REAPER and Linux hub

Ollie · 06-12-2011, 02:00 AM

Here are the formerly (actual and should have been) "sticky" REAPER+Linux threads:

Reaper installer for Linux

Reaper with Linux / WineAsio

Remix_OS - new Linux distro for REAPER

"How to run Reaper in Wine on Linux" Wiki page (under construction, please help completing it!)

If you know of other threads/"must read" resources that a new REAPER tinfoilhat

should see at this particular place, please add them!

Jack Winter · 06-12-2011, 07:48 AM

I just created a wiki page on the subject at: http://wiki.cockos.com/wiki/index.ph..._Wine_on_Linux

Please help me make it a good resource!

corazon · 07-30-2011, 11:24 AM

Excellence!

abique · 08-03-2013, 07:52 PM

I'm running Reaper with wine in 64 bits mode, using WASAPI as audio backend, and I enjoy excellent performances. I recommand it over 32bit Reaper/WineASIO.
(Archlinux, wine 1.7)

Nystagmus · 06-02-2014, 04:12 AM

EDIT: [deleted old post because i got most everything working; no need to complain anymore]

SUMMARY:

Ubuntu Studio Linux v1404 is workable for use with Reaper v462 on Wine v162 using PulseAudio and WASAPI in Reaper instead of WineASIO or whatnot. I use a buffer size of 960 samples which is nearly exactly 21 milliseconds long. For MIDI input that's not too fast, it works. I like Ubuntu Studio enough that I erased everything from Windows that I don't need and saved the rest for Wine to use. It's also useful for other portable applications like Foobar2000, Music Cube One, and with work, FL Studio is useable as well. VSTs and VSTi's mostly work in REAPER. Some specific preferences need to be setup in REAPER, but as this is eventually documented, or at least accomplished by educated guesses, it turns REAPER into a contender on Linux with Wine. MIDI and Audio Interface hardware for my setup worked really well. (ZOOM R8 USB MIDI Control Surface/Interface, Alesis M1 Active 320 USB Speakers/Interface, Alesis Q49 USB MIDI Keyboard)

It will be interesting to see what happens when WineASIO is updated in a fashion that is compatible with the modern and current Ubuntu Studio. PulseAudio is good enough, even on a Core2Duo 2.4 GHz Dual CPU, but WineASIO could possibly do better for latency if the bugs get worked out.

Puppy Studio 4 wasn't quite worth it because it's out of date for softwares, but it was a good learning experience and it shows what WineASIO looks like installed.

EDIT: Somebody recently told me Puppy Studio has an updated version, but it's payware.

corazon · 08-06-2014, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nystagmus

Puppy Studio 4 wasn't quite worth it because it's out of date for softwares, but it was a good learning experience and it shows what WineASIO looks like installed.

A new release of Puppy Studio is now available. Version 2 of Studio1337
is available as a commercial usb-stick distribution for $74.95, or downloadable iso, for $49.95. 64 or 32 bit.

http://www.getstudio1337.com/

In your Studio 4, you should be able to install any reaper,
and add vsts that you obtain. I like to place the reaper folder in the
.root folder, instead of .wine/drive_c/Program Files

Thanks for updating your successes!

Nystagmus · 06-10-2014, 01:01 AM

ok better news now... I got reaper working in wine with pulseaudio and wasapi inside reaper prefs without wineasio. Midi input from an alesis q49 works and audio output to an alesis m1 active 320 usb works. The wasapi buffer is 2 buffers and 960 samples at about 20 milliseconds latency. This is an improvement over puppy studio 4 because it's more stable and runs a newer version of reaper (v462 instead of v4611). Also ubuntu studio is supported while puppy studio seems like near vaporware. VST(i)'s work also. I had some trouble installing ubuntu but that was my partition and bootloader issue.

Nystagmus · 06-17-2014, 01:59 PM

Does anybody know how WineASIO is on Ubuntu Studio v1404? And how did you install it? How did that go?

SmoothBro · 06-18-2014, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nystagmus

Does anybody know how WineASIO is on Ubuntu Studio v1404? And how did you install it? How did that go?

You should add the KXStudio repositories to your Ubuntu Studio and install wineasio. After that, disable the KXStudio repositories or the update manager will keep nagging you about updating all of your other apps. So far, my system is running well.

Nystagmus · 06-18-2014, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmoothBro

You should add the KXStudio repositories to your Ubuntu Studio and install wineasio. After that, disable the KXStudio repositories or the update manager will keep nagging you about updating all of your other apps. So far, my system is running well.

Thanks so much. Did you have to manually install WineASIO or is it included in the KXStudio repositories? Reason why I ask is that I once looked through the KXStudio repository list for WineASIO as was mentioned on a different forum and it wasn't there. And most of the stuff I see online about WineASIO is several years old now. Maybe it's vaporware?

SmoothBro · 06-18-2014, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nystagmus

Thanks so much. Did you have to manually install WineASIO or is it included in the KXStudio repositories? Reason why I ask is that I once looked through the KXStudio repository list for WineASIO as was mentioned on a different forum and it wasn't there. And most of the stuff I see online about WineASIO is several years old now. Maybe it's vaporware?

I believe it's included in the repositories. But you are correct, the version is now pretty old. I haven't seen any updates to it for a while now. I think it's version WineAsio 090. I also have a wineasio.deb saved on my drive.

If you go to Linuxmusicians.com, you can ask on the KXStudio website.

EDIT: I did some checking around the KX site and found my way to here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kxst...les/DEBs/repo/
wineasio is in here. Just download and install. Don't forget to register it.

corazon · 08-10-2014, 12:33 AM

This looks like a fun beach for Reaper.
Does anyone recognize the tune?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=efwstP539Ag

ivansc · 08-10-2014, 01:23 AM

Since I already own (and have never installed) Harrison Mixbus, I just wrote the dev to ask if they support rRME cards... and of course the crucial question for me: Will my VST VSTi stuff work.
We shall see.

corazon · 08-10-2014, 10:49 PM

I think linux soundcard support would come from alsa,
and the Mixbus must support jackd and alsa, which will be
related to how well the Ardour portion of Mixbus works
with your system. I'm sure I have read some RME-linux pci
success stories. I think windows vst support in Ardour/Mixbus
has not arrived, requires compiling Ardour with some Steinberg sda files,
and then some extra studies and luck.
But the amount and quality of linux native vsts is increasing,
and Bitwig is drawing some linux talent out of the shadows. A new
vst bridge, called Airwave, is being perfected by some Bitwig
users, and it may be that Mixbus will get lucky.

My spectators overall impression, is that people who do get Mixbus working,
like it enough just for mastering, to be happy with the purchase,
especially at frequent sale prices..

This thread covers some Mixbus/windows adventures:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=339828

This one mainly covers multi i/o plugin failure:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewto...84107&start=15

Several other threads if you search that forum.

A recent review:

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/revie...on-mixbus.html

Alex Adieu · 02-23-2017, 08:39 PM

I am going to buy or I should say rent a license for Reaper next month, will be running it in Windows 7 (I know this a Linux thread, bear with me). Anyway, if you are running Reaper in Windows, can you use a bunch of Linux boxes as DSP resources with the distributed processing feature? I have experience with various Linux distributions, however there are a lot of plug ins that are Windows/Mac only that I will be running. It would AWESOME to run a bunch of powerful Linux boxes for DSP resources on a network with Reaper and my plug ins running in Windows!

Nystagmus · 02-28-2017, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Adieu

I am going to buy or I should say rent a license for Reaper next month, will be running it in Windows 7 (I know this a Linux thread, bear with me). Anyway, if you are running Reaper in Windows, can you use a bunch of Linux boxes as DSP resources with the distributed processing feature? I have experience with various Linux distributions, however there are a lot of plug ins that are Windows/Mac only that I will be running. It would AWESOME to run a bunch of powerful Linux boxes for DSP resources on a network with Reaper and my plug ins running in Windows!

I'm not really sure, but I have successfully used Windows 32-bit Reaper on 32-bit WINE on 32-bit Ubuntu Studio Linux on a desktop computer as well as a laptop computer.

Probably it would work. The Windows versions of Reaper tend to work OK over Wine, especially if Wine has been updated from http://winehq.org (wine-devel is a good version to install; it and winecfg both install into the /opt/ directory).

As far as I know, internetworking functions of Windows programs still work via Wine on Linux. For example, I was able to run an internet radio program for 32-bit Windows on 32-bit Wine on 32-bit Ubuntu Studio Linux.

You would want to ask at the forums at http://winehq.org aboutu other forms of network support structures, processes, procedures, protocols, and compatibility.

However, as far as Reaper goes, it would probably work is my guess.

4duhwinnn · 03-16-2017, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Adieu

I am going to buy or I should say rent a license for Reaper next month, will be running it in Windows 7 (I know this a Linux thread, bear with me). Anyway, if you are running Reaper in Windows, can you use a bunch of Linux boxes as DSP resources with the distributed processing feature? I have experience with various Linux distributions, however there are a lot of plug ins that are Windows/Mac only that I will be running. It would AWESOME to run a bunch of powerful Linux boxes for DSP resources on a network with Reaper and my plug ins running in Windows!

Some things that require powerful cpu's, could be used via
cabled sneakernetting some line-outs into a mixer connected to the main
daw box. For example, playing some dream arps with Diva, and Repro-1,
some drum patterns using world-class samples, with some underlying
reaktor drones, could gobble up 3 i7's etc while the main daw was used
to play unemcumbered lead lines.

You'll have to be pretty good/lucky at pressing the 'play' buttons
in rythm, or editing start times on the tracks.
If you have spdif support on identical soundcards,
you could synch the internal clocks
of external daw-box soundcards to some advantage, making it easier
to mix with the main track. But sometimes a nuanced 'fail'
adds a little life to something.

Now get some great synths and hardware racksynths with actual
real genuine midi-through capabilities,
and there'll be plenty of creative juices flowing by tea time.
Cheers

michael diemer · 04-05-2017, 01:37 PM

I'm trying to decide which distro to install for Reaper-on-Linux. I currently have Zorin 12 Ultimate and Ubuntu Mate. I have space for another distro, to be used exclusively for audio. I personally think Ubuntu Mate is the best distro I have tried, although Zorin is probably my favorite. But I would like to maximize chances of success, so I'm trying to decide between Fedora, Debian and AV Linux. David Else recommends Fedora. However, the Reaper devs are using Debian. Then there is AV Linux, specifically configured for audio.

A Penguin for your thoughts...

eric71 · 04-06-2017, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michael diemer

I'm trying to decide which distro to install for Reaper-on-Linux. I currently have Zorin 12 Ultimate and Ubuntu Mate. I have space for another distro, to be used exclusively for audio. I personally think Ubuntu Mate is the best distro I have tried, although Zorin is probably my favorite. But I would like to maximize chances of success, so I'm trying to decide between Fedora, Debian and AV Linux. David Else recommends Fedora. However, the Reaper devs are using Debian. Then there is AV Linux, specifically configured for audio.

A Penguin for your thoughts...

I tend to distro-hop a lot, so I have tried a lot and rarely stay with one too long. A lot depends on what desktop environment I like at the time. Currently it is KDE, so I am on Kubuntu. But my top recommendation, especially since the devs use Debian would be to try MX-16. It is Debian stable with Xfce and they have an excellent community repo for more recent software and special kernels. This includes Liquorix kernels (compiled to work with Debian stable - they are normally for Debian Testing or Unstable)which are low latency and work very well for pro audio. And because it is Debian, you can also add the KXStudio repos, which has the best availability of linux vsts.

michael diemer · 04-06-2017, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eric71

I tend to distro-hop a lot, so I have tried a lot and rarely stay with one too long. A lot depends on what desktop environment I like at the time. Currently it is KDE, so I am on Kubuntu. But my top recommendation, especially since the devs use Debian would be to try MX-16. It is Debian stable with Xfce and they have an excellent community repo for more recent software and special kernels. This includes Liquorix kernels (compiled to work with Debian stable - they are normally for Debian Testing or Unstable)which are low latency and work very well for pro audio. And because it is Debian, you can also add the KXStudio repos, which has the best availability of linux vsts.

MX-16, sounds like some kind of spy agency. I'll check it out (hopefully the NSA isn't monitoring them).