Old 09-09-2019, 03:05 AM   #1
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i'm working on adding vst3 support to my c++ plugin framework/library.. things are progressing nicely, and i now have a simple, working plugin with a minimal gui.. before i start massaging and cleaning up the code, and combining it with the rest of my plugin framework/library, it would be great to test it a little.. so, i made this little plugin, sonic_maximizer, and hope somebody could be interesterd in helping me test it in various distros and hosts.. i have tested it myself in bitwig and reaper, where they seem to work well.. but there's not many vst3 hosts for linux.. does the linux version of tracktion/waveform support vst3 plugins? anything else? mixbus? also, i have only tested it in linux mint 19.1, but the plugin doesn't have much dependencies (pthread and xcb, mainly), so i guess it should work pretty much everywhere.. in theory..

sonic_maximizer.vst3-08.sep.2019.zip (60 kb)
(source code will be released a little later, together with the full plugin framework/library code)



the gui is pure xlib (xcb) at the moment (but double-buffered).. i also have cairo graphics support in there already, but i need to squash a few bugs before it can be used..

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Mixbus not yet, Renoise will support it with the next Update.
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Old 09-09-2019, 09:44 AM   #3
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hello Tor-Helge,

I would like to try you plugin here on my system (antergos/arch linux with gnome desktop and wayland) within reaper. I guess there is some library missing resp. dependency unsolved since the plugin doesn't show up in reaper's effect's browser. I have put it into the relative vst3-folder.
you mentioned that pthread and xcb is needed. could you tell from the arch's package listing (https://www.archlinux.org/packages/) which are the necessary ones? my system may also be lacking the proper C++ package, at least I remember there was also another plugin which was not recognized due to missing some C++ library.

btw. I also found your other plugins some time ago, but, unfortunately, I was not able to make them work (in reaper). from their names and descriptions they seemed to be interesting. I would like to try them, too.

thanks!
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@udaemon:

hi!
the idea is to clean up the plugin framework first, then go through the older plugins one by one, updating things, fixing issues, etc.. and then collect the plugins into a nice 'pack' of some sort

the plugin is linked with: pthread, xcb, xcb-util, xcb-image

to see which libraries a plugin needs, you can use ldd..
in this case, it says:

linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffc6dbf6000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fcd369ff000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fcd367d7000)
libxcb-util.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-util.so.1 (0x00007fcd365d1000)
libxcb-image.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-image.so.0 (0x00007fcd363cc000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fcd36043000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fcd35ca5000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fcd35a8d000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fcd3569c000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fcd36e3e000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fcd35498000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fcd35292000)
libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007fcd3508f000)
libbsd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007fcd34e7a000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fcd34c72000)

you also need to copy the entire directory (sonic_maximizer.vst3) to your plugin directory, not just the .so file.. and then tell reaper to scan for new plugins (options, preferences, plug-ins, vst, re-scan)..

hope this helps!

oh, i just saw that you run wayland.. this plugin uses lowlevel xlib only.. but i think there's some kind of xlib emulation in wayland (xwayland?)..

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Old 09-10-2019, 08:31 AM   #5
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@udaemon:
hi!
the idea is to clean up the plugin framework first, then go through the older plugins one by one, updating things, fixing issues, etc.. and then collect the plugins into a nice 'pack' of some sort
hi Tor-Helge, that sounds good, I'm curious about the grains and other effects.

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the plugin is linked with: pthread, xcb, xcb-util, xcb-image

to see which libraries a plugin needs, you can use ldd..
in this case, it says:

linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffc6dbf6000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fcd369ff000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fcd367d7000)
libxcb-util.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-util.so.1 (0x00007fcd365d1000)
libxcb-image.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-image.so.0 (0x00007fcd363cc000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fcd36043000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fcd35ca5000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fcd35a8d000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fcd3569c000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fcd36e3e000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fcd35498000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fcd35292000)
libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007fcd3508f000)
libbsd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007fcd34e7a000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fcd34c72000)
I didn't know about ldd; very useful. thanks! and I can tell that everything needed is here.

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you also need to copy the entire directory (sonic_maximizer.vst3) to your plugin directory, not just the .so file.. and then tell reaper to scan for new plugins (options, preferences, plug-ins, vst, re-scan)..

hope this helps!

oh, i just saw that you run wayland.. this plugin uses lowlevel xlib only.. but i think there's some kind of xlib emulation in wayland (xwayland?)..

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yes, that solved it: to move the whole folder into my vst3-directory.
hence, the plugin works now very well, also under wayland.
thanks for your help and efforts!

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awesome!
thanks for testing the plugin.

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btw, added vst2 support yesterday.. seems to work perfectly.. but now i need to find out why the cairo graphics version doesn't redraw the editor after i close it, and then reopen it.. :-)
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With your VST3 installation instructions, the plugin works for me in Reaper for Linux, using Linux Mint 19.2 XFCE kernel 5.0.0-27-lowlatency.

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With your VST3 installation instructions, the plugin works for me in Reaper for Linux, using Linux Mint 19.2 XFCE kernel 5.0.0-27-lowlatency.

Thanks!
great! thanks for testing!

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