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On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Paul Davis  wrote:

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>  On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 22:17 +0100, Hartmut Noack wrote:

>

>  > 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

>

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

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