Is there a way to use fluidsynth as a VST plugin?

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kerryhall · #1 Post by **kerryhall** » 2019-11-05 00:49

Trying to get soundfonts to play in reaper.

I've been looking at:

https://github.com/osxmidi/SFZero-X

But sadly the binaries don't work with Debian (needs libcurl3 and Debian 10 only has libcurl4)

And compiling it...well...just read the instructions for yourself.

I've been using fluidsynth to play soundfonts for midi input and it works great! But is there a way to use fluidsynth as a VST for a DAW?

Or failing that, how can I play soundfonts with my DAW? Soundfonts are 30+ years old at this point, surely there is a way to use them with a DAW by now?

kedaha · #2 Post by **kedaha** » 2019-11-05 07:04

Interesting.
I don't know if it would work but maybe you could simply remove libcurl4, if installed, and download libcurl3 directly from Debian packages and install it with dpkg or gdebi.
However I see libcurl4-gnutls-dev there as a dependency which looks incongruent with it needing libcurl3.
Simulate the command to see what would be removed with current libcurl4.
$ apt remove --purge -s libcurl4
Regarding getting it to work with a DAW, no idea, but if I anything occurs to me I'll post again.

kerryhall · #3 Post by **kerryhall** » 2019-11-05 23:38

Thank you! I would honestly prefer to avoid any package hacking, I've had things break in the past trying to do that.

I would like to basically explore any other option that allows me to accomplish my goal (playing soundfonts in a daw).

kerryhall · #4 Post by **kerryhall** » 2019-11-11 20:42

Still looking but haven't found anything.

Is this possible? Does anyone have any suggestions here?

Thank you!

#5 Post by **sunrat** » 2019-11-12 03:45

Fluidsynth (and Qsynth) work in Qtractor, Ardour, and Mixbus as LV2 plugins. Probably in Rosegarden too, maybe you could run it in Rosegarden or Qtractor and route the audio to Reaper with JACK.
I have no idea if Reaper supports LV2, or if Fluidsynth has a VST version.

kerryhall · #6 Post by **kerryhall** » 2020-01-28 20:41

In case anyone else is reading this, I found a solution.

Carla is a plugin that allows all sorts of plugin types to work in reaper. Not only that, but it allows soundfonts to be played too!

I highly recommend it. Requires the kxstudio repo.

kerryhall · #7 Post by **kerryhall** » 2021-12-15 22:51

In addition to Carla, another option is to use sfizz to play sfz files, and convert sf2 to sfz with polyphone.

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