tags: linux vst wine
title: Vsts that work in Linux

This is in no way comprehensive.

# Native

## Commercial
* [u-he](https://u-he.com/products/) All work great in Linux.
* [pianoteq](https://www.modartt.com/) Works great in Linux. I've used Pianoteq as the sound for my classical piano practice since v3. Back then, I could only get 64 sample latency under Linux, not Windows.
* [renoise redux](https://www.renoise.com/) like with renoise, works great in Linux.
* [Tracktion](https://www.tracktion.com/) F-EM and Collective work (I have nothing else of theirs to try)

## Free
* [Surge XT](https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/)
* [Vital](https://vital.audio/)
* [DSP56300 Emulations including Osirus and Ostirus](https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/blog/)
* [Cardinal (Vcv-as-plugin Rack Fork)](https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal) The paid tier of VCV has a VST plugin, but not the free one.

# Wine
Using [yabridge](https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge)
* [Xfer](https://xferrecords.com/) You need to disable `d2d1.dll` in `winecfg` and use `winetricks gdiplus` (see [Wine Audio Plugin Notes](/linux/audio/WineAudioPluginNotes))
* [KV331 Synthmaster Plugins](https://www.kv331audio.com/)
* Some [Arturia](https://www.arturia.com/) (including [Pigments](https://www.arturia.com/products/software-instruments/pigments/overview))). I'll try other ones out when I have the chance. I have V Collections 3, 6 and 8, and FX Collections 1 and 2. Spark 2 doesn't work.
* Camel Audio: Camel Phat, Camel Space, Alchemy (these are no longer available since Apple bought Camel and killed these plugins outside of Logic X)
* Cherry: CA2600, haven't tried others yet
* FL Studio (as DAW and as plugin)
* GForce: Imposcar2; Oddity 3, Minimonsta 2, Imposcar 3 all have issues.
* Korg M1, Wavestation, Triton and Triton Extreme, Polysix, Mono/Poly, MS20, work fine* Sonic Academy ANA2. Kick2 probably also works but I've hit my activation limit.
* Adam Szabo JP6K

## Need dxvk
Use `winetricks dxvk`. The following don't update properly with the built-in `dxgi.dll` but do
work with the `dxvk` one.
* Cableguys audio works but without `dxvk` the UI doesn't update
* GForce: Imposcar3, Minimonsta2, Oddity3, DMX

So far this works for a T470s with Intel graphics and Kubuntu 24.04.
I have been less successful with 22.04 and nVidia.

## What Doesn't
* Spire crashes
* Arturia Spark 2 crashes
* Korg ; ARP Odyssey and Prophecy (UI doesn't update with builtin `dxgi.dll`, and doesn't appear with `dxvk`)
* Superwave don't work
* Tone2 Icarus 1 (got via [Computer Music](/music/magazines/ComputerMusic)) doesn't work.

### GUI Updating Issues
This seems to be a common thing. They rely upon `dxgi.dll`. The `dxvk` version doesn't work,
and the built-in one has the updating problem. I presume that, at some point, the Wine project
will update `dxgi.dll` to one that does work for apps like this.