| From Steve the Fiddle <[email protected]> | Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:31:28 +0000 | Subject: [Audacity-manual] Effect_Menu > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Gale Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > | From [email protected] > > | Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:00:26 +0100 (CET) > > | Subject: [Audacity-manual] Effect_Menu > >> I've reworked the http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Effect_Menu/fr > >> page and got a couple thought from here... > >> In the VST part, I think it could be great to have something about "Why > >> there > >> is no VST support on Linux" or at least (if it's too much subject to > >> endless > >> discussions, something like "Note: there is (currently) no VST support for > >> Linux" > > > > I think that is pushing a bit beyond the scope of a reference page. > > > > I might be prepared to add "or with Linux under WINE" with a link > > to WINE ( http://www.winehq.org/ ) but that would be subject > > to Steve's or Bruno's view on how likely such support would work. > > For anyone that really wants to run VST effects in Audacity on a Linux > PC, I would recommend running Windows as a virtual machine. I've tried > this using Windows XP in Virtualbox on both Ubuntu and Debian. > Although the performance of Audacity is a bit sluggish in a virtual > machine I have found it good enough to be usable. VST support appears > to be the same in virtualised XP as it is on a real XP machine. > > The Windows version of Audacity will work in Wine, though there can be > some theme colour problems (parts of the interface showing in the > wrong colours). Some VST plug-ins may work, but I've not tried that > myself. Searching Google suggests that there are likely to be > compatibility problems with some VST effects. > > VST plug-ins that require a dongle do not work. > > There are a variety of methods of running VSTs in Linux, including > using Wineasio http://sourceforge.net/projects/wineasio/ or using > Jackd to connect a native Linux build of Audacity to a Windows VST > host (Jack is not currently supported by Wine so module-jack-source > and module-jack-sink are required). Running VSTs in Linux is not > without complications and in my opinion is well beyond the scope of > the Audacity manual. > > My personal recommendation for Linux users would be to stick to LADSPA > and Nyquist effects. If Jackd is used it is possible to route inputs > and outputs in such a way as to provide real time effects. Hopefully > LV2 and DSSI plug-ins will be supported at some time in the future. > > Steve
Thanks, Steve. None of that detail should be in the Manual, I would say. It sounds as if a VM is the easiest general solution. Steve, would you be able to update this a bit, which seems the correct place for VST-in-Linux information: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Linux_Issues#VST_plug-ins_in_Linux ? I've linked to that section in the intro to: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/VST_Plug-ins . I don't object to a link to that "Linux Issues" section in the Manual but I don't think it's really needed. Gale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Audacity-translation mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-translation
