Install Attracktive Player on Arch Linux

Nero Blackstone — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 08:14:21 +0000

Attracktive is a free sound pack player developed by Tracktion

Step 1: Install Tracktion download manager

The official website only provides deb package download. After decompressing the deb package, you can find an executable file named tracktion-download-manager in tracktion_download_manager_v$Version/data.tar/usr/bin.

Step 2: Install Attracktive

Just install Attracktive here, and file attracktive_v$Version_linux.zip will download to ~/Downloads.

Decompressing this file, install Attracktive.so as Attracktive Manual.pdf documented, in section "2.3.2 Manual Installation".

Step 3: Install BioTek content

Download BioTek conetent manually.

Decompressing downloaded files, install as Attracktive Manual.pdf documented, in section "2.3.2 Manual Installation".

Step 4: Scan VST3

Open Waveform, settings->plugins->Scan for plugins. Then you can find Attracktive Player at plugins->Tracktion. Open it to verify installtion.

END!

Install Arturia VST on Linux

Nero Blackstone — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:36:48 +0000

As we know Arturia VST is available only on MacOS and Windows. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to install Arturia VST on Linux via yabridge.

Step1. Install wine-staging.

~> wine --version
wine-8.10 (Staging)

Step2. Install winetricks

~> winetricks --version
20210206

Step3. Install wine-mono

At following steps, we use default WINEPREFIX:

Step4: Install Arturia VST or Arturia Softerware center exe file.

~/D/Arturia> wine Arturia.exe

If you got black screen here, please use winecfg:

~> winecfg

and check Emulate a virtual desktop

After Arturia VST installed, uncheck this checkbox.

Step5: Install and config yabridge.

After install yabridge

~> yabridgectl --version
yabridgectl 5.0.5

Then add vst path to yabridge by your WINEPREFIX, we use default prifix here. And sync:

~> yabridgectl add ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Common\ Files/VST3
~> yabridgectl sync
Setting up VST2, VST3, and CLAP plugins using:
- /home/nero/.local/share/yabridge/libyabridge-chainloader-vst2.so
- /home/nero/.local/share/yabridge/libyabridge-chainloader-vst3.so
- /home/nero/.local/share/yabridge/libyabridge-chainloader-clap.so
Finished setting up 9 plugins (9 new), skipped 0 non-plugin .dll files

Done!

For other problems: Try install dxvk

~> winetricks dxvk