Linux and VST Displays

[thx1137]

I'm running the latest Ubuntu with S1 8.1 and the VST3 plugins play, but there's no plugin UI or presets. The UIs are a seemingly unordered set of S1 native controls so not terribly user friendly. I tried several different vendors that obviously supply Linux native versions and it seems pointless to supply a Linux version with no UI!

Is this expected? Other than that it works great so far.

 

[thx1137]

I had used the flatpac which seemed to run ok except for the VSTs. I tried the deb but it won't install because libsdbus-c++1 and a few related dependencies aren't available on the current Ubuntu.

I tried a different DAW and the VSTs displayed fine. So it isn't a VST, or Clap, issue.

 

[tulamide]

Yes that's a known limitation of the public beta for Linux. I#m not a Linux user, but these informations are available:
FSP Linux beta uses modern Wayland (which doesn't provide the age-old X11 graphic window), and cannot support Wine/Yabridge (which does provide X11). Basically all VSTs require an X11 window. Therefore plugin support is only meaningfully available for native plugins of the DAW.
Usage of the public beta is at your own risk, and no official support is given.

Personal opinion: Given, how slow the public beta progresses over the years, I wouldn't count on a production-ready version of FSP for Linux for the forseeable future.

I'm running the latest Ubuntu with S1 8.1 and the VST2 plugins play, but there's no plugin UI or presets. The UIs are a seemingly unordered set of S1 native controls so not terribly user friendly. I tried several different vendors that obviously supply Linux native versions and it seems pointless to supply a Linux version with no UI!

Is this expected? Other than that it works great so far.

 

[thx1137]

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Yes that's a known limitation of the public beta for Linux. I#m not a Linux user, but these informations are available:
FSP Linux beta uses modern Wayland (which doesn't provide the age-old X11 graphic window), and cannot support Wine/Yabridge (which does provide X11). Basically all VSTs require an X11 window. Therefore plugin support is only meaningfully available for native plugins of the DAW.
Usage of the public beta is at your own risk, and no official support is given.

Personal opinion: Given, how slow the public beta progresses over the years, I wouldn't count on a production-ready version of FSP for Linux for the forseeable future.

That talks about using Windows plugins so it isn't related to my Linux plugins.
Pianoteq, U-he, and TAL work just fine with Bitwig on Wayland so it *can* work. Working VSTs is probably considered mandatory if they are going to actually sell Linux versions.

 

[Vocalpoint]

Working VSTs is probably considered mandatory if they are going to actually sell Linux versions.

No one has ever implied that the Linux version would ever be placed on sale (as a commercial product)

It has forever been branded as an unsupported permanent beta - intended only for developer testing.

As noted by @tulamide - this version most likely will never reach production usage.

VP

 

[thx1137]

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No one has ever implied that the Linux version would ever be placed on sale (as a commercial product)

It has forever been branded as an unsupported permanent beta - intended only for developer testing.

As noted by @tulamide - this version most likely will never reach production usage.

VP

My bad, I missed where it said "We will never sell this product so don't bother reporting any issues with it. And as a developer since 1984, it seems odd to me.
But, fear not. I shall never bother Presonus with myself again.

 

[tulamide]

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That talks about using Windows plugins so it isn't related to my Linux plugins.
Pianoteq, U-he, and TAL work just fine with Bitwig on Wayland so it *can* work. Working VSTs is probably considered mandatory if they are going to actually sell Linux versions.

It does, but you don't see where. That's a difference. other DAWs that use Wayland introduced (programmed) a compatibility layer to the age-old X11, called XWayland. FSP doesn't make any compromises. It is Wayland or nothing. I can't tell you WHY they made this decision. I'm just here to answer your question ("Is this expected?").

 

[TimC340]

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My bad, I missed where it said "We will never sell this product so don't bother reporting any issues with it. And as a developer since 1984, it seems odd to me.
But, fear not. I shall never bother Presonus with myself again.

Just to be clear - you haven't 'bothered PreSonus' (or Fender). This is a users' forum, and nothing to do with Fender (PreSonus as was). All you can get here is the benefit of other users' experience; you won't get any comment or assistance from the company here - indeed, as I understand it, you won't get any support from Fender anywhere on this particular product. Why they've chosen to do that is something of a mystery, but there it is.