Linux build of HISE

[d.healey]

Is it possible to export to a VSTi on Linux yet? I'm only seeing options for VS2013 and VS2015 when I select VSTi. Should I be seeing something like G++/GCC?

[Christoph Hart]

No I haven't added automatic export for Linux yet. However you might try to export as Standalone app / VST plugin, then open the AutogeneratedProject.jucer file, add a Linux Makefile target, save and run it and with a little bit of luck it may work :)

[d.healey]

Unfortunately only the standalone Mac/iOS options show up in the dialog.

[Christoph Hart]

Ah this is no problem the logic behind this is

If windows then show Standalone app
Else show Standalone OSX

so I just didn't handle the Linux case when creating the dialogue options

[d.healey]

I get a compilation error

[Christoph Hart]

I've just added support for exporting Standalone apps in Linux, but you have to manually launch the autogenerated bash script in the Binaries folder (somehow I can't spawn a process on Linux that opens a terminal automatically).

1. Load the instrument
2. File -> Export -> Export as Standalone App (VST plugin will follow soon)
3. Press OK to open the Binaries folder.
4. Open a terminal at the location and run ./batchCompileLinux.sh

[d.healey]

Thanks Christoph, looking forward to testing this

[d.healey]

What's the status of Linux export? When I go to export a plugin I get a bash script, but running it I get this

Re-saving file: /media/dave/work1/Xtant Audio/Products/Virtual Instruments/Woodwind/Sofia Woodwinds/_HISE/Binaries/AutogeneratedProject.jucer
Finished saving: Visual Studio 2015
Finished saving: Xcode (MacOSX)
Finished saving: Xcode (iOS)
Compiling Instrument plugin Woodwinds ...
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
Compiling finished. Cleaning up...

[Christoph Hart]

I think I've got no excuse left to stall this any further :)

I'll try to take a look at it the next days...

[d.healey]

@christoph-hart and I will gladly test it :)

[Christoph Hart]

Does Hise already run as VST? I forgot :)

[d.healey]

@christoph-hart I haven't tested it, but I will try now

[d.healey]

Yep it compiles to a .so and it opens in Reaper :)

However when I load my HISE project and click to view the interface (either by clicking the home button or going to the interface designer) I get an instant close - this could be due to Reaper though so I'll download another DAW and test further.

Another interesting thing, the HISE CPU meter reports much higher usage than the Reaper performance meter...

Edit: It also crashes Ardour and carla. Must be something in my particular project though because when I start a blank instrument I can create a GUI within the plugin no problem.

[Christoph Hart]

I think the REAPER CPU meter is calculating the usage according to this formula :)

displayedCpuUsage = realCpuUsage / 10.0

[d.healey]

That could be it (why would they do that?), but I'm also seeing different CPU in the task monitor. Does HISE show peak values only?

[Christoph Hart]

The activity monitor also takes the CPU usage for the UI rendering into account which is basically nonsense (as long as you don't have issues with low framerates). The audio performance is unaffected by this.

But HISE is metering the CPU peaks (because they are interesting as they are responsible for dropouts). The average CPU usage is way lower.

[d.healey]

@christoph-hart Ah now I understand. :)

[Christoph Hart]

So...

I've finally added VST export :)

You should be able to compile native VST plugins on Linux now - by default it copies the .so file (which is the dynamic library for the plugin to ~/.vst/.

I've tested them with the JUCE plugin host and HISE as well as the exported demo project loads fine - although I am running on a Virtual Machine so I can't get any sound of the host nor get it running, so please confirm that it works on your system.

[d.healey]

Oh ho! I shall try this out later tonight! Thanks

[d.healey]

Linux export seems perfect so far, the VSTi opens in Reaper and plays perfectly. I haven't tried the whole install samples thing yet though...