Chris Cannam wrote: >On Thursday 04 Nov 2004 15:38, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > > >>So in a brief outline, how do I use this? Is it a requirement that >>the app supports it? Can I use it with RG and Muse? If so, how? >> >> > >You can use DSSI plugins directly in an app that supports hosting them, >such as Rosegarden. They should be picked up automatically in exactly >the same way as LADSPA plugins are. The app will need to have been >configured with DSSI support, however, and if it's a packaged version >it might not have been. > >Alternatively, you can effectively turn any DSSI plugin into a >standalone JACK/ALSA-sequencer soft synth by using the jack-dssi-host >program provided with the DSSI distribution. This is a minimal host >that just runs the plugins named on the command line, providing JACK >inputs and outputs and ALSA sequencer MIDI input. This would allow you >to use (for example) the hexter DX7 synth with MusE. > >jack-dssi-host is also capable of being invoked through a symbolic link: >if you create a link to it called /usr/bin/hexter (for example), then >when invoked via that link it will look for hexter.so and run the first >plugin found in it automatically. This means a plugin can be installed >both as a plugin (hexter.so) and as what looks like a true >ALSA-seq/JACK synth application (the hexter symbolic link). > > >Chris > > > Great! Thanks Chris. I use Thac's RPMS on MDK and I believe he did compile for dssi support in RG at least. I will check it out. I already have a fuctioning jack_fst on my system so I'm going to assume DSSI will live with that and it's subsequent Wine needs. R~
