[linux-audio-user] Interview with EnergyXT Developer

[rj at spamatica.se]

Paul Davis skrev:
> On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 08:48 +0100, rj at spamatica.se wrote:
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>> Fons Adriaensen skrev:
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>>> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 05:27:54PM -0500, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
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>>>> I think one good thing that is coming out of this is that the creator has
>>>> apparently convinced some VST makers to recompile their VSTs for Linux as
>>>> well. So, not all that is commercial is necessarily evil...
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>>> What does that mean, a VST compiled for Linux ? Will it work without
>>> a Windoze emulator ?
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>> There is no inherent problem to recompile VSTs for native linux, 
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>
> what are you talking about? almost every VST plugin has a GUI written
> using a GUI toolkit that is not available for linux. so sure, "no
> inherent problem" but that actually means "no inherent problem but in
> practice its so much work that nobody does it".
I didn't get a clear answer if he has implemented vstgui in linux, if he 
has I think you are wrong.
Atleast the plugins that are available on both Win32 and OSX should be 
possible to migrate.
We will just have to wait and see.

/Robert