Force Cantabile to load plugin via jbridge?

[thereynolds]

Is there a way to force Cantabile to load a plugin via jbridge? I'm using XP 32 bit and want to force some 32 bit plugs to load via jbridge to get the advantages of separate memory allocation.

It appears that the Cantabile will automatically load a 64 bit plug to a 32 bit environment, and vice versa, using jbridge. But I want to selectively load a 32 bit plug into a 32 bit environment via jbridge. Is this possible?

Thanks!

[bradr]

Hi,

I did suggest this sort of functionality with the developer of jBridge when we were originally working on it but there was some problem that prevented it from working (can't remember off hand what the exact issue was).

Not promising anything but I'll revisit this in the coming week and see if something can be done.

Brad

[thereynolds]

Thanks Brad. Just a follow up; when you say that you suggested this type of functionality, were you referring to the ability to load 32 bit apps in a 32 bit host via jbridge? Or were you referring to the ability to force particular plugs to load via jbridge on demand? Because the author of jbridge says the 32 bit plug in to 32 bit host does work.

I thought a workaround might be to use the standard "renaming" of the VST that is standard for jbridge when the host developer has not built the jbridge loading capability into the host software. But when I tried that, Cantabile just ignores all the renamed jbridge plug ins.


Thanks!

[bradr]

Thanks Brad. Just a follow up; when you say that you suggested this type of functionality, were you referring to the ability to load 32 bit apps in a 32 bit host via jbridge?

Yes

Or were you referring to the ability to force particular plugs to load via jbridge on demand? Because the author of jbridge says the 32 bit plug in to 32 bit host does work.

Yes, but back then (ie: when we were discussing the integration of jBridge/Cantabile) this didn't work.

I thought a workaround might be to use the standard "renaming" of the VST that is standard for jbridge when the host developer has not built the jbridge loading capability into the host software. But when I tried that, Cantabile just ignores all the renamed jbridge plug ins.

Yes this is deliberate so that user's can have the renamed stub dlls for other hosts, but Cantabile will ignore them on plugin scan - since it doesn't need them.

That said running plugins in an isolated mode is useful functionality - particularly now that jBridge better handles automatic recovery.

[bradr]

Try this: http://www.cantabilesoftware.com/blog/article-186.html

Also, regarding my previous comment about jBridge recoverability, please note this only applies when using jBridge in Cantabile.

[thereynolds]

Awesome, Brad. I haven't had much time to test it or run it through it's paces, but so far it looks great. I was able to take a Kontakt session that was already loaded in a rack with samples, convert it to an Isolated session, and it reloaded the samples and off we went.

Thank you very much for taking a look at this. I'll provide more feedback when I can spend more time in the next day or two.