VST plugins don't work on Linux

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GizmoSwan wrote:
Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:44 pm
It appears that I am having this problem on the latest version of lmms

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1.2.2
wine says

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wine-5.0.3 (Ubuntu 5.0.3-3)
i installed it 5 minutes ago after an

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apt update
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I can hear notes when i play them and it looks like the wrench opens a lmms style menu for some of my VSTs.

I do see a white border on the left side of the blank window tho.
does you have this issue with all VSTs?
I would like you to try MDA-Piano http://mda.smartelectronix.com/synths.htm
It is very small in size, and you can just copy its dll to your VST-folder. Further its a quite good piano-instrument, so it is a win win
Lets know the outcome :)
That is a test VST for functionality.
You may also try a different setting in plugin embedding mode to "no embedding" in
Edit| Settings| General Setting
Let us know the outcome :)
For info, I am on wine 6.17 .(openSUSE tumbleweed)

Do you use the appimage file from the download page of LMMS?

If not, that's the first thing to try. Download it, set rights to executable, and double click the file to start LMMS.

You then have two options to start LMMS, the one from your repositories and the one from the LMMS site.

An appimage file does not install LMMS on your pc, so it wont conflict with the version from the repositories.
Gps wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:54 pm
Do you use the appimage file from the download page of LMMS?
yes i am using the appimage version from the website and i am on the latest version.

musikbear wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:11 pm
does you have this issue with all VSTs?
I would like you to try MDA-Piano
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You may also try a different setting in plugin embedding mode to "no embedding" in
...
Let us know the outcome :)
yes I was having the problem with all vst's i have tried including the ones you mentioned.

Good news, changing the plugin embedding to No embedding worked.
Thanks.

My distro's version of wine was older so I also updated to wineHq repository https://www.winehq.org/
I don't think that had an effect on it working tho.