From 958007b56d222f140ca5bd657b66129b2f2a318b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robbert van der Helm Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:33:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Mention the yabridge 4.0 VST2 install location In case someone's running yabridge-git. --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 671ec6eb..3c3a3b22 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -111,14 +111,13 @@ Please let me know if there are any issues with other hosts. what that means, then add `export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/share/yabridge"` to the end of `~/.bashrc` and reopen your terminal. -2. Setting up and updating yabridge for plugins is done though `yabridgectl`. - The general idea is that you install your plugins to their default locations - within a Wine prefix just like you would on Windows, and you then let - yabridgectl manage those plugin directories for you. That way you only need - to rerun a single command whenever you install or remove a plugin, or when - you update yabridge. Both yabridge and yabridgectl will autoamtically detect - your yabridge installation if you used one of the installation methods - described above. +2. Setting up and updating yabridge for your plugins is done though + `yabridgectl`. The general idea is that you install your plugins to their + default locations within a Wine prefix just like you would on Windows, and + you yabridgectl then manages those plugin directories for you. That way you + only need to run a single command whenever you install or remove a plugin. + Both yabridge and yabridgectl will autoamtically detect your yabridge + installation if you used one of the installation methods described above. 3. To tell yabridgectl where it can find your Windows VST2 and VST3 plugins, you can use yabridgectl's `add`, `rm` and `list` commands to add, remove, and @@ -148,6 +147,11 @@ Please let me know if there are any issues with other hosts. ln -s "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steinberg" ~/.vst/yabridge-steinberg ``` + _If you're already using the master branch version of yabridge 4.0, then + the plugins will be set up in `~/.vst/yabridge` by default instead. As + long as your DAW searches for VST2 plugins in `~/.vst` you don't need to + do anything else._ + 2. VST3 plugins are always set up in `~/.vst3/yabridge` as per the VST3 specification. Just make sure your DAW searches for VST3 plugins in `~/.vst3` and it will pick up those plugins automatically without any