Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Audacity/Windows/Plugins
From: Russell Hanaghan (hanaghan_AT_starband.net)
Date: Fri Apr 30 2004 - 02:38:03 EEST
On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 16:19, Malcolm Baldridge wrote:
> Quoting Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan_AT_starband.net>:
>
> > Don't blame you here...I went looking for ANY other possibility than
> > Wine and Vst server...I have about a million vst plugs and the last time
> > I tried to run VSTserver, my wife left, the house caught on fire, I
> > kicked the dog, etc, etc, etc.
>
> I don't know how mature or usable vmWare's audio "emulation" is, but have
> you guys tried or considered using vmWare to run the Windows-side software?
> It's only a "hardware" emulator - the CPU stuff runs at 90-95% full speed.
Think I used 4.0 when it first came out...Only worked as a 500mhz
virtual machine on a 650mhz box. I would think the latency and extra
layers of "stuff" would be hard to live with on a DAW where resources
and latency are king?? I could be wrong...I have been wrong
before...lot's! :)
>
> I've used it very effectively on server consolidations and to eliminate the
> random flake-factors of running Wintendo.
>
> =MB=
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