section IV: FYI and closing statements
FYI: other things you should know
- When installing stuff to wine, its very important to to use the terminal for troubleshooting. a lot of times the terminal will tell you that a .dll is missing when an installer goes weirdo on you. try downloading the .dll mention in the terminal and putting them in your /.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/ folder (no need to register them like with wineasio.dll)...you'll find that after a few common dll are sorted, stuff works more often than not!
-there will always be an "overhead" when using wine when compared to running it natively. this is because the wine api is running OVER the linux, so while JACK may give you some crazy good latencies, dont expect to be able to function as smoothly as native Windows just yet....for most its just fine though. some of the major issues mostly have to do with the gui (being slower or slightly choppy at times). So on that note, turn off all 3d/compiz effects when using REAPER with wineasio, it keeps your cpu stress to a minimum. In fact, once you get your feet a little wet, I sugggest setting up an alternative lightweight linux desktop (fluxbox,blackbox.openbox etc) for use when you are making music. That way you know you resources aren't being ate up by the pretty desktops. This will be my next linux/REAPER guide...look for that soon
-vsts are not always going to work. whether its some weird library it needs or some copy protection, some just dont work. this has more to do with wine, but just be prepared to test and see what works. most free dll only plugs will work. If your having issues with a plug you think can work, let me know and we'll see if we can get you sorted.
-you do not need to run "jack control" whenever you want to use reaper. it [wineasio] will run the jack server without the control gui. you WILL need to use the gui to configure your settings, and make sure the server runs realtime without problems. Also wineasio apps show up in the jack control connections, so use that if you want to chain reaper with other JACK compatible apps, whether they are wineasio or not! Pretty friggin' sweet huh?
-There are tons of other audio apps to explore with linux. this guide really only focuses on what is need to run REAPER. I encourage you to sit in papa google's lap and ask what else is out there
( i may add more here)
Well we have come to the end of the road for my guide. It is very long it seems so, i will be scanning it thoroughly for errors and erroneous crap, I hope it can be functional for you guys. if you have problems, issues, complaints, praises whatever post them in this thread. I would like to thank first Cockos for the incredible REAPER, and their support for wine use, hope this can serve as a small token of my appreciation for what you guys are doing . without that this wouldnt be possible. Then next i would like to thank the Jacklab community, for forging the way of WineAsio. You guys rock so hard! and that means you: Edogawa, Drumfix, "Lump" and the lot of ya!!! see you guys in #jacklab as usual when im begging for help (lol)
now get going you linux musicians, and make me a "dont fear the reaper" cover song!!!! with even MORE cowbell!!!!!
peace yall,
w00t