Reaper as plugin server. Not scanning Zynthian plugins

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Hi there,

I am looking to turning my u Console from Clockworkpi into a bit of a software synth hub. I have tried multiple method of installing Reaper and plugin locations and still Reaper will not scan plugins from here https://github.com/zynthian/zynthian-plugins.

So far I have tried the following:

  • Scanning and emptying the cache and scanning.
  • Installing Reaper as root or locally, including putting vst folders in both locations.
  • Adding new vst locations in options.
  • Moving .vst and .so files one at a time to the vst folders to make sure it wasn’t the depth of the folder structure.

Not sure what else I can try. I have seen this working in tutorials so I am confident there is a solution. Sometimes, when I select the un scanned plugin under the rescan dropdown menu they are no longer listed under unscanned, but also don’t appear as options in reaper.

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The plugins in this folder are already a few years old and in 32 bit. Since you are using Reaper, you most likely have a 64 bit Linux.

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Thanks @spurkopf, that makes perfect sense. I’m new to RPi. I will look for arch64 plugins.

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Hi @pierrerenerd . Welcome to the Zynthian forum.

Zynthian doesn’t really produce plugins. It consumes them so you are much better off getting plugins from their upstream source.

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Thanks @riban,

I’m already finding a few that I would like to test out. Eventually I would like to try Carla on my setup.