Vst3 wrapper (beta).
For 64 bit vst3's only.
Not all vst3 features are supported.
Unlike Vst2, saved projects using wrapped Vst3 plugins are not compatible/transferable between Linux daws and their Windows versions and vice versa.
LinVst3-X (the X stands for Extra) adds support for Windows vst3 plugins to be used in Linux vst capable DAW's.
LinVst3-X runs vst plugins in a single Wine process so plugins that communicate with each other or plugins that can use shared samples between instances will be able to communicate with their other instances.
Plugin instances can communicate with each other (which is not possible with LinVst3), for example, Voxengo GlissEQ instances on different tracks simultaneously displaying the track spectrums and Kontakt instances on different tracks that use the same library not having to load samples for each new instance etc.
Plugins running in one process are not sandboxed, so if one plugin crashes then the whole lot might crash.
It's best to use plugins that already run with LinVst3 and/or use TestVst3 to test how a plugin might run under Wine.
LinVst3-X might have some problems running with Bitwig and Tracktion/Waveform due to some incompatibilities.
LinVst3-X usage is basically the same as LinVst-X except that the file to be renamed to the vst3 dll name is linvst3x.so (rather than linvst.so for LinVst). https://github.com/osxmidi/LinVst/wiki https://github.com/osxmidi/LinVst/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/osxmidi/LinVst/tree/master/Detailed-Guide
So for example, linvst3x.so would be renamed to Delay.so for Delay.vst3 (see convert folder for batch name conversion utilities)
The vst3 dlls are most likely going to be in ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Common Files/VST3
LinVst3-X will try to produce multiple loader part files for vst3 plugins that contain multiple plugins. The multiple loader part files should be picked up on the daw's next plugin scan and then the multiple plugins should be available for use in the daw.
If window resizing does not work, then after a resize the UI needs to be closed and then reopened for the new window size to take effect.
Some vst3 plugins might not work due to Wines current capabilities or for some other reason.
Use TestVst3 for testing how a vst3 plugin might run under Wine.
Some vst3 plugins rely on the d2d1 dll which is not totally implemented in current Wine.
If a plugin has trouble with it's display then disabling d2d1 in the winecfg Libraries tab can be tried.
The Sforzando VST3 might run in a better way with d2d1 disabled for instance.
LinVst3-X server details.
The LinVst3-X server is first started (after a boot) when a plugin is first loaded and after that the LinVst3-X server continues to run and further plugin loading can occur faster than with LinVst3.
The LinVst3-X server can be prestarted (before the Daw) by entering into Terminal /usr/bin/lin-vst3-server-x.exe or wine "/usr/bin/lin-vst3-server-x.exe.so"
The LinVst3-X server can be killed when no plugins are currently loaded.
To kill the server (when no plugins are loaded) get the pid of the lin-vst3-server
pgrep lin-vst3
or
ps -ef | grep lin-vst3
and then use the pid to kill the lin-vst3-server
kill -15 pid
LinVst3-X binaries are on the releases page (under Assets) https://github.com/osxmidi/LinVst3-X/releases
To Make
Steinberg sdk version script files needed by LinVst3-X are in the vst3-sdks folder. Select the folder that matches the Steinberg sdk version you are using and copy the files to the LinVst3-X main folder.
The default LinVst3-X script files are for the Steinberg https://download.steinberg.net/sdk_downloads/vst-sdk_3.7.1_build-50_2020-11-17.zip
For previous sdk versions
vst-sdk_3.7.0_build-116_2020-07-31 sdk https://download.steinberg.net/sdk_downloads/vst-sdk_3.7.0_build-116_2020-07-31.zip vst-sdk_3.6.14_build-24_2019-11-29 https://download.steinberg.net/sdk_downloads/vst-sdk_3.6.14_build-24_2019-11-29.zip vstsdk3613_08_04_2019_build_81 https://download.steinberg.net/sdk_downloads/vstsdk3613_08_04_2019_build_81.zip
Libraries that need to be pre installed,
sudo apt-get install cmake
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev libsqlite3-dev
For Manjaro/Arch: sudo pacman -Sy cmake freetype2 sqlite libxcb xcb-util gtkmm3 xcb-util-cursor libx11 pkgconfig xkbcommon-x11 xcb-util-keysyms
For Wine development files see https://github.com/osxmidi/LinVst/tree/master/Make-Guide
(Optional libraries, Maybe needed for some systems),
libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-util-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libfontconfig1-dev libcairo2-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev libsqlite3-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev
This LinVst3-X source folder needs to be placed within the VST3 SDK main folder (the VST3_SDK folder or the VST3 folder that contains the base, public.sdk, pluginterfaces etc folders) ie the LinVst3-X source folder needs to be placed alongside the base, public.sdk, pluginterfaces etc folders of the VST3 SDK.
Then change into the LinVst3-X folder and run make and then sudo make install
Then use the batch name conversion utilities (in the convert/binaries folder) to name convert linvst3x.so to the vst3 plugin names ie first select linvst3x.so and then select the ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Common Files/VST3 folder https://github.com/osxmidi/LinVst/wiki
To make using the vst2sdk, remove the -DVESTIGE entries from the Makefile and place the vst2sdk pluginterfaces folder inside the main LinVst3-X source folder.
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