[linux-audio-dev] Fwd: Opinions on running VST or DirectX plugins on Linux in real time

[Paul Davis]

>   While I don't disagree with anything you say, I think you miss the point.
>People come into the studio with PT sessions from other places. They want to
>be able to continue to run them. Even if the hardware isn't that good (and
>PTLE hardware isn't, but it isn't that bad either) it's good enough to run
>their session. If nothing else, it's nice to be able to run old stuff even
>when I've moved on to new systems.

you don't need PT h/w to run a PT session. 

>   I'd be willing to dedicate a slot in one of my machine somewhere to keep
>this capability in the background after you manage to get Ardour in my
>foreground. ;-)

i will be suprised if you can ever run PT under wine, though its by no
means theoretically impossible.

--p