13 Mar
2008
13 Mar
'08
11:51 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Paul Davis <paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 22:17 +0100, Hartmut Noack wrote:
I agree with Paul. It's a big issue even on various Windows DAW
platforms where certain manufacturers use their own plugins (non-VST)
to hold customers in their grips. Once people have started using a
plugin set they are VERY careful about moving to some new platform
where they have to learn a new plugin set to attempt to get the sounds
they are already getting elsewhere.
Running *every* VST should be the goal. The low monetary cost of the
Linux OS and Ardour as a platform hardly matters when compared with
the EXTREMELY high learning costs associated with moving over.
My 2 cents,
Mark
But to have proprietary VST-plugins running
perfectly well on Linux will
not help promoting the development of free software for Linux like LV2
or AMS.
I respectfully disagree. If it was possible to run arbitrary win32/x86
VST's on linux/x86 with no hassle, there would very little barrier to
people moving to linux for their audio needs. plugins are often the
blocking issue to this migration, not host applications. like it or not,
the plugins exist, and they are not appearing for linux at anything
close to a sufficient rate to justify any active audio users migrating
at present.
--p