Old 01-28-2020, 06:30 PM   #1
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Anyone has this nice synth working in linux ?

The .deb is installed ok I have all the right files in usr/share/Surge but there is no .so to be seen nowhere it's supposed to be in the same folder.

From the manual:

The plugin itself, preset library and wavetables are at /usr/share/Surge with a standard install. The user presets are at ~/Documents/Surge.



https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/
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Old 01-28-2020, 09:35 PM   #2
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Anyone has this nice synth working in linux ?

The .deb is installed ok I have all the right files in usr/share/Surge but there is no .so to be seen nowhere it's supposed to be in the same folder.

From the manual:

The plugin itself, preset library and wavetables are at /usr/share/Surge with a standard install. The user presets are at ~/Documents/Surge.



https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/

the vst2 is in /usr/lib/vst, the vst3 in /usr/lib/vst3
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Old 01-29-2020, 03:38 AM   #3
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Thanks. Now that you point to the right folder, of course it pops up clearly in my search...
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Old 01-30-2020, 09:18 PM   #4
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Thanks. Now that you point to the right folder, of course it pops up clearly in my search...
When I tried it it crashed my system out bad. Mint Cinn... took a while to repair it...
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It's working here but it's kinda sluggish. Especially if the GUI is scaled up.
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Old 03-09-2020, 10:26 AM   #6
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Surge works on my system Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Great sounding, and flexible. The GUI is a tad sluggish, but it's worth it. That thing does some really great sounds.

The default size GUI is kinda small, and at first I couldn't resize it. It gives a choice of 100% 125% 150% 200% and 300%.

But when I set it to 125%, it didn't fully expand, and parts at the bottom and right side couldn't be seen.

With the latest update, 1.6.6 the VST3i (NOT the VSTi) expands/zooms perfectly. It's a great synth.

I never got a crash from running Surge, but when I get a crash from other plugins, I start Reaper from the command line, and reproduce the crash. I usually get an error message in the command line that gives a hint of what caused the crash. I have had crashes where I had to hold the power button to make the computer restart (very bad...) in which case there was no way to read the command line :\ Most of the time, buggy plugins either don't show up in the select window, or Reaper just closes when I run them (or sometimes after adding a new .so file, the next time I start Reaper it closes after the splash screen).

Anyway, good to see quality, Linux native plugins in active development!

-Paul

Last edited by PMan; 03-09-2020 at 10:32 AM. Reason: I wanted to clarify that Surge never caused my system to crash
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