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    • d.healeyD
      d.healey
      last edited by

      I've just seen the experimental Linux update :) happy Christmas! I'll give it a go tomorrow.

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      • d.healeyD
        d.healey
        last edited by

        I just tried building on Linux and it gave this error

        ~/Desktop/HISE-master/projects/standalone/Builds/LinuxMakefile $ make
        $CXX is [clang++]
        Compiling DspUnitTests.cpp
        In file included from ../../../../hi_scripting/scripting/api/DspUnitTests.cpp:33:
        ../../JuceLibraryCode/JuceHeader.h:18:10: fatal error: 
              'hi_backend/hi_backend.h' file not found
        #include <hi_backend/hi_backend.h>
                 ^
        1 error generated.
        Makefile:111: recipe for target 'build/intermediate/Debug/DspUnitTests_8fd29654.o' failed
        make: *** [build/intermediate/Debug/DspUnitTests_8fd29654.o] Error 1
        

        I then opened the project in the Linux version of Projucer, resaved it, and did the "make" again and it worked fine. I'm on Linux Mint 18. It plays fine with no lag using just ALSA and PulseAudio (no JACK). Well done! I believe you've made the best cross-platform sampler ever.

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        • Christoph HartC
          Christoph Hart
          last edited by

          Yes you'll need to resave the Projucer project files before compiling because it creates different paths in the header files for each platform. I'll probably remove the makefile from the repo so users are not tempted to take that shortcut (it was necessary for the Travis CI support).

          I also can hardly believe how easy this was, but this is mainly because of JUCE and its cross platform awesomeness :)

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          • d.healeyD
            d.healey
            last edited by

            Will it take much tinkering to get the VST version working?

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            • Christoph HartC
              Christoph Hart
              last edited by

              Is VST available on Linux ? I though it's only LV2 there...

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              • d.healeyD
                d.healey
                last edited by

                From what I understand native Linux VSTs can be created - http://linux-sound.org/linux-vst-plugins.html.

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                  davephillips
                  last edited by

                  Yes, you can compile native Linux VST/VSTi plugins. Rory Walsh's Cabbage environment might be worth a look for you, it's a JUCE-based DAW and environment for audio/MIDI development. It's powered by Csound, works with JACK and ALSA, and exports plugins in VST and LV2 formats. http://cabbageaudio.com/

                  Doesn't JUCE take care of all the details ? IIRC I only need to specify the path to the VST SDK and I'm ready to roll, same as the Win/Mac builds.

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                  • Christoph HartC
                    Christoph Hart
                    last edited by

                    Alright I'll give it a shot.

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                    • Christoph HartC
                      Christoph Hart
                      last edited by

                      The latest commit should compile the VST plugin on Linux.

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                      • d.healeyD
                        d.healey
                        last edited by

                        Excellent, I'll give it a whirl tomorrow :D

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                        • d.healeyD
                          d.healey
                          last edited by

                          Ok I've compiled the VST and it produces a .so file, I assume this is the Linux equivalent of a dll. Any idea which hosts support this format? I tried it in Reaper running under Wine but no luck.

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                            davephillips
                            last edited by

                            @d-healey Right, that .so suffix indicates a Linux shared object file, i.e. the plugin in native Linux VST format. Reaper under Wine expects VST plugins in Windows DLL format, so you'll need to test your new plugin in Bitwig, Ardour, Qtractor, Tracktion, etc.

                            HTH,

                            dp

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                              davephillips
                              last edited by

                              I've got a bit further with exporting a native Linux VSTi from the standalone. I'm failing now with this error :

                              Export Error

                              HISE image directory not found

                              Any suggestions ?

                              Best,

                              dp

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                              • Christoph HartC
                                Christoph Hart
                                last edited by

                                You'll need to specify the path of the HISE source code folder.

                                But I am afraid you won't get satisfying results before I explicitely added the compile exporter for Linux (it involves creating a bash script and calling the system compilers xcodebuild and msbuild on the other OS (I think I'll be using clang on linux).

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                                  davephillips
                                  last edited by

                                  Okay, thanks Christoph. I got even a little further but wound up with this message :

                                  Export Error

                                  Compilation error

                                  The CLI reported this :

                                  Creating /home/dlphilp/MyFirstHISE/Binaries/Source/PresetData.h and /home/dlphilp/MyFirstHISE/Binaries/Source/PresetData.cpp from files in /home/dlphilp/MyFirstHISE/Binaries/temp...

                                  Adding preset: 4748 bytes
                                  Adding impulses: 22 bytes
                                  Adding externalFiles: 58 bytes
                                  Adding userPresets: 121 bytes
                                  Adding images: 10 bytes

                                  Total size of binary data: 4959 bytes
                                  JUCE Assertion failure in SettingsWindows.cpp:375
                                  ... (lots more of the same failure message)
                                  Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console

                                  Best,

                                  dp

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                                    davephillips
                                    last edited by davephillips

                                    Btw, I just compiled and tested the VST. I ran a very simple test in Bitwig with one instance of the HISE plugin set up for the wavetable synthesizer with the Simple Reverb and the default EG (adjusted for slower attack and release times). I'm looping a MIDI track through it, sound is clean and clear. On to try a more complicated instrument.

                                    Edit: Tested the sampler, works fine.

                                    Also btw: Very nice work !!

                                    Best,

                                    dp

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                                    • d.healeyD
                                      d.healey
                                      last edited by

                                      Someone on the Reaper forum directed me to a program called Carla, it's a plugin host for Linux and I was able to successfully load the HISE Linux VST into it - now all I need to do is link Carla to Reaper :)

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                                        nilshi
                                        last edited by

                                        Greetings,

                                        I just read about HISE in the LinuxMusicians Forum and decided to join. In fact much more than that. For some years now me and a few other people worked on an open source sampler (based on sfz but more) ourselves but progression was slow because there were more pressing audio development software issues.
                                        I did not try HISE out yet but the fact that it exists and its license is GPLv3 pushes me in the direction to give up my own project, which would be a really good development so I can focus more on my sequencer.

                                        I am exited that there finally seems to be a serious sampler project that works on Linux. The Linux Audio stack sadly doesn't have this yet.

                                        Looking forward to it,
                                        Nils, Cologne (Germany)

                                        P.S.
                                        Cristoph, are you the film composer from Berlin?

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                                        • Christoph HartC
                                          Christoph Hart
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Nils and welcome to the forum.

                                          It's funny how much feedback I am getting from you Linux guys - I thought audio on Linux was pretty much non existent, but it seems that was rather ignorant. I really need to step up my Linux game (right now I have just a crappy VM through VirtualBox which doesn't allow any kind of half-decent performance), but then I think I'll be further improving Linux support (it's pretty untested right now, I am just happy that it compiles :)

                                          And yupp it's me from Berlin - but right now I am in Munich for a theatre production :) Have we met somewhere (I was attending the Soundtrack Cologne a few years back)?

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                                            rghvdberg
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                                            Just dropping in to say I'm gonna give it a try too.
                                            Will keep you posted of my progress.

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