Comments on: Host Windows VSTs on Mac? (Yes, But Not as Easily as on Linux)

By: sk-ethum

sk-ethum — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:51:49 +0000

Hi,

what is the minimoog emulation that we can see in the picture ?

By: Adam YW

Adam YW — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:06:11 +0000

@PaulDavis THANK YOU. The hunt continues. I THINK this means I can buy a good controller + linux netbook + pianoteq and have a great on stage standalone piano setup for less money than any other option of comparable quality.

By: Paul Davis

Paul Davis — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:21:10 +0000

@Adam YW: you might want to read:

http://ladspavst.linuxaudio.org/node/2284

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:35:47 +0000

No, you’re right, Aaron. I should say, the software runs beautifully. The hardware runs not at all, which is indeed a problem. Oddly, though, the Audio Kontrol 1 has native, open source drivers in ALSA.

By: Aaron Urbanski

Aaron Urbanski — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:13:50 +0000

Although you claim Kore runs “beautifully” inside Linux, isn’t this slightly misleading since there are no Linux drivers for the Kore hardware interface, one of the main draws (for me and many of us using it) in the first place? Unless there is some open source alternative that I’m not aware of, or WINE compatibility at the driver level?

By: graham

graham — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:32:00 +0000

thanks so much that solved my problem!!!

hells yeah!

By: Y_K

Y_K — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:00:07 +0000

Hi Graham,

Try turning on VST Editor from Window menu. If it’s on, check X11 which should be available on the dock then.

By the way, I’m struggling to use Glitch VST on Mac. But it doesn’t work on VFS since Glitch VST is a VSTe not a VSTi.

Can anybody tell me a solution?

By: graham

graham — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:47:09 +0000

i installed it all but for some reason the GUI’s even for the prepackaged v machine vst plugs wont show up…i get sound though…

anyone know why?

By: Adam YW

Adam YW — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:25:11 +0000

i’m hoping that this all means I could run pianoteq on a linux based netbook for live shows. The actual v-machine is too slow from everything I can find online.

By: Paul Davis

Paul Davis — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:28:48 +0000

Sorry for spamming, but I should clarify one thing. Although Ardour runs on OS X, the VST support we offer is strictly for Linux. We don’t see the point in offering a potentially buggy implementation of win32/x86 VST plugin support when most of the good plugins exist as AU plugins too, which we support natively. This is based on years of dealing with Wine-based support for win32/x86 VST plugins. When it works, its fantastic. When it doesn’t work, its a real nuisance. And neither the developer of the host, nor the developers of Wine, can do that much about it (though the Receptor guys do appear to have fed back quite a lot of their improvements to the main Wine source code).