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Old 05-09-2021, 08:54 AM   #19
JamesPeters
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Originally Posted by ivansc View Post
Next step is going to be figuring out ALSA and Jack & how to use regular VST plugs with it.
"Regular" plugins in Reaper for Linux = Linux VST, LV2, and JS.

If you mean Windows VST plugins, as in "plugins that shouldn't actually work in another operating system other than Windows"... Look for any thread on this forum about Yabridge, starting with the most recent ones. Depending on the Windows VST plugin, how it is installed (product manager, etc.) and if it has some kind of copy protection scheme, you might have more troubles than you expected. Hopefully you have read about this in advance, specifically about the plugins you intend to use and if they have challenges to get working in Linux.

You can also go to the Yabridge github page and read the info there. Don't install any version of Wine until you read the info on the Yabridge github page.

I wouldn't consider it difficult to do in general, but I'll put it this way: whatever you've just faced in terms of learning and effort to get to this point with Linux, dealing with Windows VST will exceed that.
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