1.
Make sure you have Carla + the Carla bridge packages installed. These can be installed via the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA*. To add this type:
Make sure you have Carla + the Carla bridge packages installed. These can be installed via the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA*. To add this type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntustudio-ppa/backports
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
Then to install Carla and Carla bridge packages required to run windows vsts:
sudo apt install carla
sudo apt install carla-bridge-win32
sudo apt install carla-bridge-win64
2.
Make sure WINE** is installed so that we can open the Windows Spitfire Audio Downloader App:
Make sure WINE** is installed so that we can open the Windows Spitfire Audio Downloader App:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo apt-key add winehq.key
sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
3.
Install Windows Spitfire Audio App from: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/info/library-manager/
Install Windows Spitfire Audio App from: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/info/library-manager/
4.
Run installer with Wine and follow prompts to setup paths for VSTs and download the instruments you want.
Run installer with Wine and follow prompts to setup paths for VSTs and download the instruments you want.
5.
In Carla go to the Main settings menu, check ‘Enable experimental features’, then in the experimental tab, make sure ‘Enable plugin bridges’ and ‘Enable Wine bridges’ are checked.
In Carla go to the Main settings menu, check ‘Enable experimental features’, then in the experimental tab, make sure ‘Enable plugin bridges’ and ‘Enable Wine bridges’ are checked.
6.
In the ‘Paths’ tab select VST from the drop down menu and add the correct path to the Spitfire VSTs
In the ‘Paths’ tab select VST from the drop down menu and add the correct path to the Spitfire VSTs
7.
Finally click ‘Add Plugin’ then‘Refresh’ (making sure windows 32 and windows 64 is selected), and Labs should appear.
* More info here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/BackportsPPA
** More info here: https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu
Finally click ‘Add Plugin’ then‘Refresh’ (making sure windows 32 and windows 64 is selected), and Labs should appear.
* More info here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/BackportsPPA
** More info here: https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu