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In the past few months, I have been testing a NDK Linux native VSTI.

I am using jhost to host the NDK Linux VSTI

It works quite well, better than on MS-WIndows actually. NDK Disk streaming gets much better performance on Linux.

My plan is to build a very small rack mount NDK hardware module running Linux and the NDK VSTi , as a prototype initially. Kind of V-Drum brain replacement

May turn it into a product if there is interest.

Patrick Robin

I would definitely be interested. I have currently been using a mixture of Ardour2, QTractor + Tapeutape on Edirol FA101 hardware, with varying degrees of success..

I've just replaced my motherboard and PSU; WinXP is unstable now but Linux UbuntuStudio is solid as a rock. So I'm now very interested in this - or an adaptation of LinuxSampler, maybe.

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Looking at the survey on the homepage, it seems many are interested in LADSPA. I initially choose Linux VSTI because I was already familiar with VSTI development on MS-Windows and it was less of a learning curve for me. I will soon be spending more time on this project of a Linux NDK instrument. I am at a "Y" in the road and want to choose between Linux VSTi and LADSPA again. Please let me know your opinion, pros and cons of both. Since commercial success is not an imperative for this project, and I prefer developing on Linux, I will be concentrating on Linux for the NDK software plugin and possibly a Hardware module.

So please only discuss the Linux options in this thread.

Thanks

Patrick

If you're thinking of LADSPA, then you'll want to consider using LV2 now. It's much better architected... but not yet as widely supported.

Success criteria for me are:
1) no loss of detail for kit pieces I use cfr Kontakt mappings
2) works with something that works with JACK
3) lets me jam on NINJAM (Actually, that should be my #1...)

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Peter is right about LV2 (LADSPA version 2), that's the way to go IMO. LV2 is well supported among all major apps - including some LV2 host applications that makes LV2 plugins/apps standalone.

VST should not be in use at all in the Linux world at the moment (IMHO). It's several reasons, the two most visible is probably that the number of VST apps for 64-bit computers (at least in Linux) is next to nothing. And second it's unclear which direction the SDK license goes, but it's probably not very suitable for Linux development at the moment - making it impossible for distros to include VST stuff in their distros. Well, a third thing to: Memory, an incredible better memory handling, 64-bit is king. OK, a fourth thing to: LV2 stuff as CALF (just monitor the upcoming versions), Invada, SWH, LinuxDSP, and even Lv2 builds (from Nedko) on Fons Adriansens stuff should makes it pretty clear that native LV2 stuff for Linux is a good thing. LV2 apps even compile (if done right) in OSX and MS Windows as well. The audio future of Linux looks very bright!

I do already have a NDK license but are willing to pay for an LV2 plugin too - especially if it has separate audio channels for each drum items - then it will be so nice in Ardour - i use to record all samples and synths on separate tracks and do mix from recorded tracks only, just as in a "real studio" situation

Jostein