| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/vital-synth.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | vital-synth |
| Description: | Powerful wavetable synthesizer with realtime modulation feedback. Vital is a MIDI enabled polyphonic music synthesizer with an easy to use parameter modulation system with real-time graphical feedback. |
| Upstream URL: | https://vital.audio |
| Keywords: | helm helm-synth vital |
| Licenses: | |
| Submitter: | altaway |
| Maintainer: | altaway |
| Last Packager: | altaway |
| Votes: | 10 |
| Popularity: | 1.98 |
| First Submitted: | 2020-11-25 16:30 |
| Last Updated: | 2021-02-26 15:42 |
The build instruction can be found at fork: maxaudron/vital, and lv2 modified version can be found here. Official repo has missed something, so do following things:
curl -LO https://web.archive.org/web/20181016150224/https://download.steinberg.net/sdk_downloads/vstsdk3610_11_06_2018_build_37.zip -o ./vstsdk3610_11_06_2018_build_37.zip
unzip -d third_party vstsdk3610_11_06_2018_build_37.zip
pushd third_part/VST_SDK
./copy_vst2_to_vst3_sdk.sh
popd
make -j32
sudo make install
Yes, but certain functionality is missing. I don't think it is even compile-ready. It will be like the chrome vs chromium situation.
Wow! Vital is open source now. https://github.com/mtytel/vital
As some folks have pointed out, there are multiple issues with the latest version. Seems I cannot bring the version back. I suggest you do the following.
Clone the repository git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vital-synth.git
Remove the last three commits git reset --hard HEAD~3. This should bring it to 1.0.3.
Run makepkg -si. This should install 1.0.3.
This is temporary, I'll figure a way.
Many people report crashes and graphics bugs in the 1.0.4, for example: https://forum.vital.audio/t/plugin-crash-with-1-0-4-on-bitwig-3-3-1-in-linux/4423 https://forum.vital.audio/t/new-version-crash-on-linux-manjaro/4230/26
I suggest using the 1.0.3 version until bugs get fixed. You can get it by logging in https://account.vital.audio/, then clicking on "All downloads".
Hmm. Anyone get this working with Bitwig + i3 by chance? Tried loading it just now and it crashed due to an error with X:
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 12 (X_ConfigureWindow)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 127
Current serial number in output stream: 129
Could not read async reply: End of stream
Killing pluginhost process
Child process with PID 440745 exited with error code: 1
Are you using an AUR helper (yay for example)? If so, delete the folder ~/.cache/yay/vital-synth/ or whatever corresponds to your AUR helper and try again.
Package install not working
==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha512sums... VitalInstaller.deb ... FAILED ==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check! Error: Failed to build vital-synth
Thank you for your answers, makes sense.
Hello @mmxgn,
The source for this synth hasn't (yet?) been released. The upstream has two package formats for linux.
a. the debian (.deb) format which contains a root with a nicely structured file hierarchy, which is suitable for a system-wide install (which is why I chose this).
b. a portable zip file format which is a bit barebones compared to the debian package, which is meant for local (your home directory) use.
I thought there was a library in it which was missing in the corresponding x86_64 packages (I found it later). Since archlinux supports x86_64 only, I've removed it and I'm pretty sure you won't be needing it anymore. Clear your yay cache (usually located at ~/.cache/yay/<pkg-name>) if you're using yay and are facing troubles when reinstalling the package.
The installer is hosted on AWS and the upstream doesn't give you a persistent link, which isn't very good for the curl-bots that makepkg (which is used by AUR helpers like yay) uses. So I'm putting it on github releases.
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altaway commented on 2020-11-25 16:33