On Wednesday 09 November 2005 06:41, Hector Centeno-Garcia wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > >Hi Mark. Right. Here goes. This is on FC2, not Gentoo. I'll have a go on > >Gentoo when I get the time. Wine is version 0.9-1fc2winehq, savihost is > >version 1.23. I borrowed mfc42.dll from my XP install and put it > >in .wine/drive_c/windows/system32. Savihost.exe I put in the program > > files, and also put Lin-Plugs FreeAlpha synth's .dll in there. Renamed > >savihosts .exe to FreeAlpha, and it worked first go. Now FreeAlpha synth > > has a separate file for it's patches. it will only use the default patch > > that is on the synth But it works. I've been trying a lot of freebie > > synths, and notice that they use a lot of cpu. Ksim is showing, when > > idle, between 70 & 80% cpu useage, and yet the synth itself only shows > > less than 5% cpu useage. VirSyn's MicroTERA. a free synth uses 100% cpu. > > Not enough to freeze the mouse, and even though I did get some sounds out > > of it, it would not load the sound bank. Native Instruments Reactor > > Session One 4.0, another freebie fully operational synth. When installed, > > this has a .exe and a .dll. Running the .exe brings up the GUI, but the > > only menu item that works is the one for sample rate, so cannot connect > > usb midi keyboard or audio output. The .dll through savihost works fine, > > but again at idle, is showing 50% cpu on Ksim, and the synth is showing > > about 18.8%. The complete patch bank is available on this synth. Single > > notes play ok, but push the cpu on Ksim to about 95%. Chords push the cpu > > useage to 100%+ and become quite broken up. All in all, I'm very happy > > with the way this is going. Hardly anything worked on > > wine-20041019-1fc2winehq, but 0.9-1fc2winehq has certainly made more > > things work. One observation. I tried crystal.dll on numerous occasions, > > and it would not open. At that time only mfc42.dll was in the system32 > > directory. After installing Reactor Session One synth, and perhaps > > something else, more .dll's turned up in system32. I thought I'd try > > crystal synth again, and this time it worked. The extra .dll's are listed > > below. > >msvcirt.dll > >MSVCP60.DLL > >Msvcrt.dll > > > >Here are a few of the freebie synths I tried, and which worked ok with > >savihost. > >Triangle I & Triangle II from http://www.rgcaudio.com > >Interruptor Dub Siren from http://www.interruptor.ch > >JXPlugins JX220 from http://www.jxplugins.co.uk > >LFObia Mocheese from http://www.electronicscene.com/elektracidz > >LRsynths Trionimox from http://www.alphastrike.de > >Psychic Modulation Pandemonium from http://www.psychicmodulation.com > >Tobybear Screamer from http://www.tobybear.de > >LinPlug Free Alpha from http://www.linplug.com > > > >I'd be really interested in knowing why these synths use so much cpu when > > just lying idle. Nigel. > > > >Machine: Aiii-friend 1.3Ghz, 1GB Ram, Audigy2 soundblaster, Built-in > >Cyberblade i1 graphics. > > Good testing! I've been using xfst and seems to work pretty fine. There > are some VSTs that wont load but much less than with fst and > wine20040505. Have you been using Jack? It seems that there are lots of > problems with the Wine-Jack combo. > > cheers! > > Hector. Hi Hector. No I'm not using Jack with Wine, but Alsa. I must admit that I'm quite impressed with savihost's ability to run all the VSTi's that I tried, apart from Plugsound Free. There is a pretty bad latency problem when using my Evolution MK-225C usb midi keyboard. Some synth patches seem to allow for more latency than others. It can be a bit like playing a pipe organ. Press the key. Have a quick fag, and wait for the sound to arrive. Nigel.
