yabridge VS dexed

> To my knowledge all VST plugins can be used on Linux (via Wine). Is that not the case?

Yes, although I would recommend Yabridge rather than linvst.

https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge

It should be already packaged in some Linux distros, but building and installation are straightforward. Basically it installs some libraries and an executable which once called will convert a Windows plugin in .dll form in a Linux+WINE loadable .so library.

If you use the Linux port, you may want to use Yabridge to load Windows VSTs in a transparent way.

http://reaper.fm/

https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge

Look into yabridge. You can test it with your plugins to confirm it'll work. Won't cost you anything.

But yeah Yabridge for me worked the best way. https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge

NAM vst works with Yabridge. You will get native GUI that way. Protesus is a good alternative with native Linux version and it is integrated into BYOD through GuitarML processor. BYOD is the best sounding guitar software (IMHO), Linux or not.

Did you already find https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/wiki/Dexed-as-a-DX7-editor ?

There's a full DX7 emulator available for free (think FM8, but open-source). It's at: https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/releases For the original DX7 sounds (including the classic EPs and basses), there's a .tar file containing a bunch of SysEx backups here: https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/d.j.benson/pages/dx7/syx/sysex.tar The main page that lists some other files and other general information is here: https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/d.j.benson/pages/html/dx7.html There are a bunch of sysex dumps in that .tar file, some with other patches, some duplicates, but all worth trying out. The original ROM dumps have names that, oddly enough, start with "rom" (so rom1a, rom1b, rom2a, etc). A page that goes into some good detail on each patch is here: https://www.synthmania.com/dx7.htm By combining Dexed with the SysEx dumps above, you can get a very lightweight DX7 for a grand total of $0. It takes way less RAM than FM8, and it's Apple Silicon Native now, too! I used this plugin a TON for Joseph, to get that 80s synth vibe.

MicroDexed Touch is a fork of MicroDexed which is a port of Dexed for Teensy 3.6/4.1 with a lot more functionality including multiple sound engines (2 x 16 voice DX7, 2x VA Monosynths, Layered Multi Samples, MDA ePiano, 8 voice Mutable Instruments Braids Oscillator), basic audio effects and a 8 track pattern song (tracker like) sequencer.

If you want an FM synth specifically to use in your DAW of choice you have plenty VSTs, both free and paid and even included in FL Studio itself, which do much more than the Volca, but there's a trade-off, you lose some imediacy but get much more power.

I downloaded dexed-0.9.6-win.exe from https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/releases/download/v0.9.6/dexed-0.9.6-win.zip and installed it in its default location: C:\Program Files\Dexed for the stand-alone app.

How familiar are you with how this sort of genre is produced? You could certainly do it in a DAW, there are cheap/free ones available like Reaper or Bandlab, plus many free VST instruments that you can use as plugins.

Maybe grab Dexed - https://www.kvraudio.com/product/dexed-by-digital-suburban https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed

Its called DETUNE parameter. But I can't find information about units. Issue is discussed here: https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/issues/88 but I don't know how to interpret that table.