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farlukar wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 11:22 am His products tend to be OK, if they are released, but he has a history of… issues.
Apparently he's behaving himself recently, so maybe I should just give him the benefit of the doubt.
Himself has some issues, althought he's not a bad guy.
You can't always get what you waaaant...

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He's been dealt a tough hand, fought through things,
some consider bridges burnt, but he is still working hard.
There is a recent kvr review of Wusik Eve 5. A customer
received it in the current group buy, and enjoys it very much.

I use an older Wusik release quite often with wine.
Native versions would be a nice add to a linux setup
if things work out that way.

None of us are guaranteed another tuesday :scared:
Cheers

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AirWindows dev went back and rescued a very nice set
of reverb codes, to release a newly improved PocketVerbs
plugin

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=534828&p=7578384#p7578384

I tested it with some excellent piano/guitar sounds, and it's
well worth having. A video is there at the link, as seems
to be the case with each new release. Pristine, or colored,
and lot's in between.
Cheers

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^ Does he offer linux versions (couldn't see them) or are you running the win vsts in wine or carla etc? Thanks.

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Since the code is pretty small, all versions exist in each download,
including a linux .so plugin. Very handy. I think he said this Pocketverbs was the last,
or almost, of his collection to be updated to the current
cross-platform/open-source Patreon distribution/support model,
so they all should now have a linux .so included, unless there was a rare technical exception.
Cheers

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At the recent Sonoj audio gathering, Unfa demos Matt Tytel's
new wavetable synth, 'Vital'.
The video is an hour+ long, but at 31:45, the heart of the demo
is rolling, so you hear the synth SOON without all the
intro yada yadas At 58:25, a song made with Vital hits the big demo screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5YAEiOt3Ic

Unfa spends some time using the synthesized text
capabilities, among others. He does a lot of useful videos,
including several for zynaddsubfx

Thanks to occulkot from linuxmusicians.com
who posted the video link over there.
Cheers

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glokraw wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:52 pm Since the code is pretty small, all versions exist in each download,
including a linux .so plugin. Very handy. I think he said this Pocketverbs was the last,
or almost, of his collection to be updated to the current
cross-platform/open-source Patreon distribution/support model,
so they all should now have a linux .so included, unless there was a rare technical exception.
Cheers
Thanks, didn't realise they were included. In my ignorance, is that a native linux vst? As a thought experiment I'm seeing how far I could go totally native, I'm running the linux native Reaper fine but that only supports vsts (though have had some succes with carla and other formats).

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Yes, those are native linux vsts. My personal experience is that
by using LinVst plugin wrapper, around 90% of plugins that work in the windows-Reaper by way of wine, will work with linux daws like
Reaper, Bitwig, Mixbus, Renoise and Tracktion.

I think Reaper has the best labeling for configuring linux audio hardware, and based on what I read, a slightly better percentage of successfully scanned/usable plugins. I only have Bitwig 8-Track 3.03, and havent done an actual comparison test, but I've tried a dozen
or so purchases in 8-Track which were usable. Most plugins that don't have ilok or some flawed registration code, will work
using one way or another. I use around a dozen wine over-rides,
which enable many of them . I find that recognizing the linux
internet connection at registration time poses a real problem
for a few promient windows devs. Same internet used to shop for,
study, and buy their products :dog:
Cheers

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Saw this in the daily shamblings:

https://webaudiomodules.org/demos/jariseon/yoshimi/

This is an online synth for Chrome browser,
presents a keyboard to click, with menus
for banks, and preset choice. qwerty lets you plays chords.
The sound engine comes from 16 part multi-timbral
zynaddsubfx, so pretty good tones to choose from.
Could be fun with a home theater, trying to add to
the netflix scores, concert vids etc

Thanks to Folderol & friends, for making Yoshimi better!
Jarmi Kleimola made this web version, so very cool,
my iced tea jar is frosting up 8)
I see a batch of addsynth improvements
in the Yoshimi V 1.6 release notes :hyper:
Cheers

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viewtopic.php?f=16&t=503359&p=7601522#p7601522

I posted the verbose steps for installing a Native Instruments product
that arrives as a .iso file, (currently 12-09-19), at the above link.
There may be sales, or second-hand sales in kvr marketplace,
to take advantage of, for all you plugin-Santa's :hyper:
Cheers

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viewtopic.php?f=16&t=503359&start=120

Kontackt 6.21 installed and working in Mint 18, wine-staging 4.20,
and Reaper 5.987 A few comments at the end of the above link.
Cheers

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I thought i'll post my configuration:

Distro: Linux Mint 19.3
Kernel Version: 5
Wine Version: Wine-staging 4.5

DAW: Tracktion T7
List of Native VSTs
veeseevst
U-he freewares
Dexed
Drumsynth
Helm
JuceOPL
OBXD
OxeSynth
Sitala
Surge
Synister
TAL Noisemaker
Vex
Xhip
ZynAddSubFX
LSP Bundle
Xhip Effects Bundle
drowaudio bundle
Easy SSP
equinox
HireSam
KlangFalter
LUFS Meter
Luftikus
Pitched Delay
SAFE Bundle
Scortcher
Stereo Sound Seperation
TAL Effects
The Function
The Piligrim
Carla VSTs
Airwindows Bundle
GVST Bundle

List of Windows VSTs via Wine and LinVST
Dead Duck Bundle
Sforzando
Cakewalk Studio Instruments
Melda Production MFreeFXBundle
A1TriggerGate
AAS Player
Bluecat FreeAmp
CamelCrusher
Digits
Fracture
Frohmage
GiestLite
HY Plugins
Hybrit
Hysterisis
Soundbytes IIEQPro
Krush
LeCto
Limiter6
Lith
Mausynth
Modulair
NickCrow 8505 Lead
NI Reaktor Player
Synth1
VSCO Orchestra
Zampler-RX
Arminator (x32)
Cygnus-SF (x32)
Glitch 1.3 (x32)
Firebird (x32)
SK7 (x32)

I've been using Linux alongside windows but i decided to scrap windows due to its annoying updates eating up my limited SSD space and spamware. I was finally able to get all my plugins and old projects running thanks to LinVST and Tracktion being cross platform. As a consequence, 32bit plugins also get automatically bridged.
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C/R, dongles & other intrusive copy protection equals less-control & more-hassle for consumers. Company gone-can’t authorize. Limit to # of auths. Instability-ie PACE. Forced internet auths. THE HONEST ARE HASSLED, NOT THE PIRATES.

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To celebrate Data Disk December, (that sleepless week where the
previous year of cyber-hoarding is countered by deleting needless file duplicates,
and colating the survivors into some semblance of a filesystem)
...a newly liberated SSD was treated to a fresh install of the latest
Ubuntu Studio 19.10.

One of my first forays into linux audio was on Ubuntu Studio 8.04,
which was spotted on the cover cd of some linux magazine
at a Barnes&Noble bookstore, and it was delightfully fast and stable,
and very rewarding in use. Zynaddsubfx was discovered, and is
still in use, along with the Yoshimi variant, these many years later.
I get the same fast-and-stable impression of this newest release.
A few good signs along the way:

1. The new installation was by way of a simple usb-stick setup, no dvd burning.
2 There were no gotchas in the clean gui display during installation.
3. I actually installed V 19.04, and was prompted to update to the
newer version, and that worked without any troubles.
4. I was able to manually install the synaptic package manager,
as there were some packages I would quickly delete.
5. Pulse Audio was easy to uninstall, without breaking other apps :hyper:
6.Almost every linux audio app I use was already installed :party:
and the one that wasn't, might have been, and was missed in the rush
of holiday dietary imbalances :scared: :roll: :love:
7. My favorite system gui, Enlightenment, was in the repositories,
so I happily installed it, and it loaded up on rebooting. (The Studio has
the xfce environment by default, which is a favorite for many,
and some basic configurations showed it is very well implemented in this case.

I loaded up qjackctl, Guitarix, and Calf plugins, and the overall impression
I have, is fast, fun, and stable. The Ubuntu Studio team has changed
personnel over time, and have done a great job on this release.
Getting the foundations right, makes the future building easier.

I have another house-cleaned SSD, and that one will get a fresh install
of Studio 1337 3.3, the commercial Puppy-linux Studio shipped on
a usbstick, or by iso download, with apps built on a custom RT kernel.
Blazing saddles, as they say in the great Southwest!
Hope you all had a great Christmas holiday, and will start 2020
energized, empowered, and inspired. The best year ever, to be a
music composer/producer/performer/enthusiast, is almost upon us :dog:
Bring it on, in 3/4 time 8)

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glokraw wrote: Fri Dec 27, 2019 1:00 pm To celebrate Data Disk December, (that sleepless week where the
previous year of cyber-hoarding is countered by deleting needless file duplicates,
and colating the survivors into some semblance of a filesystem)
...a newly liberated SSD was treated to a fresh install of the latest
Ubuntu Studio 19.10.

One of my first forays into linux audio was on Ubuntu Studio 8.04,
which was spotted on the cover cd of some linux magazine
at a Barnes&Noble bookstore, and it was delightfully fast and stable,
and very rewarding in use. Zynaddsubfx was discovered, and is
still in use, along with the Yoshimi variant, these many years later.
I get the same fast-and-stable impression of this newest release.
A few good signs along the way:

1. The new installation was by way of a simple usb-stick setup, no dvd burning.
2 There were no gotchas in the clean gui display during installation.
3. I actually installed V 19.04, and was prompted to update to the
newer version, and that worked without any troubles.
4. I was able to manually install the synaptic package manager,
as there were some packages I would quickly delete.
5. Pulse Audio was easy to uninstall, without breaking other apps :hyper:
6.Almost every linux audio app I use was already installed :party:
and the one that wasn't, might have been, and was missed in the rush
of holiday dietary imbalances :scared: :roll: :love:
7. My favorite system gui, Enlightenment, was in the repositories,
so I happily installed it, and it loaded up on rebooting. (The Studio has
the xfce environment by default, which is a favorite for many,
and some basic configurations showed it is very well implemented in this case.

I loaded up qjackctl, Guitarix, and Calf plugins, and the overall impression
I have, is fast, fun, and stable. The Ubuntu Studio team has changed
personnel over time, and have done a great job on this release.
Getting the foundations right, makes the future building easier.

I have another house-cleaned SSD, and that one will get a fresh install
of Studio 1337 3.3, the commercial Puppy-linux Studio shipped on
a usbstick, or by iso download, with apps built on a custom RT kernel.
Blazing saddles, as they say in the great Southwest!
Hope you all had a great Christmas holiday, and will start 2020
energized, empowered, and inspired. The best year ever, to be a
music composer/producer/performer/enthusiast, is almost upon us :dog:
Bring it on, in 3/4 time 8)
Thats awesome, how did linvst/wine work?
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