agree it is quite fiddly. James
