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
yay --noconfirm -S bottles

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

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.

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.

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

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

NOTE: Alternatively if you don’t want to use bottles, you should be able to use wine by using another folder like this:

  • WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_audio_plugins winetricks -f -q dxvk
  • WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_audio_plugins wine SpitfireAudio-Win-3.x.x.exe

References #

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

Produção musical no Linux | Raul Dipeas #