[LAU] HW Synth editor in a virtual machine ?

[Emiliano Grilli]

jonetsu <jonetsu at teksavvy.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
>   Do these softwares that comes with hardware synths to help editing
> sounds usually work inside a Virtual Box (or VmWare) virtual machine ?
> The idea is to run Virtual Box on Linux (Virtual Box with a version of
> Windows) for those times when editing sounds is required.
> Specifically, this would be for the KORG Microstation that I'm
> considering getting.  The connection is made via USB so it should be
> easy I presume to let a USB connection reach Virtual Box.  KORG also
> has some sort of (VST ?) plug-in although that might be more
> complicated to get working with Ardour/Wine.  If not, let me know.  or,
> would it run straight under wine w/o the need of a full VM ?  I wonder.
>
> Anyone using such software ?  Any comments appreciated, thanks.


I don't know for microstation, but I used the nanokontrol editor under
wine and it works fine. Also the Roland GSAE (General standard advanced
editor) for my sound canvas works fine in wine.

HTH
Ciao

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