19 Nov
2006
19 Nov
'06
4:40 a.m.
"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.