[linux-audio-user] RE: Interview with EnergyXT Developer

[Kjetil S. Matheussen]

"Ivica Ico Bukvic":
>
> So, if I understand this correctly, there is no API out there that simply
> translates common GUI VST calls into any of the libre toolkits which are
> also available on Linux, other than the full-fledged Wine implementation? If
> so, that *really* sucks.
>

Well, probably maybe. Its hard to know what GUI toolkits closed source 
software use. And it doesn't matter very much either until there is a 
big enough marked for commercial vst plugins on linux, which might never 
happen because we have better standards than vst for fitted for linux 
audio: The trouble of getting various x toolkits to work with each other 
is probably more easely solved by using dssi or just making jack programs
out of the plugins. Besides, ladspa is a much more supported standard than 
vst on linux, and for most vst plugins, it probably doesn't require that 
much work to make them support ladspa as well as vst.

I think it boils down to vst plugin developers not having much interest 
in linux audio. Thats where the work needs to be done I think.