Hi there, I’m quite new here and it’s the 1st time I post on a forum.
I’m using a trial version on Windows and I really love GP but I’m migrating my workflow to Ubuntu Studio therefore before buying it I’d like to know if it run flawlessy on a Linux kernel as well.
I haven’t tried to install it on Ubuntu yet but btw I wouldn’t notice any particular rather than running or not because I’m totally new to this technology in general (DAW, VST, etc…)
I noticed nobody asked it before so nave mercy if my question is kind of stupid
It won’t run natively on Linux. It’s compiled for Mac and Windows.
It may run under WINE (or the commercial version, Crossover) on Linux but I don’t know if anybody has ever tried that.
Wow
Thanks for your super fast reply
Are you David the co-founder?
Sorry for the typos but it’s because of my dictionary correction, regarding my english I hope I can be clear enough with my italo-english
I can try to run the trial version on ubuntu studio and dee what happens but as I said before I’m not an expert and I wouldn’t recognize any issue until it happens…
I already saved the money to buy it but I would like to run it on a Linux system is it possible to test it?
I mean a professional because my opinion would be useless anyway
Without a major time investment, it’s not really possible to test it, at least not with any degree of confidence such that we would be able to warrant that it would work reliably.
I understand…
It’s just annoying as a Linux user having always the same troubles over again.
Even if somebody is willing to buy a non FOSS software there’s no guarantee it’s going to work properly with some work around.
It’s a shame because the Linux OS can guarantee great performances but almost nobody uses it.
BTW I can try it myself and see if I can make it working through WINE. That’s all I can.
I can let you know the result if you like or just let’s close this topic. Let me know what you prefer.
Thank you again for your support and your kindness
I’ll have to resurrect this old thread, because i recently installed Linux Mint on my Main/Office PC, where under Windows, i also had Gig Performer installed.
So today i tried to install Gig Performer 5 under Wine, and at a first glace: It runs!
It installed, i briefly tried a most simple rackspace wiring (Used LostIn70s Organ and connected it to a midi block and the audio out), and playing some notes on the virtual keyboard via mouse produced sound… that’s more than i expected.
The main issue i’m facing with this test-installation: Wine seems to use “Comic Sans” as system font (or something like that). This looks horrible
…and i first have to find out, how to solve that before i continue testing.
I thought, this chunk of information might be of interest for one or another.
Will report back, as soon as there is more to tell…
Interesting. I have crossover (commercial version of WINE) but never tried it on Linux. Also,there are Linux distros explicitly for realtime audio that might be worth checking out.
I see these questions about running GP or RME interfaces under Linux periodically. I’m always intrigued, and in the end the answer always seems to be about the same.
With regard to RME, there are no Linux drivers, so it’s always some hack or butchery to try to get something functioning with WINE or some other emulator. Some people seem to get it to work with some special bunch of magic, but it seems the performance is always worse than under Windows and then the efforts spin off in different directions or just end.
I like the idea of an open source light weight *nix OS with real-time audio support, but only have use for it if the applications I want to use have native support.
If I have to run my audio drivers in a Windows emulation environment, and GP in a Windows emulation environment, could I realistically expect the audio performance on a machine emulating Windows to be better than just running under Windows?
Surely not!
In my case it would just be for setting up a panel or to write some script, but I never would expect it to run fast and reliably enough to actually use it for live playing.
But I surely will try how far I can go with it.
I don’t know, never actually tried. I just remember looking on the RME forums over the years.
A few times I had considered using an old NUC or equivalent that I had previously used for other things to dedicate to running Pianoteq and a B3 through a Babyface as a super lightweight portable setup. My recollection is that a few people had gotten some things to work, but the threads made it sound like quite an ordeal to get latency to a desirable level. What I read was definitely not “just plug it in and everything’s fine.”
Maybe if using Linux native DAW and Linux native plugins the class compliant interface is good enough, but some of the plugins I wanted to use (and GP) are not Linux native so after reading threads from other people trying the same thing I never bothered trying.
I haven’t used it in “production” yet (on a gig), but as mentioned earlier, it runs fine with Wine. I use it with Ubuntu. Any class compliant audio device will work with it, as long as you configure Wine correctly and install WineASIO. I’ve personally used a Focusrite Scarlet 8i6, a Behringer x18, and an iConnectAUDIO4+. I usually don’t bother with Jack anymore like I used to years ago, mainly because PulseAudio (or Pipewire) seems to be “good enough” for a mostly playback system with 1-2 pairs of outputs. If I was recording lots of tracks, I might re-examine Jack but man, I do not miss those days.
The main issue is plugin support via Wine. The Arturia stuff can be pretty dodgy under Wine. Cherry Audio stuff seems to work better.
or Mac.
