Using the THR10 under Linux

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The THR10 is recognized by Linux both as USB device and as an external soundcard. There is no version of the THR Editor for Linux, but I will show you in this post how to install the Windows version using the Wine emulator. The examples in this post were made with a Kubuntu 18.10 64 bits distribution.

0) Plug your THR using the USB cable.
1) Install Wine using your package software (or use the command: sudo apt install wine)
2) Download the THR Editor V1.1.0 for Windows on https://usa.yamaha.com/support/updates/57648_en.html
3) Extract the files from the archive with the command:

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$ unzip THR_Editor_V110_Win.zip
Archive:  THR_Editor_V110_Win.zip
  inflating: THR_Editor_V110_Win/Install_Guide_en.pdf  
  inflating: THR_Editor_V110_Win/Install_Guide_jp.pdf  
  inflating: THR_Editor_V110_Win/Presets/THR10C.YDL  
  inflating: THR_Editor_V110_Win/Presets/THR10X.YDL  
  inflating: THR_Editor_V110_Win/Presets/THR5A.YDL  
  inflating: THR_Editor_V110_Win/Presets/THR5_10.YDL  
  inflating: THR_Editor_V110_Win/THR_EditorSetup.msi  

4) Go into the created directory:

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$ cd THR_Editor_V110_Win

5) Install the THR Editor under Wine:

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$ msiexec /i THR_EditorSetup.msi
003d:err:menubuilder:convert_to_native_icon error 0x80004005 getting frame 3
003d:err:menubuilder:convert_to_native_icon error 0x88982F04 committing encoder
003f:err:menubuilder:convert_to_native_icon error 0x80004005 getting frame 3
003f:err:menubuilder:convert_to_native_icon error 0x88982F04 committing encoder
/tmp/THR_Editor_V110_Win$ 003f:err:menubuilder:convert_to_native_icon error 0x80004005 getting frame 3
003f:err:menubuilder:convert_to_native_icon error 0x88982F04 committing encoder
003f:err:menubuilder:InvokeShellLinker failed to extract icon from L"C:\\windows\\Installer\\{ECC6D4D5-EBD7-4117-BBA1-B76D93DD2A76}\\_8CD22ED9F731E9CA8249AF.exe"
003d:err:menubuilder:convert_to_native_icon error 0x80004005 getting frame 3
003d:err:menubuilder:convert_to_native_icon error 0x88982F04 committing encoder
003d:err:menubuilder:InvokeShellLinker failed to extract icon from L"C:\\windows\\Installer\\{ECC6D4D5-EBD7-4117-BBA1-B76D93DD2A76}\\_9A904B432E9D8595BB52F2.exe"

Don't worry with those errors due to some unfound icons.
5) Click on the THR Editor icon on your Desktop. Some seconds later the software should run perfectly !
6) Go into "Edit > Preferences...", and in DATA IN and DATA OUT fields, choose THR10 - THR10 MIDI 1 and validate.
7) Play guitar !

I am using the THR Editor under Linux for two years, without any problem. I can help you if you encounter some difficulties.
Vincent

[JD72]

Hi! I'm on Arch Linux. THR10C's in and out work good but THR editor can't see any MIDI devices.
Please give me advice, what should I check in my system trying to solve the problem?

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Welcome JD72,

first, use the lsusb command to see if the THR10 is detected by your Linux:

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$ lsusb
...
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0499:1507 Yamaha Corp. 
...

Note that these values are for the THR10, not THR10C (I have found 0499:150c on another site).

Then to know if it is recognized as a MIDI device:

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$ amidi -l
Dir Device Name
IO hw:1,0,0 THR10 MIDI 1

Under Ubuntu, the amidi command is in the alsa-utils package.

[JD72]

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$ lsusb
...
Bus 002 Device 017: ID 0499:150c Yamaha Corp.
...

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amidi -l
Dir Device    Name
...
IO  hw:3,0,0  THR10C MIDI 1

[314159]

OK, so it is recognized by your Kernel. If you type the following command and turn the knobs of the THR10C, you should see the MIDI SysEx (System-Exclusive messages) sent by the amp:

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$ amidi -p hw:3,0,0 -d

F0 43 7D 60 44 54 41 31 F7
F0 43 7D 60 44 54 41 31 F7
F0 43 7D 60 44 54 41 31 F7
F0 43 7D 10 41 30 01 01 00 1C F7
F0 43 7D 10 41 30 01 01 00 1D F7
F0 43 7D 10 41 30 01 01 00 1E F7
F0 43 7D 10 41 30 01 01 00 1F F7
[...]

When you go into "Edit > Preferences..." in the THR Editor software, you don't see "THR10 - THR10 MIDI 1" in the DATA IN and DATA OUT fields ? And so probably the icon in the bottom right says "Disconnected" ?

Perhaps a Wine issue ? On my PC I use wine-development (version 3.18) to launch the Editor:

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$ wine-development "THR Editor.exe"

[JD72]

When you go into "Edit > Preferences..." in the THR Editor software, you don't see "THR10 - THR10 MIDI 1" in the DATA IN and DATA OUT fields ? And so probably the icon in the bottom right says "Disconnected" ?

Exactly that.
I have Wine 4.1-1 installed. I think there is some system restrictions and I don't have any idea how to reveal them yet.

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$ ls -l ~/.wine/dosdevices/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john_doe john_doe 10 Nov  2  2017 c: -> ../drive_c
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john_doe john_doe 10 Feb 12 01:11 com1 -> /dev/ttyS0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john_doe john_doe 10 Feb 12 01:11 com2 -> /dev/ttyS1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john_doe john_doe 10 Feb 12 01:11 com3 -> /dev/ttyS2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john_doe john_doe 10 Feb 12 01:11 com4 -> /dev/ttyS3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john_doe john_doe 13 Feb  9 03:42 d: -> ...
...

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Yes, probably a problem of rights. I don't know how Wine is accessing USB devices. Note that in ~/.wine/dosdevices/ I see the same kind of things as you, I don't see anything named *USB*.

Perhaps you should have a look here:
https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27320
https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=29627
https://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_User%27s_G ... llel_Ports

[JD72]

THR10C's in and out work good but THR editor can't see any MIDI devices.

The problem has been solved by installing lib32-libpulse package.

[314159]

The problem has been solved by installing lib32-libpulse package.

Fine ! Enjoy your THR10C under Linux !

[joejoe2]

Hey, thanks for this.

I just got the THR editor going on my linux box! Now I can really tweak my THR10C. This is great b/c I can play at night and use the editor interface on the computer instead of the knobs, which you can't see.

One note:

If you get this error: "bash: msiexec: command not found"

Then put "wine" in front of the command like this: wine msiexec /i THR_EditorSetup.msi

thanks again!

Joejoe

[314159]

Welcome Joejoe,

I am happy to see that my post is useful ! Now, I know I am not the only linuxian with a guitar and a THR10 !
Be careful playing in the dark !

[joejoe2]

Vincent,

the THR editor works great, *but* I can't read or write the YDL files. If I try to save a preset I get an error "Failed to write library file."

Any ideas?

Thanks,

joejoe

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the THR editor works great, *but* I can't read or write the YDL files. If I try to save a preset I get an error "Failed to write library file."
Any ideas?

Hi Joejoe,
and if you try to "File>Save As..." in another directory ?

[joejoe2]

same thing: Failed to write. I can't load a file either. The app can't write or read from the computer.

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same thing: Failed to write. I can't load a file either. The app can't write or read from the computer.

What is your distribution ? Which version of wine do you use ?

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wine --version

If you use the stable version (wine), you can try to install the wine-development version. Do you see other warnings if you launch the THR Editor in a terminal:

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$ wine-development "THR Editor.exe"

Have you installed the THR Editor as a normal user ?