Supercool! It’s really tempting as well as a Raspberry 5 maybe but that would need recompiling. My Raspberry 4 could do it borderline I think once recompiled.
Would you mind sharing said Linux Recipe or any tools you installed along with Wine?
I would love to try this software out. I was able to get it to open, but not to see any audio devices. And under ya bridge it’s just black then it crashes. But I would definitely love to use this!
the basics are install debian 13 (xfce), then wine, then wineasio.
i’m putting together a better set of notes, but for now one would start by installing debian 13 and configuring it for use as an audio workstation (guide is for debian 12):
i had trouble with step 13, skipped it.
then install wine:
Add 32 Bit Architecture
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
Download and add the repository key:
sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
Add Source
sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/noble/winehq-noble.sources
sudo apt update
Install Wine
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
Now configure Wine
winecfg
You will get a prompt to install Mono
wine iexplore
You will get a prompt to install Gecko after that Iexplore should open to the WineHQ home page
install wineasio using your package manager then run:
wineasio-register
lastly install q4wine.
use qjackctl to route audio and set sample rates.
i’ve followed this basic recipe on two different systems with success. this is after trying ubuntu studio, fedora jam, mxlinux ahs for days and days with no joy.
Can I make this happen with Arch Linux? Is it feasible? Because when windows 10 ends it’s update support, I won’t have any compatible devices to run MG3 and I’m wondering what to do.
the trick is getting the combination of kernel, wine and wineasio right.
i did not try arch. i did try mxlinux ahs, ubuntu studio and fedora. none of these were functional (in terms of mg3).
i can’t say for sure, but it seems like pipewire and wineasio just don’t get along for audio production. if your install includes pipewire you may be screwed right from the start.
however, it’s always worth a try, the only thing at stake is your time and the max needle on your frustration meter.
No disrespect intended, but how many one-man show software developers do you know who have the resources to support a Linux version in addition to the dominant commercial platforms? Isn’t it sufficiently good news if you can get the Windows version to work on a Linux distro with user assistance, albeit a fringe case?
