How to install the BBC Symphony Orchestra on Arch Linux using Yabridge for Reaper use

— Albert De La Fuente Vigliotti
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How to install the BBC Symphony Orchestra on Arch Linux using Yabridge for Reaper use #

I have adapted from this Reddit post.

Prepare by installing requirements and adding the user to the realtime group:

sudo pacman --noconfirm -S vulkan-intel vulkan-icd-loader vulkan-swrast
sudo pacman --noconfirm -S yabridge yabridgectl
sudo pacman --noconfirm -S realtime-privileges
sudo pacman --noconfirm -S wine-staging

mkdir .lv2
mkdir .clap
mkdir .vst
sudo usermod -a -G realtime av
sudo reboot

On this tutorial it is assumed that you use the following version of wine:

wine --version
wine-8.21 (Staging)

Once you have done this, you have two options, use wine directly or using bottles. The first version of this guide started using bottles because I thought that one bottle would fit all my plugins. I was naive… Apparently I will need several plugins and several bottles. Because of that I lean more towards using different WINEPREFIX for different setups.

Do one or the other of the following sections, not both.

Using wine #

If you are more tech savy, probably you would prefer going for wine directly. If not skip this section and read using bottles.

export WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_bbcso
winetricks -f -q dxvk
wine ~/Downloads/SpitfireAudio-Win-3.4.10.exe

yabridgectl add ~/.wine_bbcso/drive_c/Program\ Files/Common\ Files/VST3/
yabridgectl add ~/.wine_bbcso/drive_c/Program\ Files/VstPlugins/
yabridgectl sync --prune --verbose
yabridgectl status

Run reaper through a wrapper script as follows:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_bbcso
reaper

Using bottles #

Create the bottle # 

yay --noconfirm -S bottles

Create a new bottle:

bottles
  • Name: audio_plugins
  • Custom > Bottle directory: ~/.bottles
  • Run executable using the blue button: SpitfireAudio-Win-3.x.x.exe

Fill the email and password and check remember me. Minimize and restore the window several times to update.

NOTE: If for some reason anything breaks with the bottle and you cannot install it again under the same path, check out the ~/.local/share/bottles/bottles folder and delete the bottle manually.

Configure yabridge #

Add your new VST to yabridge:

yabridgectl add ~/.bottles/audio_plugins/drive_c/Program\ Files/Common\ Files/VST3/
yabridgectl add ~/.bottles/audio_plugins/drive_c/Program\ Files/VstPlugins/

Sync it:

yabridgectl sync --prune --verbose

Check it:

yabridgectl status

Launch reaper #

Now run your DAW with the following wrapper script

#!/usr/bin/env bash
WINEPREFIX=~/.bottles/audio_plugins
WINELOADER=~/.local/share/bottles/runners/soda-8.0-2/bin/wine
reaper

References #

How to run Spitfire LABS on Linux? : r/linuxaudio #

Produção musical no Linux | Raul Dipeas #

Plugins worthwhile looking at #

LABS Drums — LABS #

LABS Percussion — LABS #

LABS Bass Guitar — LABS #

LABS Electric Guitars — LABS #

LABS Peel Guitar — LABS #