[01:25] <studio-user395> Hi all, Please help, I have just installed ubuntu studio and am using LMMS for my music productions, everything works fine exept that I am unable to load/use any VSTis, on research I found that there is a plugin CARLA for LMMS, could someone please route me in the right direction on how to install it?
[01:44] <OvenWerk1> Are these VSTis linux VSTis? or windows vstis?
[01:47] <OvenWerk1> A recent version of Carla can be found in https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/backports
[01:48] <OvenWerk1> if that doesn't work there is the daily PPA at: https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-dev/+archive/ubuntu/autobuild
[01:49] <OvenWerk1> studio-user395: Both of those pages have instructions on how to add the PPA you your system, then just: sudo apt install carla
[01:52] <OvenWerk1> Please note that in order to use windows VSTs, you will need to install the version of wine that best suits your VST plugin. That is, if your windows VST is 32 bit, you need the 32 bit version of wine and if it is a 64 bit VST then the 64 bit version of wine.
[01:53]  * OvenWerk1 does not know if wine64 can also run in 32bit mode
[01:56] <OvenWerk1> I can not speak from experience, as I have never used windows outside of work which is non-audio and pre 2007 in any case.
[01:57] <OvenWerk1> I also have not used LMMS for any real project, only dabbling to see how it worked. The work flow does not suit my music pursuits which tend to be all audio in with no midi.
[01:59] <OvenWerk1> I used to use midi in the 90s when all I had was an 8 track open reel machine and for the loss of 1 track I could gain 16 more with just a sequencer, but even then, I was recording a live (or live in studio) performance.
[02:02] <OvenWerk1> All that to say, that while I understand the process from an academic POV, I do not have the experience to be able to give clear and complete instructions. So once you figure it out, maybe you may feel like making a tutorial.
[02:21] <studio-user395> Thanks so much for the responce, I think that the VSTi are windows 32 and I am running a 64 bit platform, so yes, I understand now why. Thank you for the advice