[LAU] Fairlight

[david]

On 10/24/2012 08:16 AM, Kaza Kore wrote:

>  > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:57:10 -0700
>  > From: len at ovenwerks.net
>  > To: looplog at gmail.com
>  > CC: linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org
>  > Subject: Re: [LAU] Fairlight
>  >
>  >
>  > On Tue, October 23, 2012 8:14 pm, michael noble wrote:
>  > > This hasn't come up on list yet. It seems Fairlight's new flagship
>  > > workstations are Linux based:
>  > >
>  > > http://au.fairlight.com.au/product/quantum/technical/
>  >
>  > And yet "Full integration of VST plug-ins and instruments". I suppose
> that
>  > could be "full integration of the ones that work".
>  >
>  > It would be interesting to find out more.
>  >
>  > Not that I have any VST plug-ins to play with :)
>  >
>
> The Lionstracs I mentioned in the other mail also states the same.
> Probably more related in this discussion.
>
> "
>
>
>       Beyond Standards
>
> Virtual instruments and effects that you are used to from the studio,
> should not be missing on the road. Copy your VST plugins from MS Windows
> onto your instrument and load them with the dedicated VST control
> interface, directly from the touchscreen.
> Analogue to any other sound engine in your instrument, your VSTi plugins
> are assigned to the instrument's patch selector pads, allowing to switch
> among your VST instruments quckly during your live performance.
> Besides the virtual instruments, you can assign a chain of VST effect
> plugins to each instrument. When switching among your VST instruments,
> the respective chains of VST effects are automatically restored along to
> the virtual instrument."
>
>
> and also ASIO applications from Windows:
>
>
> "
>
>
>       Windows ASIO applications
>
> Even though the Lionstracs instruments are not MS Windows computers,
> they can host all your Windows audio applications for you. This is
> especially handy for virtual studio tools that are not available as VST
> plugins. Thanks to an efficient implementation of the ASIO audio
> interface standard, your ASIO applications can even reach lower
> latencies on the Groove OS than under MS Windows.
> Each Lionstracs instrument provides 10 ASIO app hosts, that is you can
> run up to ten Windows ASIO apps simultaniously and immediately switch
> among them during live performance with the instrument selector pads on
> the touch screen and by the sound selector buttons on the chassis. All
> MIDI and audio connections to your ASIO application are automatically
> established by the Groove OS for you, so your favourite Windows audio
> applications are automaticallly, seamlessly integrated into the overall
> system of your Lionstracs instrument, allowing them to utilize all
> features of your Lionstracs instrument, e.g. applying the builtin audio
> effects.
> Integrating another Windows ASIO application in your instrument, doesn't
> need more than copying the software onto your instrument and selecting
> the executable (.exe) file from the dedicated ASIO control interface,
> again directly by the integrated touchscreen."
>
> From: http://www.lionstracs.com/groove/
>
> Surely there is no way they can truly claim to be able to handle all and
> everything when nobody else seems to have managed that at home. Leaving
> themselves open for lawsuits of false advertising??

If it works, it's not false advertising.

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