From: Chris C. <ca...@al...> - 2004-08-19 18:20:31
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On Thursday 19 Aug 2004 18:32, Silvan wrote: > I guess these VST plugins are stuff you buy somewhere There are quite a lot of free-as-in-beer ones -- see http://www.kvr-vst.com for a directory of both for-cost and no-cost ones. Some of them are very good indeed. I've often heard people (in the Linux world and elsewhere) complain about the fact that so much work goes into pointless flashy GUIs for VST plugins, but actually IMHO the thing that distinguishes them from most existing LADSPA effects is that the flashy VSTs are more likely to come with good presets and sensible defaults, and are therefore much easier to get satisfying results with. It would be nice to encourage the Linux equivalents to become more user-friendly in that respect, I think. > and the Steinberg > SDK is something else you buy somewhere? Again, free but not redistributable as source (only when compiled in). > I'm not much keen on anything involving WINE either. Does it just need > WINE libs, or does it require a working, properly-configured WINE too? It needs a working Wine, of reasonably recent vintage -- Debian-testing or thereabouts is probably OK. > Would it work with Crossover Office? I'm thinking probably not. Probably, but I've never used Crossover Office. > Hopefully it's OK with you if I just take a pass on this It certainly is. I don't want any more frivolous amusements taking time from your serious work, do I now? Chris |