To work around the crash when loading UI we can comment out the following lines in /usr/lib/lv2/vitalium.lv2/vitalium.ttl
:
ui:ui <urn:distrho:vitalium#ExternalUI> ,
<urn:distrho:vitalium#ParentUI> ;
The generic UI opens. which is of little use but it allows the plugin to run.
I have added PlainOldCheese bank of Vital patches which gives us something to play with. Removed due to licensing concerns. Clarity requested from author.
It does show Zynthian is a bit underpowered for some (many) of these patches.
- Update
- webconf Software->>LV2-Plugins
- Search for new Plugins & Presets
- Wait for button to turn back from red to black
- Remove Vital layers
- Add Vital layer
- Enjoy / endure
@jofemodo I couldn’t find any licencing information on plainoldcheese github page. You may wish to identify what needs to be accredited and how.
This took a long time, especially in a slightly underpowered VM so I doubt I will have time to do many more in the near future. Unfortunately my effort to create a conversion script only got as far as converting the adjustable parameters and not the wavetables that are essential for each preset.
[Edit] I have made a start on instatetragrammaton patches so if you were inclinded to add some, avoid these.
I have now added (Patches/Matt Tytel Vital at master · instatetragrammaton/Patches · GitHub) presets so you should now have two banks. I have not changed any of the names (tempted as I was). There are some nice and interesting sounds in here! . These have been taken down due to inconsistent licensing compliance. Instatetragrammaton has kindly updated their repository to resolve this but I need to recreate the LV2 library to ensure compliance which I will do some point in the near future.
[Edit] I have added another CPU to the VM and things are faster so I will work through the muted presets next.
[Edit] muted presets are now added so that is three banks of Vitalium sounds we have. I need to stop and do something else… Sorry - I have removed the muted.io patches due to rights permissions. We do not have the right to distribute these patches. They are free to download from muted.io but those files are not converted to LV2.
[Edit] Okay - last one for today I think. (That shed really does need to be fixed!!!) gBeat’s bank from Vital Repository added. Removed due to licensing concerns. Clarity requested from author.
Maybe we should be organising these in banks based on their type rather than their author??? (But that adds new challenges of an artistic and hence controversial nature.) The more I do this the more I like the idea of a LV2 patch library that we can pull into Zynthian as required. I did this exercise so that Vitalium as useful, i.e. there were patches we could play with out-of-the-box. We probably have enough of those now. I look forward to getting the LV2 UI working so that we can enjoy its true potential although the poor RPi4 may (will) struggle with some patches. Thanks @MaxMaxis for your research which allowed me to grab presets and convert to LV2 format.