[linux-audio-user] Audacity/Windows/Plugins

[Russell Hanaghan]

On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 16:19, Malcolm Baldridge wrote:
> Quoting Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan at starband.net>:
> 
> > Don't blame you here...I went looking for ANY other possibility than
> > Wine and Vst server...I have about a million vst plugs and the last time
> > I tried to run VSTserver, my wife left, the house caught on fire, I
> > kicked the dog, etc, etc, etc.
> 
> I don't know how mature or usable vmWare's audio "emulation" is, but have
> you guys tried or considered using vmWare to run the Windows-side software?
>  It's only a "hardware" emulator - the CPU stuff runs at 90-95% full speed.

Think I used 4.0 when it first came out...Only worked as a 500mhz
virtual machine on a 650mhz box. I would think the latency and extra
layers of "stuff" would be hard to live with on a DAW where resources
and latency are king??  I could be wrong...I have been wrong
before...lot's! :)

> 
> I've used it very effectively on server consolidations and to eliminate the
> random flake-factors of running Wintendo.
> 
> =MB=