[64studio-devel] fst is in the testing branch.. and wineasio too :)

[Quentin Harley]

Free Ekanayaka wrote:
> |--==> Free Ekanayaka writes:
>
>   FE> Hi all,
>   FE> I've made an experimental package for fst, the VST host for Linux. It
>   FE> is in the testing branch and you can get it with:
>
>   FE> apt-get install fst
>
>   FE> The package workarounds the legal issues connected with fst by
>   FE> downloading the Steiberg's VST SDK on the fly, and build the binary at
>   FE> installation time.
>
>   FE> Please if want to give it a try, let me if it works for you.
>
> I forgot to mention that wineasio (a new approach to run VSTs on Lunx)
> is in the i386 repo as well:
>
> apt-get install wine wineasio
>
> Have a look here:
>
> http://www.davehayes.org/2007/04/27/howto-reaper-on-ubuntu-linux-with-wineasio/
>
> for the configuration details.
>   

Why can we run i386 software in 64bit debian (via emulation) but not 
wineasio with vst's as well?
Sure it would not be 64bit, but if I had to install 64studio again in 
another partition i386 just to make vst's work, I am not going to bother.

Cheers,
Quentin