[Ardour-Dev] State of VST3 support (and u-he Repro)

[Felix Homann]

Hi,

I'm wondering what the current state of VST3 support is in Ardour. None of
the VST3 Linux plugins I have get recognized by neither the Ardour 5.12
version I use (Fedora 27, x86_64) nor Mixbus. So I'd just like to know if
that's expected or if it's an issue with my system.

I'm specifically asking because I own a license for u-he's Repro and have
some issues running the latest couple of beta versions of it in Ardour.
Yesterday, the u-he employee (abique) responsible for the Linux ports wrote
that the vst2 version works best.

Kind regards,
Felix

[Robin Gareus]

Post by Felix Homann
Hi,
I'm wondering what the current state of VST3 support is in Ardour. None of
the VST3 Linux plugins I have get recognized by neither the Ardour 5.12
version I use (Fedora 27, x86_64) nor Mixbus. So I'd just like to know if
that's expected or if it's an issue with my system.

That is expected. There's no support for VST3 in Ardour.

[Felix Homann]

Post by Robin Gareus
That is expected. There's no support for VST3 in Ardour.

Thanks Robin! That's what I expected ;-)

Is there anyone working on it? If not, are there technical reasons or
licensing issues that outrule VST3 support? I'd probably be interested
otherwise to at least try to work on it.

[Paul Davis]

The licensing issues are still a bit problematic. Steinberg tried to make
it available in a GPL compatible way, but I think there are still some
cloudy areas. For VST2, we use vestige headers to workaround the
incompatible licensing. VST3 licensing is better, but not 100%.

Robin may have a different or more accurate story.

Post by Felix Homann

Post by Robin Gareus
That is expected. There's no support for VST3 in Ardour.

Thanks Robin! That's what I expected ;-)
Is there anyone working on it? If not, are there technical reasons or
licensing issues that outrule VST3 support? I'd probably be interested
otherwise to at least try to work on it.
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