Serum 1.21b4(latest) works with LMMS (mostly) Ubuntu 16.04

[TheShanSon]

I've been able to successfully use the latest Serum version within LMMS with only a few minor hiccups. Caveats aside, it works perfectly and as expected.

Integration of serum can be accomplished by the following steps:

• Install latest Wine (stable): https://www.winehq.org/download (2.0.3 at this time)

• Run winecfg, under Applications tab, set windows version to Windows 10, and under Libraries tab, add "d2d1" to the overrides list, click edit, and disable d2d1.

• Log into xferrecords.com and download Serum 1.21b4

• Import plugin via Vestige.

• When prompted, enter serial number, and hit OK.

This is where it gets goofy, the serial prompt doesn't disappear, but if you spam left-click in the top right corner near/on the master volume knob, eventually the serial window will disappear. A similar solution is used in FL Studio through wine, where the window is forced to re-draw.

CAVEAT
Clicking the preset list in the top right corner near the master volume knob freezes and crashed the remote vst host.

The stable solution:
Menu > Load Preset > Load presets via wine's explorer browser instead of using Serum's built in browser

The not-so-stable solution:
A workaround is clicking Menu (right next to master volume knob in Serum), then "Rescan folders on disk". Wait 10-20 seconds, and then the preset list will work fine most of the time, though it could potentially crash if left idle.

Screenshots:
https://i.imgur.com/zEIcTq6.png
https://i.imgur.com/LDmEif2.png

[zonkmachine]

Hi!

The problem with VSTs that needs registration was reported just recently.
https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/4052
It has a fix up for review and will most likely be sorted out in lmms-1.2.0 .

Edit: I moved this topic to Tutorials.