FSTHOST(1)

NAME
fsthost - JACK-based host to use VST plugins on GNU/Linux with GTK2 interface.

SYNOPSIS
fsthost [options]<plugin>

DESCRIPTION
This program enables you to use a VST plugins with JACK.

Supports:
- 32 and 64 bit plugins
- load/save state to LASH, JackSessions, FPS files (own XML format)
- load/save FXB/FXP files
- Jack Transport
- Jack MIDI
- Jack autoconnection
- LADIsh - L1 or L2 (JackSession)
- Dump settings via SysEx
- MIDI CC automation (MIDI learn)
- bypass/resume state (also via MIDI CC or SysEx)
- simple midi filters
- volume control
- plugins which not handling MIDI Program Change messages
- easily plugin discovering (-g option)
- GTK2/GTK3
- control using TCP socket ( e.g. via telnet )

There are also:
- fsthost_menu.sh - zenity script for help to start plugins
- fsthost_menu.pl (default on make install) - Perl GTK2 / GTK3 menu to startup plugins

OPTIONS

-g  Create/Update XML info DB.

-L  List plugins from XML info DB.

-d xml_db_path
    Custom path to XML DB

-b  Start in bypass mode

-n  Disable GTK GUI

-N  Notify changes by SysEx

-e  Hide Editor

-S <port>
    Start CTRL server on port <port>. Use 0 for random.

-s <state_file>
    Load <state_file>

-c <client_name>
    Jack Client name

-A  Set plugin port names as aliases

-k channel
    MIDI Channel (0: all, 17: none)

-i num_in
    Jack number In ports

-j <connect_to>
    Connect Audio Out to <connect_to>. ! for no connect

-l  save state to state_file on SIGUSR1 (require -s)

-m mode_midi_cc
    Bypass/Resume MIDI CC (default: 122)

-p  Plugin path ( same as <plugin>, - for skip )

-M  Disable connecting MIDI In port to all physical

-P  Self MIDI Program Change handling

-o num_out
    Jack number Out ports

-T  Separate threads

-u uuid
    JackSession UUID

-U SysExID
    SysEx ID (1-127). 0 is default (do not use it)

-v  Verbose

-V  Disable Volume control / filtering CC7 messages

SEE ALSO
jackd(1). wine(1).

AUTHOR
fsthost was written by Pawel Piatek <xj@wp.pl> and others.

This manual page was originally written by Jof Thibaut <tangostudio@tuxfamily.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).