Okay, I still do not understand the technical details, I do understand that it is better to use VST2 above VST3 since I do not need the extra benefits of VST3. Thanks @PulseWave and @saccamano and @liluglymonsta!

One thing I would like to add. Since I use Reaper as DAW, I have both Reaper under Wine and native Linux with Yabridge. That leads to some strange things that a plugin will not run in Reaper under Wine but does run under Reaper Linux. For example Melodyne. And sometimes it is just the other way around. By using both Reaper versions I have a bit more chances to get a plugin running.

 

Hi @paul_audioz, let me try to explain it another way. VST2 was the standard for years, then the shortcomings, bugs, poor performance, and slowness were identified, and the decision was made to rapidly improve the VST2 standard. All that knowledge and technological advancement went into VST3. Overall, with VST3, you have a better product than VST2. Take part in the technological progress and use VST3.

 

And to write, "Stop torturing yourself and others by typing stupid commands on several lines, without access to any suitable music, graphics programs, or modern games - don't mess around, switch to Windows" - do you need to start a new thread?
Oh, my God, religious wars are endless...

 

Stoking a religious war and complaining about religious wars in the next sentence. Another impressive display of cognitive brilliance.

These village drunkards just can't stand the notion of a polite company having a calm, constructive discussion.

 

I don't use Apple either

 

@PulseWave VSTi2 allowed me to perform advanced and almost automatic sampling of any instrument that supports this format. With VSTi3 this is impossible due to the lack of compatible software, this format is also useless for me.

Edit: Windows 7 still reigns supreme for me, but I gave Linux a chance for other tasks, performs them in the same way as Windows.

Link to the free software: https://pkgforge-dev.github.io/Anylinux-AppImages/

 

I always wondered how it must feel to have no friends and no purpose in life. I guess that's the reason why you absolutely want to
convert everybody to the one and only true faith of Windows. Hail m$! Amen!

 

... I think they were trying to mock folks coming in here and shit-talking Linux, but did it in a really unclear way..

or maybe I'm just being way too cheritable lol

 

It would be nice if someone created a separate thread describing audio configuration methods (pipewire / pro-audio profile) in detail. There are a lot of parameters in the pipewire.conf settings.

 

For posterity, in case someone interested in this topic stumbles upon this discussion, I have updated the list of audio plugins working on Apple silicon Macs under Asahi Linux (page 6, post #111).

There have been some welcome additions in the past two weeks, notably the ZL Equalizer 2 and ZL Compressor. Like other ZL plugins, they are now available as binaries for the ARM64 architecture (Mac, Windows, Linux).

 

This is my little trick for quickly changing the buffer in PipeWire using a terminal.

Code:

# ---------------------------
# Pipewire aliases
# ---------------------------
# Script to add PipeWire aliases to .bashrc
# Usage: ./add_pipewire_aliases.sh

# Define file paths
BASHRC_FILE="$HOME/.bashrc"
BACKUP_FILE="$HOME/.bashrc.backup.$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"

# PipeWire quantum aliases to be added
ALIASES='
# PipeWire clock.force-quantum shortcuts
alias pw0='\''pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-quantum 0'\''
alias pw64='\''pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-quantum 64'\''
alias pw128='\''pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-quantum 128'\''
alias pw256='\''pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-quantum 256'\''
alias pw512='\''pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-quantum 512'\''
alias pw1024='\''pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-quantum 1024'\''
'

echo "Adding PipeWire aliases to .bashrc..."

# Check if .bashrc file exists, create if not
if [ ! -f "$BASHRC_FILE" ]; then
    echo ".bashrc file doesn't exist. Creating new file."
    touch "$BASHRC_FILE"
fi

# Create backup copy
echo "Creating backup: $BACKUP_FILE"
cp "$BASHRC_FILE" "$BACKUP_FILE"

# Check if aliases already exist to prevent duplicates
if grep -q "pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-quantum" "$BASHRC_FILE"; then
    echo "PipeWire aliases already exist in .bashrc!"
    echo "If you want to replace them, please remove them manually first."
    exit 1
fi

# Append aliases to the end of .bashrc
echo "$ALIASES" >> "$BASHRC_FILE"

echo "Aliases have been added to .bashrc"
echo "To apply changes, run: source ~/.bashrc"
echo "Backup saved as: $BACKUP_FILE"

# Display added aliases information
echo ""
echo "Added aliases:"
echo "pw0    - sets quantum to 0 (auto)"
echo "pw64   - sets quantum to 64"
echo "pw128  - sets quantum to 128"
echo "pw256  - sets quantum to 256"
echo "pw512  - sets quantum to 512"
echo "pw1024 - sets quantum to 1024"