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>> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:57:10 -0700
>> From:
len@ovenwerks.net
>> To:
looplog@gmail.com
>> CC:
linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
>> Subject: Re: [LAU] Fairlight
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>> 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:
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http://au.fairlight.com.au/product/quantum/technical/
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>> And yet "Full integration of VST plug-ins and instruments". I suppose
>> that
>> could be "full integration of the ones that work".
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>> It would be interesting to find out more.
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>> Not that I have any VST plug-ins to play with :)
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> The Lionstracs I mentioned in the other mail also states the same.
> Probably more related in this discussion.
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> "
> 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??