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VST bridge for Windows vst on Linux
This is a bridge to run Windows VST plugins (both 32 and 64 bits) with Linux VST hosts.
= How to use it? =
Let's suppose that you have installed vst-bridge in ~/local/ and you have a windows VST installed in ~/.wine/drive_c/VST/Synth1/Synth1.dll
First you have to create a directory for your bridges: $ mkdir ~/.vst-bridges
Then you can create your first bridge: $ ~/local/bin/vst-bridge-maker ~/.wine/drive_c/VST/Synth1/Synth1.dll ~/.vst-bridges/Synth1.so
Optionally, you can add a third argument — a path to a WINEPREFIX you want the plugin to use.
Now edit ~/.bashrc and add $HOME/.vst-bridges/ to VST_PATH. Mine looks like: export VST_PATH=/usr/lib/vst/:$HOME/.vst-bridges/
Then you can start your favorite DAW, ask him to scan plugins again and enjoy!
= Architecture =
A typical installation looks like: /home/abique/local/ /home/abique/local/bin /home/abique/local/bin/vst-bridge-maker /home/abique/local/lib /home/abique/local/lib/vst-bridge /home/abique/local/lib/vst-bridge/vst-bridge-plugin-tpl.so /home/abique/local/lib/vst-bridge/vst-bridge-host-32.exe /home/abique/local/lib/vst-bridge/vst-bridge-host-32.exe.so /home/abique/local/lib/vst-bridge/vst-bridge-host-64.exe /home/abique/local/lib/vst-bridge/vst-bridge-host-64.exe.so
vst-bridge.so is a Linux VST plugin which has space reserved for the windows plugin path.
vst-bridge-maker creates a dedicated
vst-bridge-host-(32|64).exe hosts a Windows VST and communicates with
= Protocol =
The communication is done through socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0).
- request : tag, cmd, data
- tag: 4 bytes
- cmd: 4 bytes
- data: n bytes
= Roadmap =
- optimize I/O (reduce the number of bytes transfered)
- make a scanner
= Extra info =
http://www.steinberg.net/en/company/developer.html http://reaper.fm/sdk/vst/vst_ext.php http://www.asseca.org/vst-24-specs/efVendorSpecific.html
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