SoundCrab comes as a .so file, a native Linux DLL. It is called by its maker a VST, so I tried it with the VST host included in AVLinux, 'vsthost'. It gives the below. I have tried copying soundcrab.so to /usr/local/lib/vst, but there was no change in result. What is the best method to use? J.E.B. jeb@jebspc:~/Desktop/VST$ vsthost soundcrab.so Returning file identifiers: QSTwMe2iCe1CDtqWf1l0rEup RemoteVSTClient: executing /usr/local/lib/dssi/dssi-vst/dssi-vst-server -g soundcrab.so,QSTwMe2iCe1CDtqWf1l0rEup DSSI VST plugin server v0.986 Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Chris Cannam Loading "soundcrab.so"... dssi-vst-server[1]: not found in /usr/local/lib/vst/soundcrab.so dssi-vst-server[1]: not found in /usr/local/lib/vst/soundcrab.so dssi-vst-server[1]: not found in DLL path dssi-vst-server: ERROR: Couldn't load VST DLL "soundcrab.so" Plugin server timed out on startup: No such device or address vsthost: bailing out _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user