One of the best features of LMMS is how easy is to share a project. When you open someone else's project, all the internal plugins are perfectly loaded, also Zyn tracks are loaded, and when there are wave sounds and such it's easy to add them again, if you have that sound in another folder.
This all works fine but for VSTs: when you load a project with a VST, VeSTige will fail in loading the dll, since it won't be in the folder where it should. For example if you open this project: http://lmms.io/lsp/?action=show&file=5399 it won't load Synth1. There are two ways of fixing this problem right now: - Changing the location of your VST, or creating another copy of it - Editing the project file with a text editor The first is no good, since you don't want neither to move your VSTs (and in Synth1 case, to reset its settings) or to copy it (it'll take some space on your HD!). The second is ok, but it only works for .mmp files! Zipped projects don't let you edit them. If you open the project with LMMS and then load the VST, it will lose the preset it was set to by the author. How to fix this? I see two different ways: - When you open a project, you can tell the program the location of missing VSTs, if you have them - When you use a new VST, the program detects it and asks you give a "name" for it. When a project is loaded, you can tell the program that the VST seached at the missing location is that VST with the name you had given. First is a bit easier to implement, but the user have to search his own VST through folders. The other one is cool imo, because you won't have to search the VST again and again every time you use it. ~DeRobyJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list LMMS-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
