Avldrums unable to load in Ardour 6

[Simen_Russnes]

Hi

I’m having some problems loading the avldrums instruments in Ardour, and in Carla.

In Ardour I just see in the logs (window->logs) that it gets blacklisted, so first of all I’m wondering if there’s any way to see more detailed logs. After that I don’t see any entries for avldrums in the Plugin Manager.

Secondly I’m having more success in Carla, as I can import the Red_Zeppelin_4_LV2.sf2 and the Black_Pearl_4_LV2.sf2 by dragging them into the Rack, and I am able to play it, but the avldrumsUI_gl.so and avldrums.so give the error:

Failed to load file
Could not find the VST main entry in the plugin library

I’ve tried both the 32 bit and 64 bit releases you can download from http://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-avldrums (http://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-avldrums)

I’m running a somewhat obscure operating system called Void Linux which may or may not be relevant, but it generally works quite well with most other Linux software.

Any suggestions?

[x42 (Robin Gareus)]

It seems that you’ve installed the plugin as VST, while the plugin is a LV2 plugin.

Ideally just use the installer that comes with the binary from http://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-avldrums - restart Ardour and it will automatically pick up the plugin(s). Look for “Black Pearl” or “Red Zeppelin” kits.

[Simen_Russnes]

That’s it, perfect! I’ve moved the avldrums.lv2 folder to ~/.lv2 now and it gets picked up! I also tried putting it in a folder defined in LV2_PATH (export LV2_PATH=$HOME/pluginslv2:$LV2_PATH in .bashrc), but then it didn’t seem to find it.

Thank you so much!